Pidgin 2.6.3
Pidgin can log in to multiple accounts on multiple IM networks simultaneously. This means that you can be chatting with friends on AIM, talking to a friend on Yahoo Messenger, and sitting in an IRC channel all at the same time.
Pidgin supports many features of the various networks, such as file transfer, away messages, and typing notification. It also goes beyond that and provides many unique features. A few popular features are Buddy Pounces, which give the ability to notify you, send a message, play a sound, or run a program when a specific buddy goes away, signs online, or returns from idle; and plugins, consisting of text replacement, a buddy ticker, extended message notification, iconify on away, spell checking, tabbed conversations, and more.
Pidgin runs on a number of platforms, including Windows, Linux, and other UNIX operating systems. Looking for Pidgin for OS X? Try Adium!
Pidgin integrates well with GNOME 2 and KDE 3.1`s system tray, as well as Windows` own system tray. This allows you to work with Pidgin without requiring the buddy list window to be open at all times.
Type : Open source
OS Support : Windows All + Vista
Date stamp / Size : Feb, 23. 2008 / 10235 kBytes
Asked : unassigned
Update history of Pidgin
v2.6.3 (October, 22. 2009)
- General
- Fix a crash when performing DNS queries on Unixes that use the blocking DNS lookups. (Brian Lu)
- AIM and ICQ
- Fix a crash when some clients send contacts in a format we don't understand.
- Fix blocking and other privacy lists. (Thanks to AOL)
v2.6.2 (September, 10. 2009)
- libpurple
- Fix --disable-avahi to actually disable it in configure, as opposed to just making the warning non-fatal.
- Fix using GNOME proxy settings properly. (Erik van Pienbroek)
- IRC
- Fix parsing of invalid TOPIC messages. (CVE-2009-2703)
- MSN
- Sending custom smileys in chats is now supported.
- Ink messages are now saved when using the HTML logger.
- Fix a crash when receiving some handwritten messages.
- Fix a crash when receiving certain SLP invite messages.
- Chats with multiple people should no longer spontaneously disconnect.
- XMPP
- Prompt the user before cancelling a presence subscription.
- Escape status messages that have HTML entities in the Get Info dialog.
- Fix connecting to XMPP domains with no SRV records from Pidgin on Windows.
- Fix typing notifications with Pidgin 2.5.9 or earlier.
- Fix connecting using BOSH and legacy authentication (XEP-0078).
- Adding buddies of the form "romeo@…/Resource" are handled properly. In addition, it is no longer possible to add buddies of the form "room@…/User", where room@… is a MUC.
- Don't crash when receiving "smileyfied" XHTML-IM from clients that don't support bits of binary (ie. when getting an empty <data/> in return)
- Fix bug where SSL/TLS was not required even though the "require SSL/TLS" preference checked when connecting to servers that use the older iq-based authentication. (CVE-2009-3026)
- Yahoo!/Yahoo! JAPAN
- Accounts now have "Use account proxy for SSL connections" option. This option force-overrides the account specific proxy settings for SSL connections only and instead uses the global proxy configuration.
- Finch
- Properly detect libpanel on OpenBSD. (Brad Smith)
- Remove IO watches in gnt_quit. (Tomasz Mon)
- Pidgin
- Fix the auto-personize functionality in the Buddy List.
- Set the window icon for the media window to an icon corresponding to the type of call (headphone or webcam).
- Customized sound files are no longer reset whenever opening the Preferences dialog.
- The buddy list should now immediately refresh upon changing the icon theme.
v2.6.1 (August, 20. 2009)
Yahoo Protocol 16 support, including new HTTPS login method; this should fix a number of login problems that have recently cropped up. (Sulabh Mahajan, Mike "Maiku" Ruprecht) Only display the AIM "Unable to Retrieve Buddy List" message once per connection. (Rob Taft) Blocking MSN users not on your buddy list no longer disconnects you. When performing operations on MSN, assume users are on the MSN/Passport network if we don't get network ID's for them.
v2.5.8 (July, 2. 2009)
Yahoo Protocol 16 support, including new HTTPS login method; this should fix a number of login problems that have recently cropped up. (Sulabh Mahajan, Mike "Maiku" Ruprecht) Only display the AIM "Unable to Retrieve Buddy List" message once per connection. (Rob Taft) Blocking MSN users not on your buddy list no longer disconnects you. When performing operations on MSN, assume users are on the MSN/Passport network if we don't get network ID's for them.
v2.5.7 (June, 25. 2009)
Yahoo Protocol 16 support, including new HTTPS login method; this should fix a number of login problems that have recently cropped up. (Sulabh Mahajan, Mike "Maiku" Ruprecht) Only display the AIM "Unable to Retrieve Buddy List" message once per connection. (Rob Taft) Blocking MSN users not on your buddy list no longer disconnects you. When performing operations on MSN, assume users are on the MSN/Passport network if we don't get network ID's for them.
v2.5.6 (May, 21. 2009)
Tooltip windows now appear below the mouse cursor. (Kosta Arvanitis) Tooltip windows now disappear on keypress events. (Kosta Arvanitis) Tooltip windows no longer linger when scrolling the buddy list. (Kosta Arvanitis)
v2.5.5 (March, 5. 2009)
Tooltip windows now appear below the mouse cursor. (Kosta Arvanitis) Tooltip windows now disappear on keypress events. (Kosta Arvanitis) Tooltip windows no longer linger when scrolling the buddy list. (Kosta Arvanitis)
v2.5.4 (January, 15. 2009)
Fix a crash in the Add Account dialog when changing protocols under certain circumstances.
v2.5.2 (October, 23. 2008)
The status selector now saves your message when changing status.
Fix a case where a conversation window could close unexpectedly.
A mute sounds option has been added to the preferences window to help with discoverability. CTRL+S is no longer bound to mute.
Added ability to change the color of visited links (using the theme control plugin, or setting the color in ~/.gtkrc-2.0)
Fix a crash occuring when a custom smiley is deleted and re-added and used in an open conversation after being re-added.
Fix a case where a conversation window could close unexpectedly.
A mute sounds option has been added to the preferences window to help with discoverability. CTRL+S is no longer bound to mute.
Added ability to change the color of visited links (using the theme control plugin, or setting the color in ~/.gtkrc-2.0)
Fix a crash occuring when a custom smiley is deleted and re-added and used in an open conversation after being re-added.
v2.5.1 (September, 8. 2008)
Prevent use of custom smilies without "shortcuts."
Fix a crash that could appear with AIM buddy tooltips.
Fix a crash that could appear with AIM buddy tooltips.
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