Pidgin 2.7.1

Gaim - (Open Source)

Chatting with friends on AOL Instant Messenger, talking to a friend on Yahoo Messenger and stay on an IRC channel at the same time is possible when using Pidgin software.

Pidgin is an email client that allows to chat with MSN, Google Talk, AIM, ICQ and other contacts, from a single interface. Available in several languages, this software offers convenient features to comfortably talk.

Pidgin software brings together in a single window the AIM, ICQ, Google Talk, Jabber / XMPP, MSN Messenger, Yahoo!, Bonjour, Gadu- Gadu, IRC, Lotus Sametime, SILC, SIMPLE, MXit, MySpaceIM and Zephyr contacts.

The application gives the ability to chat with multiple contacts at once even if they come from different networks discussion. It is even possible to make a conference if necessary.

Even if the icons of contacts for each account are already marked by their respective icons, it does not prevent the user to create customized friends, relatives, colleagues categories, etc.

Pidgin offers several smileys to liven up the discussion. As the software supports adding plugins, user can also download more smileys on the Internet to enrich the library.

Title:: Pidgin 2.7.1
File Size:: 9.0 MB
Requirements:: Windows (All Versions)
Language:: en-us
License:: Open Source
Date Added:: 31 May 2010
Publisher:: Gaim
Homepage:: http://www.pidgin.im
MD5 Checksum:: 65117D593506ABE4C55D5E48E600BADE

* General
- Build fixes on OpenSolaris. (Brian Lu)
- Add configure option --enable-trayicon-compat which installs tray icons into directories that are compatible with older versions of hicolor-icon-theme (0.9).

* Pidgin
- Restore the tray icon's blinking functionality.
- Fix a crash setting moods when an account is disconnected.

* Bonjour
- Fix a crash on disconnect.

* ICQ
- Fix bug that caused HTML to be displayed in incoming messages.

* MSN
- Fix unnecessary bandwidth consumption for buddy icon requests when buddies have capital letters in their passport addresses.
- Support for direct connections, enabling faster file transfers, smiley and buddy icon loading. (Gábor Szuromi)

* XMPP
- Allow connecting to servers that advertise EXTERNAL (broken in 2.7.0)

* MXit
- Replace the MXit-specific mood management with the new standard Moods API.
- Add the standard MXit emoticons.
- Improve the handling of users being kicked from MultiMX rooms.
- MXit doesn't allow you to see your buddy's Email Address or Title, so remove those two fields from the "Buddy Information" page.
- Show buddy's Registration Country in their profile.
- Increment protocol version to v6.0
- If an invite you sent was rejected with a reason, display that message in the buddy tooltip.
- CAPTCHA value is a required field during account activation. (Resolves issue on Maemo)
- When your avatar image is changed, don't forget the user's profile information.

* Windows-Specific Changes
- Fix a regression introduced in 2.7.0 that caused Window Flashing not to work.