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.
# General:
- Added Verisign Class 3 Public CA - G2 root CA.
# Pidgin:
- Properly differentiate between bn and bn_IN in the Translation Information dialog.
# AIM and/or ICQ:
- Display the "Authorize buddy?" minidialog when the requestor has an empty nickname. (#12810)
- New ICQ accounts default to proper ICQ servers. Old accounts using one of the old default servers will be silently migrated to use the proper servers.
- ICQ accounts using clientLogin now use the correct ICQ servers. This is separate from the server settings mentioned above.
- '<' should no longer cause ICQ status messages to be truncated in some locations. (#11964, #12593)
- Fix sending messages to chat rooms. (#12768)
# Bonjour:
- Don't crash when attempting to log into a Bonjour account and init failed.
# Windows-Specific Changes:
- Quote the path stored in the registry when the "run at startup" option in the Windows Pidgin Options plugin is used. (#12781)