Pidgin 2.0 Released

An anonymous reader writes "After nearly two years of development, Pidgin 2.0 has finally been released! Originally called Gaim, Pidgin is a powerful and robust open source instant messaging client that supports many protocols. Pidgin 2.0 features a completely redesigned interface with attractive new icons and and a new status management system that was designed for optimal usability. Pidgin 2.0 also adds support for universal buddy icon management and smooth-scroll functionality for conversation windows. A comprehensive review at Ars Technica explores the new features in Pidgin 2.0 and demonstrates how to use the new D-Bus bindings with Python to make Pidgin's status system send updates to Twitter."

dat iz awesum nuz!

[Anonymous Coward]

GAIM wz a gr8 progrm so Xpect8Nz R hI 4 DIS foLow on. gr8 job!

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Technobabble

[vjmurphy]

"use the new D-Bus bindings with Python to make Pidgin's status system send updates to Twitter"

Or you could cross-connect the Bullshittean Field Emitter to the Warp Core Ejector using quasi-bosonic tachyon particles.

Any anyhow, shouldn't the Python, having been attracted by the Twitter, eat the Pidgin?

Re:Psychic mode

[Anonymous Coward]

MSN too. The empty message window says something along the lines "You feel a disturbance in the force."

That gives me an idea

[Rob the Bold]

AOL got upset, as I recall (AIM vs GAIM)

I'm getting a bunch of guys together, we're gonna sue all the women for trademark infringement. And don't get me started on the blatant discrimination of the Hershey bar.

Re:Popularization

[Zebedeu]

You're right. If your coworker didn't like it, then they should just scrap the entire project.

Re:Pidgin?

[Uniquitous]

The obvious mental leap is to "pidgin" English. Given the gibberish that a lot of people run back and forth through the chat pipes, it seems like an appropriate name!

Heh, seems they have a sense of humor in configure

[cant_get_a_good_nick]

checking for NSS... yes
checking for snprintf... yes
checking for connect... (cached) yes
checking for me pot o' gold... no
checking for gethostid... yes
checking for lrand48... yes
checking for memcpy... yes

Re:Pidgin?

[Speare]

Perhaps you need to get some exercise for your vocabulary of the English language, so that these new and unfamiliar words do not frighten you so much.

Haa? It's pidgin , bradda. You some haoli, you not know pidgin no real English. You learn pidgin lidat because da kine real English too much hana hana. Mahalo!

Re:Pidgin?

[Anonymous Coward]

iAgree