Pidgin 2.0 Released 249
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."
VoIP (Score:4, Interesting)
So ... will it support VoIP?
If it connects with GTalk (for example) it would be cool (and long overdue)
Pfft. (Score:4, Interesting)
IIRC, google released a library for voice extensions to the XMPP protocol quite a while back. When is gaim/pidgin going to incorporate it - so that i can make calls to gtalk users? The other clients like psi, kopete have already done this - why cant gaim?
Already using it, much better than gaim. (Score:3, Interesting)
Psychic mode (Score:2, Interesting)
Do that let people know somehow that you are using psychic mode?
I've been using Pidgin (gaim) for a long time but I just turned that option on today.
Re:Any point in upgrading? (Score:3, Interesting)
Very nice UI (Score:4, Interesting)
PS: Will we ever get the stock emoticons for each IM protocol back again? The default ones stocked with Pidgin are nice, but i always preferred to see the "original" ones for each client.
Proxy problems (Score:2, Interesting)
The settings that work in Miranda are "" proxy type and proxy name, with no authorisation. No combination of HTTP, SOCKS4 or SOCKS5 with or without my account credentials seems to work in Pidgin. Which is a pity.
Supports MSN Offline messages? (Score:4, Interesting)
Does this new release suport this? GAIM 2 didn't.
Kill pidgin (Score:4, Interesting)
And that's after two years of development. It's laughable that slashdot needs to quote "smooth-scroll" and "new icons" as a major "feature".
Seriously, this is crazy. There's no webcam support - something that messenger has been doing since forever, and it's a major feature for IM. And no VOIP. That's why I keep using kopete, even if it's a memory pig: At least I do have MSN webcam support. It's sad that OSS IM's are in a so poor state.
Re:My Analysis (Score:1, Interesting)
Cheers.
Re:Pfft. (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Popularization (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:It doesn't support Office Communicator. :( (Score:3, Interesting)
The reason is that Microsoft bastardized their SIP/SIMPLE implementation in LCS so badly (in typical Microsoft fashion) that it won't interoperate with any software that is actually SIP/SIMPLE compliant. So lots of IM programs support SIP/SIMPLE, but to talk to MS LCS, they have to break their implementation so badly that they won't talk to anything else!
Re:Pfft. (Score:4, Interesting)
Text client (Score:4, Interesting)
I've been using CenterICQ [thekonst.net] for a couple years, but after trying the last beta of Finch (was gaim-text at the time), I'm sold. It's really slick.