KMess 1.5-pre2

KMess is een MSN Messenger-client voor het Linux-platform die zich zonder problemen laat integreren in de KDE desktop environment. De ontwikkelaars zijn druk bezig geweest met het toevoegen van nieuwe mogelijkheden en het oplossen van verschillende foutjes. Daarom heeft men onlangs de tweede pre-release van KMess 1.5 de deur uitgedaan. Hierin wordt onder andere ondersteuning toegevoegd voor de 'now playing information' uit Amarok, Kaffeine, Noatun, KsCD en Juk. Ook heeft men de bestandsoverdracht grondig onder handen genomen zodat deze beter zou moeten presteren. De aankondiging ziet er als volgt uit:

With so many fixes and improvements in CVS, it's time to release a second preview of KMess 1.5. This release fixes some critical issues of 1.5-pre1. Not all reported bugs are be fixed, in that case the release would be called "1.5" already. However, it's recommended to install this version, as it greatly improves the user experience of KMess.

Release highlights:

• added support for now playing information
• added file transfer previews
• fixed critical bugs with the direct file transfer
• fixed clickable links in the chat window
• fixed problems with emoticon styles
• fixed problems with the installation
• updated many translations

The now playing feature detects media from Amarok, Kaffeine, Noatun, KsCD and Juk. Other players are added later, based on popularity of the player. The current KDE media players have a major advantage here, as these applications don't require linking to another library.

For the file transfer previews, KMess uses the same KDE functionality Konqueror relies on to create previews. This means KMess can send previews of all file types supported in Konqueror, including OpenOffice, HTML and video files! This is a great way to impress your friends using Windows.

Finally, the chat window has sine neat features for all geeks out there. Links without www. or http: are still recognized as links. So, writing things like slashdot.org, or dot.kde.org work as well! As new option, it's also possible to disable the shaking effect of a nudge.

Enjoy!