Software-update: Pidgin 2.0.1

Gisteren heeft hbons de op de website van Pidgin gezien dat de ontwikkelaars in de vorm van 2.0.1 een nieuwe versie van de instant messenger hebben klaargezet. Pidgin - de nieuwe naam van Gaim - is een multiprotocol im-client voor Windows en Unix-achtige besturingssystemen waarmee ingelogd kan worden op verschillende chatnetwerken, onder meer die van MSN, AIM, Jabber, ICQ en IRC. De nieuwe 2.0.1-release volgt de begin deze maand uitgebrachte 2.0.0-versie op en kent ten opzichte van zijn voorganger meer dan honderd bugfixes, aldus de makers. Pidgin 2.0.1 kan gedownload worden voor Windows, Fedora Core en CentOS en Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Ook is de broncode beschikbaar gesteld onder de gpl-licentie. Hieronder is te lezen wat de ontwikkelaars in versie 2.0.1 hebben veranderd:

We've released version 2.0.1 of Pidgin (formally Gaim). This is a bugfix release addressing over 100 bugs reported in 2.0.0. Keep those bugs coming in, and we'll continue making regular, frequent releases.

version 2.0.1

• Buddy list update speedups when buddy icons are not being displayed. (Scott Wolchok)
• Fix icons on docklet change status menu to match the status selector
• Custom smileys on MSN can be saved by right-clicking on them
• Fix a crash deleting a buddy that is in the Buddy List more than once
• Compile fixes for Solaris
• Fix GTalk formatting when there's a space before/after a */_
• Fix Log viewer crash when the filename is not in the expected format
• Get User Info now provides immediate feedback, and is updated when the user information is available
• Make the choose buddy icon dialog correctly list the current directory
• Fix for buddy icons disappearing
• Timestamps are always on in debug output (-d) and Debug Window now
• Don't escape html entities in Yahoo! system messages
• Fix for the choose buddy icon dialog resizing strangely as files are selected
• Receives notifications when XMPP buddies send "leaving chat" messages
• Fix the typing animation so it doesn't stop animating once a conversation has gone from typing -> not typing -> typing
• Fix error messages when joing XMPP chats
• Identify the account when warning about plaintext auth over an unencrypted channel
• Fix XMPP SASL authentication error when using Cyrus and a connect server
• Fix changing tab locations to update properly
• Turning off "Show formatting on incoming messages" now ignores formatting in tags too
• File transfer progress for transfers on MSN is now correctly displayed
• You can set/change alias of buddies/chats by double-clicking on the conversation tabs (Ma Xuan)
• Fix IRC connection bug with dircproxy (xjoe)
• Ctrl+[shift]+tab focuses the next most active tab (William Thompson)
• Fix Open Hotmail Inbox for MSN to work more reliably
• Add a Google Talk item to the protocol list, to help users who think we don't support Google Talk. The item acts just like "XMPP".
• Remember if the X server supports XScreenSaver, to avoid waking it every 5 seconds. (Arjan van de Ven with Intel Corporation)
• Change our idle checking to poll only as necessary and raise the unidle timeout from 5 seconds to 60 when using XScreenSaver. This and the XScreenSaver change will reduce Pidgin's effect on power consumption when running with NO_HZ. (Arjan van de Ven with Intel Corporation)
• Conversation -> Save As will now use aliases.
• ALSA added as a possible sound method
• Google Talk accounts will not import buddies from your Gmail address book