Gaim 2.0.0 beta 2

Gaim 2.0.0 beta 2

stncttr908 on 24 January 2006 - 17:56 · 25 comments & 5719 views

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Gaim is a instant messaging client capable of connecting to Oscar (AIM/ICQ), Yahoo!, MSN, IRC, Jabber, and other protocols. Version 2.0.0 includes numerous fixes and code improvements over 1.50, including major changes to the status system, buddy list, preferences management, plugin manangement, improvements to individual protocols, and more. The release is available in both Linux and Windows versions.

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#1 petrolxl on 24 Jan 2006 - 18:02

Woo! Beta 2 YES! I have been waiting for this =)!

#2 bouncindave on 24 Jan 2006 - 18:20

Im using this now that my WLM is bust. It thinks that everyone has the same name

Anyways, great build

#3 soothsayer on 24 Jan 2006 - 19:00

Awesome. Gaim is a wonderful app.

#4 axis on 24 Jan 2006 - 19:12

FINALLY

Beta 1 was good but buggy and I hated not using it, hope this goes well. Best client hands down, even for just one protocol.

(3 replies) #5 +general chaos on 24 Jan 2006 - 19:29

Awesome, hopefully this will overtake Trillian... I am getting tired of all the bloat!

#5.1 Sir Gawain on 25 Jan 2006 - 16:45

And you don't think having to install GTK for one application is bloat?

#5.2 Marshalus on 26 Jan 2006 - 05:01

I get so tired of people saying software is bloated...

#5.3 Sir Gawain on 26 Jan 2006 - 07:57

I am not saying Gaim is bloated. I don't like that term as much as you. I am just sick of people blindly claiming one product is better than another using poor reasoning.

#6 sullysnet on 24 Jan 2006 - 21:02

WOW this looks great

GO!!!!!! GAIM (trillian user but I love GAIM on Linux and now it looks excellent on Win)

#7 bigl523 on 24 Jan 2006 - 21:15

a much needed improvement over beta 1

#8 DigeratiPrime on 24 Jan 2006 - 21:44

The new Gaim is such an improvement!

for people that want to use Gaim without installing the GTK etc, I reccomend portable Gaim.
http://portableapps.com/

You can find 'unofficial' builds of the Gaim 2 betas in the forums there.

#9 J-Abad on 24 Jan 2006 - 21:47

Anyone think this is better than MIRANDA? What are the advantages?

#10 monofonik on 24 Jan 2006 - 22:58

I can't wait to see how this effects AdiumX.

(1 reply) #11 NickFritz on 24 Jan 2006 - 23:58

I moved from Gaim to Miranda.

More for the fact that mirand offers more plugins and best of all has themes.

But if your a linux buff, gaim all the way. i use gaim on my linux systems , adiumx on my osx systems and miranda on my win32 systems

#11.1 tiagosilva29 on 25 Jan 2006 - 00:39

Well, I'm so used to Gaim at the university (Linu

that I now use it in my Windows systems (^_^)

#12 Lee69 on 25 Jan 2006 - 00:34

GAIM 2.0 beta 2 still has a fair few bugs.

(1 reply) #13 Webgraph on 25 Jan 2006 - 04:34

Still not that attractive. Perhaps the GAIM developers should check out their Mac counterpart AdiumX for ideas!

So much cleaner than the Windows and Linux versions, but at least GAIM always did the job.

#13.1 jivemastert on 26 Jan 2006 - 03:31

you know that AdiumX is written using the libgaim right? It's just gaim for the Mac with a pretty interface... the Gaim developers made the core though!

(3 replies) #14 Nirvy on 25 Jan 2006 - 11:59

Does GAIM have Receieve and Transmit Webcam in MSN and Yahoo yet? Its been a year since i used it, and cant find the features page for it anymore. Also does it have Voice chat support now?

Thanks

#14.1 maudit on 25 Jan 2006 - 19:36

nope, that's one of the reason I stopped using GAIM and won't use it again until they support webcam...

#14.2 tiagosilva29 on 27 Jan 2006 - 01:02

Gaim is almost 8(?) years old and never had webcam support.
They had a fork working on it, using frameworks still at development stage.
And they can't just blend it until everything is stable/done.

btw: Gaim FAQs with answers for everything

#14.3 Nirvy on 27 Jan 2006 - 14:43

Thanks

I like Gaim, and keep hoping at each new release they put in voice and webcam support. I'll move over to it like a flash when they do.

Thx for the info.

#15 jivemastert on 26 Jan 2006 - 03:30

No problems with this one and they even put in the meanwhile protocol with added support for announcements (now my boss wont be mad at me for not getting his sametime announcements lol)... definately check it out if you can.

#16 King Rilian on 27 Jan 2006 - 16:42

Hmm, I love GAIM, but I'll probably wait for the full.

#17 Adequate on 28 Jan 2006 - 06:52

Why would one want to download Gator's spyware?

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