Pidgin 2.3.1

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Pidgin (formerly Gaim) is a multi-protocol instant messaging (IM) client for Linux, BSD, MacOS X, and Windows. It is compatible with AIM and ICQ (Oscar protocol), MSN Messenger, Yahoo!, IRC, Jabber, Gadu-Gadu, SILC, Novell GroupWise Messenger, Lotus Sametime, and Zephyr networks. Gaim users can log in to multiple accounts on multiple IM networks simultaneously. This means that you can be chatting with friends on AOL Instant Messenger, talking to a friend on Yahoo Messenger, and sitting in an IRC channel all at the same time. Pidgin supports many features of the various networks, such as file transfer, away messages, and typing notification. It also goes beyond that and provides many unique features. A few popular features are Buddy Pounces, which give the ability to notify you, send a message, play a sound, or run a program when a specific buddy goes away, signs online, or returns from idle; and plugins, consisting of text replacement, a buddy ticker, extended message notification, iconify on away, spell checking, tabbed conversations, and more. Pidgin runs on a number of platforms, including Windows, Linux, and Qtopia (Sharp Zaurus and iPaq).

Download: Pidgin 2.3.1

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#1 Burned on 08 Dec 2007 - 22:04

I hope this fixes the login problem I have been having. Good program other than that. Nice not to get ads stuffed down your throat.

(5 replies) #2 th3rEsa on 08 Dec 2007 - 22:11

Uh, the first time that WinFuture.de was faster than NeoWin.

Nevertheless, I dislike Pidgin's GUI. It's just too "linuxish".

#2.1 nuo on 08 Dec 2007 - 23:16

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why don't you use another gtk theme?

#2.2 +chaosblade on 09 Dec 2007 - 01:28

I found it still looks like most Linux GTK GUIs even with the Windows-lookalike theme.

#2.3 th3rEsa on 09 Dec 2007 - 11:18

It's a GTK issue, I think. GIMP looks like Linux, too.

But there's no real alternative for GIMP on Windows, so I need to keep working with it. For Pidgin, indeed, there are some - so I continue using Miranda.

#2.4 PureLegend on 09 Dec 2007 - 20:17

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Paint.NET?

#2.5 th3rEsa on 09 Dec 2007 - 20:41

Paint.NET is not that mighty yet... (the latest version I've checked was 3.0 beta, though.)

(1 reply) #3 ThaCrip on 09 Dec 2007 - 06:40

"Fixed a number of MSN bugs introduced in 2.3.0, resolving problems connecting to MSN and random local display name changes"

lets hope thats true cause i had this issue and it was annoying

#3.1 rajputwarrior on 09 Dec 2007 - 09:22

so did i, i had to add myself and copy past my name everytime i wanted to make a single change to my name, it was so annoying. but yeah it's fixed

#4 +Lewism on 09 Dec 2007 - 14:38

No MSN14 yet

#5 Sranshaft on 09 Dec 2007 - 17:00

Really hoping to see offline message support in the near future. The pounce feature is nice but I have friend that like to appear offline and with the current protocol, I can't send them messages until they appear online. It's annoying to ask them to change their status (they might be ducking someone else) or switch to *shudders* Windows Live...

#6 James7 on 15 Dec 2007 - 01:40

This is a cool program. It's good to know it's updated. I have to admit, since I switched to Ubuntu I just tend to let it update my software when they put newer versions into their repositories. If I were still using Windows, I'd be snapping this up. But now it's so easy just to let Ubuntu keep me updated.

I wonder if they'll ever fix the bug which means if I have Pidgin autostart with Linux, it won't start minimised like I want it to, but starts maximised. Last I saw, it was a LOW priority issue for them.

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