Pidgin 2.5

[PL_ Veteran]

So now Pidgin is better than MSN for Mac in every way :/

This is a great update :D

[Farstrider]

Thanks, this is a superb little piece of FREE software! Love it! Shot for the heads-up! :cool:

[tsupersonic]

So now Pidgin is better than MSN for Mac in every way :/

This is a great update :D

wecam/mic support? Not that I use it, but some people do...

[hsraffety]

Pidgin has nothing on Digsby. :)

[Jack 0Neill]

Except that Pidgin does not force users to have an account just to use their IM protocols. You have to log into Digsby servers just to then connect to your AIM MSN YIM ICQ, and so on.

[DerAusgewanderte]

wecam/mic support? Not that I use it, but some people do...

as far as I know it does not support webcam. it didn't in the last release and it's not listed in the log. that is the only reason I am not using it yet.

[MR.T]

How about adding a feature someone gives a **** about instead of this smiley crap... like webcam support. Its the only reason I don't use it on windows. The fact there still isn't a good messenger in Linux that supports webcams simple boggles the mind.

[tsupersonic]

Digsby has nothing on Pidgin. :)

ftfy.

[thealexweb]

Just run the installer...it will do the rest~~~

Ok, thanks.

[Rappy Veteran]

Pidgin has nothing on Digsby. :)

Pidgins memory usage is a good plus over Digsby when they fix that I will use Digsby.

[Yusuf M. Veteran]

Time to uninstall WLM!

[+Warwagon MVC]

Pidgin has nothing on Digsby. :)

QFT I've been using Digsby since the first beta release.

[esquiso]

I hope Arch's devs update Pidgin ASAP. I also hope that MSNP15 would be well implemented - when I tried it from monotone, it was a no-go.

[iwod]

I updated but i lost all my contacts icons.

They are no longer appearing on the right side of my contract list.

Anyone know what's wrong?

Would be nice if there is an Pidgin Forum somewhere for user to user support.

[ViperAFK]

Pidgins memory usage is a good plus over Digsby when they fix that I will use Digsby.

They HAVE fixed it, if you use the latest test build it it reduced DRASTICALLY. :)

Test build

http://update.digsby.com/digsby_setup_r17003.exe

[randomlag]

I updated but i lost all my contacts icons.

They are no longer appearing on the right side of my contract list.

Anyone know what's wrong?

Mine took about 30 minutes to come back slowly after I loaded this build.

[xpgeek]

But do file transfers work? I unfortunately keep having to ask about Pidgin, Miranda, and Digsby too. I would loveee to switch to any of them as my full time messenger, but am forced to stay with official clients because I use file transfers often, and they barely work, or slowww if they do, on third party messengers.

[ckempo]

as far as I know it does not support webcam. it didn't in the last release and it's not listed in the log. that is the only reason I am not using it yet.

They are working on it - slowly - there's more info here but I wouldn't expect it any time soon.

[Rablet]

But do file transfers work? I unfortunately keep having to ask about Pidgin, Miranda, and Digsby too. I would loveee to switch to any of them as my full time messenger, but am forced to stay with official clients because I use file transfers often, and they barely work, or slowww if they do, on third party messengers.

According to their FAQ:

Why are file transfers so slow?

MSN file transfer support is limited to the proxied version of file transfer support in the protocol. This means that the files are sent to MSN's servers, then the server sends the data to the other user. We don't know if or when we will ever support any of the peer-to-peer file transfer methods available in the MSN protocol.

Source: http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/Protocol%2...ons#MSNProtocol

That combined with no mention of P2P-file transfers in the release notes leads me to believe it's not in yet, sadly. I haven't tested myself yet though.

[tsupersonic]

They HAVE fixed it, if you use the latest test build it it reduced DRASTICALLY. :)

Test build

http://update.digsby.com/digsby_setup_r17003.exe

Digsby still eats tons of virtual memory, which Pidgin or any other IM client (beside AIM6) doesn't do.

[The_Decryptor Veteran]

What's so special to MSNP15?

Pidgin only supported a old protocol version that was limited in features, this new protocol support brings it fairly up to date, and allows more features like status messages to work.

I'm just glad people will finally realise when I'm sleeping (instead of thinking the auto-responded is lying to them)

[esquiso]

BTW, it works here. I've compiled it (through abs) and it's fully functional.

[Kreuger]

The fact there still isn't a good messenger in Linux that supports webcams simple boggles the mind

Um have you heard of amsn, Kopete or Galaxium? They all have webcam support and are good clients.

[iwod]

Mine took about 30 minutes to come back slowly after I loaded this build.

Well now 24 hours and i still only have 1 pic...

[brayan27]

really like this version. its simple and nice looking.

as for the contact icons, that's the only thing that's bothering me, they only seem to come up if the contact gets online, so a lot of them are still without one until he/she gets online.