Pidgin is an easy to use and free chat client used by millions. Connect to AIM, MSN, Yahoo, and more chat networks all at once.
Changelog:
libpurple
Fix --disable-avahi to actually disable it in configure, as opposed
to just making the warning non-fatal.
Fix using GNOME proxy settings properly. (Erik van Pienbroek)
IRC
Fix parsing of invalid TOPIC messages. (CVE-2009-2703)
MSN
Sending custom smileys in chats is now supported.
Ink messages are now saved when using the HTML logger.
Fix a crash when receiving some handwritten messages.
Fix a crash when receiving certain SLP invite messages.
Chats with multiple people should no longer spontaneously
disconnect.
XMPP
Prompt the user before cancelling a presence subscription.
Escape status messages that have HTML entities in the Get Info
dialog.
Fix connecting to XMPP domains with no SRV records from Pidgin on
Windows.
Fix typing notifications with Pidgin 2.5.9 or earlier.
Fix connecting using BOSH and legacy authentication (XEP-0078).
Adding buddies of the form "romeo@…/Resource" are handled properly.
In addition, it is no longer possible to add buddies of the form
"room@…/User", where room@… is a MUC.
Don't crash when receiving "smileyfied" XHTML-IM from clients that
don't support bits of binary (ie. when getting an empty <data/> in
return)
Fix bug where SSL/TLS was not required even though the "require
SSL/TLS" preference checked when connecting to servers that use the
older iq-based authentication. (CVE-2009-3026)
Yahoo!/Yahoo! JAPAN
Accounts now have "Use account proxy for SSL connections" option.
This option force-overrides the account specific proxy settings for SSL
connections only and instead uses the global proxy configuration.
Finch
Properly detect libpanel on OpenBSD. (Brad Smith)
Remove IO watches in gnt_quit. (Tomasz Mon)
Pidgin
Fix the auto-personize functionality in the Buddy List.
Set the window icon for the media window to an icon corresponding to
the type of call (headphone or webcam).
Customized sound files are no longer reset whenever opening the
Preferences dialog.
The buddy list should now immediately refresh upon changing the icon
theme.
Program Information Category:
Internet and communication Type:
Free Version: 2.6.2 Size: 13.7MB Works on: Windows, Linux, Mac
