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:
* General
o Build fixes on OpenSolaris. (Brian Lu)
o Add configure option --enable-trayicon-compat which installs tray icons into directories that are compatible with older versions of hicolor-icon-theme (0.9).

* Pidgin
o Restore the tray icon's blinking functionality.
o Fix a crash setting moods when an account is disconnected.

* Bonjour
o Fix a crash on disconnect.

* ICQ
o Fix bug that caused HTML to be displayed in incoming messages.

* MSN
o Fix unnecessary bandwidth consumption for buddy icon requests when buddies have capital letters in their passport addresses.
o Support for direct connections, enabling faster file transfers, smiley and buddy icon loading. (Gábor Szuromi)

* XMPP
o Allow connecting to servers that advertise EXTERNAL (broken in 2.7.0)

* MXit
o Replace the MXit-specific mood management with the new standard Moods API.
o Add the standard MXit emoticons.
o Improve the handling of users being kicked from MultiMX rooms.
o MXit doesn't allow you to see your buddy's Email Address or Title, so remove those two fields from the "Buddy Information" page.
o Show buddy's Registration Country in their profile.
o Increment protocol version to v6.0
o If an invite you sent was rejected with a reason, display that message in the buddy tooltip.
o CAPTCHA value is a required field during account activation. (Resolves issue on Maemo)
o When your avatar image is changed, don't forget the user's profile information.

* Windows-Specific Changes
o Fix a regression introduced in 2.7.0 that caused Window Flashing not to work.

Program Information Category: Internet and communication Type: Free Version: 2.7.1 Size: 8.98MB Works on: Windows, Linux, Mac Product page: here