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Pidgin 2.0 Released

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the carrier-pidgins dept.

An anonymous reader writes "After nearly two years of development, Pidgin 2.0 has finally been released! Originally called Gaim, Pidgin is a powerful and robust open source instant messaging client that supports many protocols. Pidgin 2.0 features a completely redesigned interface with attractive new icons and and a new status management system that was designed for optimal usability. Pidgin 2.0 also adds support for universal buddy icon management and smooth-scroll functionality for conversation windows. A comprehensive review at Ars Technica explores the new features in Pidgin 2.0 and demonstrates how to use the new D-Bus bindings with Python to make Pidgin's status system send updates to Twitter."

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  1. VoIP by utnapistim · · Score: 4, Interesting

    So ... will it support VoIP?

    If it connects with GTalk (for example) it would be cool (and long overdue)

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  2. Pfft. by kraemate · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I cant believe that there is no jingle support yet.
    IIRC, google released a library for voice extensions to the XMPP protocol quite a while back. When is gaim/pidgin going to incorporate it - so that i can make calls to gtalk users? The other clients like psi, kopete have already done this - why cant gaim?

    1. Re:Pfft. by Ant+P. · · Score: 3, Interesting

      Yes. For one thing, feedback implies tact.

  3. Already using it, much better than gaim. by Uniquitous · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Kudos to the developers, pidgin is a much less clunky interface compared to gaim.

  4. Very nice UI by Lisandro · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I like the new UI a lot - functionally, Pidgin is the same as the earlier Gaim 2.0 betas with a sleeker look. It also seems a bit more responsive, IMHO. The Pidgin guys have done a great job, IMHO.

    PS: Will we ever get the stock emoticons for each IM protocol back again? The default ones stocked with Pidgin are nice, but i always preferred to see the "original" ones for each client.

  5. Supports MSN Offline messages? by Robmonster · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I find the main MSN clients Offline Message mechanism very handy when I want to ping a message over to a friend and be sure they get it the next time they login.

    Does this new release suport this? GAIM 2 didn't.

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  6. Kill pidgin by diegocgteleline.es · · Score: 3, Interesting

    What I was interested in, was connecting to GTalk for VoIP. That isn't supported right now.

    And that's after two years of development. It's laughable that slashdot needs to quote "smooth-scroll" and "new icons" as a major "feature".

    Seriously, this is crazy. There's no webcam support - something that messenger has been doing since forever, and it's a major feature for IM. And no VOIP. That's why I keep using kopete, even if it's a memory pig: At least I do have MSN webcam support. It's sad that OSS IM's are in a so poor state.

  7. Text client by cxreg · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Let it not be overlooked that 2.0 includes "Finch", which is a text mode IM client! (instant messaging in screen)++

    I've been using CenterICQ for a couple years, but after trying the last beta of Finch (was gaim-text at the time), I'm sold. It's really slick.

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