Software update: BSFlite 0.73

BSFlite is an instant messaging program for the AIM network and is referred to as “minimalist” by the developer. This is partly because the program is written as a command shell interface instead of the usual full screen console interface. It supports most AIM functions, however chat rooms and block lists are not supported. For daily contact with friends or colleagues, it is very suitable if you like this type of interface. Recently version 0.73 is available and has the following changelog:

• Fixed a small compilation bug on 64-bit architectures.
• Now shows a different prompt when away message is set.
• Profile/away display now at least shows line breaks, so things are a bit easier to read. It’s still a little buggy as before, and no other HTML is supported.
• HTML stripper now strips & nbsp;
• Ported to Bell Labs’ Plan 9 operating system. I believe this is the first AIM client for this platform, so it’s quite neat. Thanks a bunch to Thomas Miller for giving me the idea and support, and Takeshi Yamanashi and the rest of tip9ug.jp for providing a Plan 9 system to use while I got my own system set up (and for helping me get that set up, too). Thanks!
• Added a 5-minute keep-alive to IMComm by default.
• Added two new commands: A and P, to get just the away message or profile for a user.
• Finally displays error message when IM is sent to a user who is not online.
• Added support for talking to users with @mac.com accounts.
• Buddy icon support (and accompanying changes in imcomm’s structure) added. This is still somewhat experimental.
• Support added for sending and receiving messages to and from ICQ users. ICQ users can add your screen name to your contact list, and you can add their numeric UIN’s to your buddy list.

[break]BSFlite is available for download in the following flavors:
Fedora Core 2 – i386
Fedora Core 3 – x86 64
DOS
Plan 9
solaris
Windows
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