Software Update: GAIM 0.71

The makers of the instant messaging program GAIM let us know that a new version is available. For version 0.71 we see in the changelog that an update has taken place for a large number of languages, also the plugin for the Jabber protocol has been renewed. The full changelog looks like this:

version 0.71 (10/09/2003):

• The right-click menu for e-mail links now presents a “Copy E-Mail Address” item
• Fix sort by idle to behave as it did pre-contact support (David Smock)
• Display AIM away messages in the tooltip for buddies when they are away
• Support for Buddy Comments for AIM and ICQ buddies
• Window icons are now set as buddy icons or status icons
• Get User Info in MSN and Yahoo now return an error indicating that the information doesn’t exist if the profile is empty (parts by Nathan Poznick)
• Added startup notification support for window managers that support it.
• The protocol icon for an account in the accounts window will now “pulse” when signing the account on.
• Zephyr formatting fixes (Arun A. Tharuvai)
• Zephyr can connect to chats (Karsten Huneycutt)
• SSL support can now be provided by third party plugins.
• Multiple copies of gaim installed at different locations no longer attempt to load the same, possibly incompatible plugins (Robert McQueen)
• Implemented another new Yahoo! authentication method
• Fixed a bug displaying Chinese MSN messages (Ambrose C. LI).
• Additional fixes and checks for the perl build process (Sean Burke).
• Massive core/UI split.
• Re-write or Jabber protocol plugin
• Conversation API changes.
• Some plugins must be updated due to code variable changes, function name changes, and change of behavior for certain functions.
• Chinese (Simplified) translation updated (Funda Wang)
• Chinese (Traditional) translation updated (Ambrose C. Li)
• Czech translation updated (Miloslav Trmac)
• Danish translation updated (Morten Brix Pedersen (mbrix))
• Finnish translation updated (Ambrose C. LI (acli))
• French translation updated (Eric Boumaour)
• Italian translation updated (Claudio Satriano)
• German translation updated (Christian Weyer, Bjoern Voigt)
• Serbian translation updated (Danilo Segan)
• Serbian Latin translation updated (Danilo Segan)
• Swedish translation updated (Tore Lundqvist (luntor))

[break]The following downloads are available for GAIM 0.71:
Mandrake 9.1 i586 .rpm
Red Hat 8 i386 .rpm
Source .rpm
Source .bz2
source .gz
Windows executable