Software update: KMess 1.4-pre1

KMess is an application for the desktop environment KDE to communicate smoothly from a Linux environment with acquaintances and friends via the MSN Messenger network. Support is available for, among other things, a full emoticon set, file transfer, Hotmail integration and various user profiles. All in all a very complete program to use the MSN Messenger network and to top it off with a clear interface† Since a few days the first preview of version 1.4 is available with the following changes:

Changes between KMess 1.4pre1 and 1.3:

• added msn6 picture transfer support
• added msn6 file transfer support (receiving only)
• added new file transfer dialog
• added new icons for emoticons
• added flashing taskbar for new messages
• added spec file to build RPM packages
• improved/fixed contact list view
• improved contact list tool tip
• improved some context menus
• improved desktop menu icon
• fixed a few possible crashes
• fixed contact moving with new msn protocol
• fixed login problems with new passport site
• fixed login problems with empty contact list
• fixed lost chat messages (timeout issues)
• fixed newline problems with MacOS MSN Messenger
• fixed problems with bad email addresses
• fixed problems with new contacts not appearing in the list
• fixed problems with long name in main window (squeezed now)
• fixed problems with “word puzzles” in translations
• fixed save-as dialogs, added the suggested file name
• fixed a lot of compilation errors; KMess should be easier to compile now
• fixed compilation errors for a few distros
• fixed compilation errors for gcc-3.4
• reduced the build and runtime dependencies
• updated configure checks for auto-away feature
• removed baloon popup at signon.