Software Update: Miranda IM 0.2

Miranda IM is a small chat program and therefore fits on a floppy. By installing plug-ins you can use ICQ, MSN, IRC and Yahoo, among others. The changelog of version 0.2 looks like this:

General changes:

• Support for SOCKS4, SOCKS5, HTTP and HTTPS proxies.
• Improved stability.
• Some general user interface changes.
• New default icons.
• Faster file transfers.
• Import contacts and history from other Miranda profiles.
• Import contacts and history from Mirabilis ICQ 99a-2003a.
• Support for more plugins (>120 plugins available for download!).
• more than 160 other bug fixes and improvements!

ICQ specific changes:

• Ability to store and download contacts from the ICQ servers.
• Increased compatibility while communicating with other ICQ clients.
• Many bug fixes related to file transfers.
• Allow/don’t allow direct connections.
• Enable/disable ‘Web aware’.
• Don’t allow unknown contacts to read your status message.
• Optionally send requests for authorizations.
• Optionally send ‘You have been added’ notifications.

[break] The ZIP file is 27KB smaller than the installer, and therefore fits even on an LD disk with ease.