Software Update: Miranda IM 0.3.3

Miranda IM is a program with which various Instant Messaging networks can be accessed. This makes it possible to communicate with people on different networks from one program. Standard support for ICQ, AIM, MSN, IRC and Jabber is provided but using plugins also supports Gadu-Gadu, ICQ Groupware, Yahoo, Netsend, EmLanProto, Vypress Chat, POP3, Tlen and many others. In addition, there are already around 225 plug-ins available that can do everything, such as a spam filter, extra configuration options, integration with other software and customizing the interface.

Recently the development team has released version 0.3.3 which again contains a lot of changes as the release notes below let us know:

The Miranda Instant Messenger project has finally released a new version of the popular Miranda IM!

This is a recommended upgrade for all users. It contains many fixes and updated protocol plugins. Highlights of this release are an updated look for the message dialog, support for the popular “User is typing” notifications, and improvements in memory and CPU usage.

Unfortunately Yahoo support didn’t make it into this release, but a preview is available in the alpha builds of the next version. Only recommended for advanced users

Bug fixes:

• Fixed crash when closing history window with large history.
• IE was always used as the default browser if IE was open.
• Added option to set outgoing port range.
• Fixed several memory leaks.
• Improved proxy handling.
• Weird crash on opening options.
• AutoNA was not set correctly when Away was set.
• Visibility list did not list all users.
• Icons in URL and message contact menus didn’t update when icons changed.
• Reduce CPU usage in file transfer dialogs (fewer screen updates).
• Many other bug fixes.
• AIM: Unable to save “Only reply to users in your contact list” option.
• ICQ: Failed to send or receive files from ICQ 2003b.
• ICQ: Fixed a number of smaller memory leaks.
• ICQ: Contact email info was not displayed correctly.
• ICQ: Failed to retrieve user details during certain circumstances.
• ICQ: URL messages could disappear when sent through a Direct Connection.
• ICQ: Nick name was not deleted from server list when local nick name was deleted.
• ICQ: Server side contacts could reappear after being deleted if they were on the visible/invisible lists.
• ICQ: Changing status while connecting had no effect.
• ICQ: A bunch of other fixes the CVS change log if you want the big list.
• Jabber: Should offline all chat rooms when go invisible (because they are actually offline).
• Jabber: Miranda won’t exit if more than one group chat windows are left open.
• Jabber: Wrong filename encoding in file sending (signed/unsigned problem).
• Jabber: Crash on connect/disconnect caused by stale contacts associated with an unknown protocol.
• Jabber: Deleting group chat temporary contact unintentionally closes the chat room.
• Jabber: Presence is broadcast to chat room that has denied our access.
• Jabber: Graceful exit while Miranda shutdown in the middle of file transfer.
• MSN: A port remained opened after the file transfer cancel.
• MSN: if a contact list is very long, all contacts could be shown in the Offline mode
• MSN: When you set your own nickname with spaces, it appears in the options dialog URL-encoded (with %20 instead of a space char).
• MSN: Opened switchboard sessions weren’t closed when you go offline without closing Miranda.
• MSN: File sending does not require talking anymore.
• MSN: Contacts with leading digits in the email were not processed properly.
• MSN: Many other bug fixes.

[break]The following two downloads are available:
Installer (728KB)
zipped (774KB)