Software Update: Pidgin 2.7.1

Pidgin has been updated to version 2.7.1. This multi-protocol instant messaging program can handle the networks of AIM, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, Google Talk, Groupwise, ICQ, irc, MSN, MySpaceIM, QQ, Silc, Simple, Sametime, XMPP, Yahoo and Zephyr. During installation, you can choose from as many as seventy different languages ​​and add spell check. Binaries are available for Windows, but the source code can be compiled under Linux and integrates well into Gnome and the KDE SC. The Mac OS X port is released under the name Adium. The changelog for this release looks like this:

General

• Build fixes on OpenSolaris. (Brian Lu)
• Add configure option –enable-trayicon-compat which installs tray icons into directories that are compatible with older versions of hicolor-icon-theme (0.9).

Pidgin

• Restore the tray icon’s blinking functionality.
• Fix a crash setting moods when an account is disconnected.

Bonjour

• Fix a crash on disconnect.

ICQ

• Fix bug that caused HTML to be displayed in incoming messages.

MSN

• Fix unnecessary bandwidth consumption for buddy icon requests when buddies have capital letters in their passport addresses.
• Support for direct connections, enabling faster file transfers, smiley and buddy icon loading. (Gabor Szuromi)

XMPP

• Allow connecting to servers that advertise EXTERNAL (broken in 2.7.0)

MXit

• Replace the MXit-specific mood management with the new standard Moods API.
• Add the standard MXit emoticons.
• Improve the handling of users being kicked from MultiMX rooms.
• MXit doesn’t allow you to see your buddy’s Email Address or Title, so remove those two fields from the “Buddy Information” page.
• Show buddy’s Registration Country in their profile.
• Increment protocol version to v6.0
• If an invite you sent was rejected with a reason, display that message in the buddy tooltip.
• CAPTCHA value is a required field during account activation. (Resolves issue on Maemo)
• When your avatar image is changed, don’t forget the user’s profile information.

Windows-Specific Changes

• Fix a regression introduced in 2.7.0 that caused Window Flashing not to work.