Download Pidgin 2.2.0

Pidgin is a multi-protocol instant messaging client for Windows and Unix-like operating systems. It allows messages to be exchanged over various im networks, such as MSN, AIM, Jabber, ICQ and IRC. The developers have released a new version with 2.2.0 as the version number. Several Google Summer of Code projects can be found in this, which, among other things, add support for MySpaceIM and thoroughly expand support for Jabber. The included announcement and list of changes look like this:

Sean: 2.2.0 contains the results of several major Google Summer of Code branches bringing some new, extraordinary features. We have a new protocol, MySpaceIM, a bunch of new features for an existing protocol, XMPP, and nifty new certificate management to make sure your IM server is who it says it is.

Ka-Hing: A number of you noticed crashes when dragging windows around when certain options are enabled. Well, that was my fault, and Sadrul fixed it. So props to him and poos to me. I haven’t done much for this release, but the next one should contain something that I helped work on. Hint: students are cheap slave coders!

Kevin: I haven’t really been coding much in Pidgin, and this release is no exception, but I will be working on getting our wonderful web site to be a little more functional by next release. I promise!

Lib purple:

• New protocol plugin: MySpaceIM (Jeff Connelly, Google Summer of Code)
• XMPP enhancements. see here. (Andreas Monitzer, Google Summer of Code for Adium)
• Certificate management. Libpurple will validate certificates on SSL-encrypted protocols (William Ehlhardt, Google Summer of Code)
• Some adjustments were made to fix sending messages when using the MSN HTTP method. (Laszlo Pandy)
• Yahoo! Chat is fixed.
• Some AIM file transfer issues between Pidgin and other clients have been fixed. (Kyryll A Mirnenko)
• Properly restore idle status and time for AIM and ICQ accounts when they reconnect after being disconnected.

Pidgin:

• Insert Horizontal Rules and Strikethrough text from toolbar.
• Option to show protocol icons in the buddy list, from the Buddies > Show menu. (Justin Heiner)
• Ability to build with native, non-X11 GTK+ on OSX. (Anders Hasselqvist)
• Remember the ‘Enable Sounds’ setting for a conversation.
• Right-clicking the empty space in the formatting toolbar allows you to toggle back to the old “ungrouped” version.
• Protocols supporting account registration via Pidgin now show a descriptive checkbox instead of a vague “Register” button.
• Fixed a bug where a tab would be shown on single conversations when tabs were disabled.

finch:

• Per-conversation mute and logging options (accessible from the menu).