Adium 1.4.3 Updated with Overlay Scrollers on Mac OS X Lion

Adium, the free and open source instant messaging application for Mac OS X, has been updated to version 1.4.3 which mostly brings bug fixes, but also a few enhancements, like overlay scrollers for those running the app under OS X Lion.

Based on the libpurple protocol library, Adium can connect users to any number of messaging accounts on any combination of supported messaging services.

Supported services include XMPP / "Jabber" (Google Talk, LiveJournal, Talk, Facebook Chat, Gizmo5); MSN Messenger; AOL Instant Messenger (AIM), including MobileMe (formerly known as .Mac); Yahoo! Messenger, including Yahoo! Japan Messenger; ICQ; Bonjour (compatible with iChat); Twitter; IRC; MySpaceIM; Gadu-Gadu; IBM Lotus Sametime; and Novell GroupWise.

As noted above, version 1.4.3 fixes a ton of issues, one of which is a security vulnerability related to file transfers.

For MSN users, the developers have fixed an issue involving the "Friendly name changes too often" error.

GoogleTalk fixes include w workaround for an issue where messages contained XML code.

Facebook should now connect via the officially-sanctioned mechanism.

“You no longer have to provide Adium with your username and password; you will be prompted to authenticate via a facebook.com window when you first log in. Existing accounts are automatically upgraded,” Adium developers explain.

Other fixes and tweaks are noted in the rest of the changelog, reproduced below:

· AIM/ICQ: Fixed connecting while using a proxy server.
· Twitter: Fixed loading the Following list.
· Fixed a fairly common crash related to user lists.
· Activated overlay scrollers on Mac OS X Lion.
· Fixed an issue where Adium was constantly writing with the computer screen off for a long time.
· Fixed the "Add Link" function, which was broken in 1.4.2.
· Fixed instances where contacts weren't being highlighted despite having been set to.
· Message View: Inserted emoticon will replace the selected text (if any).
· Updated localisations: British English, Chinese (Traditional), Danish, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian, Norwegian (Bokmål), Portuguese (Portugal), Swedish.
· Fixed a case of unfavourable wording in the German localisation.

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