14 DAY TRIAL // 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.