14 DAY TRIAL // Developer Adam Iser has released a new version of the popular instant messaging client for Mac OS X, Adium. Replicating most of iChat’s features, Adium can connect to AIM, MSN, Jabber, Yahoo etc. Fans can download the latest stable and beta versions of the software right here, on Softpedia.
Adium combines numerous IM protocols, such as the AOL Instant Messenger (including ICQ and .Mac), Jabber (including Google Talk), MSN Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, Novell Groupwise and Lotus Sametime. The IM client also gives users the possibility to connect with multiple types of accounts at the same time, combining all their friend groups into one big list. Supported buddy icons comprise AIM, MSN, and Yahoo! The IM Mac client has a customizable appearance as well.
Adium version 1.3.6, dubbed “Mercurial Revision,” updates the software to libpurple 2.5.9, as well as to Pidgin-facebookchat 1.6.0 from 1.5.1. The new release also adds an option to control Facebook mail checking, while merging down the space dust. The developer also asks users to note that Facebook contact group support is currently disabled. As usual, numerous fixes have made their way into this release. Incorporated in Adium 1.3.6 are the following bug fixes, according to the official release notes:
- Fix a crash via a specially crafted MSN message (CVE-2009-2694). - Fix a crash in Bonjour, MSN, and XMPP when trying to transfer files with NULL names. - Fixed issues with dropped & missed messages. - Fixed retrieval of profile information. - Fixed retrieval of buddy icons. - Fixed messaging with Facebook users whose user IDs are very large. - Numerous fixes from libpurple 2.5.8. - Numerous other fixes.