Pidgin 2.4.1
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Pidgin is an instant messenger (IM) application that cover multiple protocols - including (but not limited to) AIM, ICQ, MSN, IRC, Jabber, Novell GroupWise Messenger and Lotus Sametime. These protocols can be used simultaneously to provide communication across the different networks. Additional features include file transfer, away messages and typing notification. A number of plug-ins are also available to enrich Pidgin's feature set. The Mac version is available through Fink.
Pidgin was previously known as Gaim. |
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Pidgin news feed |
Ethan Blanton: Giving Back
While you probably can't call the Pidgin developers wild-eyed
radicals (heck, a fair number of us don't use any software
projects started after about 1998 with any regularity), we do... |
Luke Schierer: Gmail & AIM
Mr. Mike Jazayeri announced that you can now sign into AIM from Gmail’s chat interface.1 This integration is cool, but I would love to see it go a step further. I would like to be able to add... |
Sean Egan: Message Display in Pidgin
During the Summer of Code, one of my students, Jeff, wrote:
Prior to 2001, Gaim used GtkHTML, but now conversations are rendered using the GtkIMHtml engine.
referring to the GtkHtml widget from... |
Luke Schierer: I appear in print
A few days ago several of us (Pidgin developers) were approached by Ms. Dahna McConnachie asking for an interview for the Australian version of PC World. Apparently I was one of the only developers... |
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