Pidgin 2.5.5 (Download)
Pidgin 2.5.5
License:Free
Operating Systems:Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 98
Additional Requirements:No additional requirements
Limitations:No limitations.Publisher's description of Pidgin
Pidgin (formerly known as Gaim) is a multi-protocol instant messagingclient for BSD and Windows. It is compatible with AIM (Oscar and TOCprotocols), ICQ, MSN Messenger, Yahoo, IRC, Jabber, Gadu-Gadu, andZephyr networks. Pidgin users can log in to multiple accounts onmultiple IM networks simultaneously. This means that you can bechatting with friends on AOL Instant Messenger, talking to a friend onYahoo Messenger, and sitting in an IRC channel all at the same time. Italso goes beyond that and provides many unique features. A few popularfeatures are Buddy Pounces, which give the ability to notify you, senda message, play a sound, or run a program when a specific buddy goesaway, signs online, or returns from idle; and plugins, consisting oftext replacement, a buddy ticker, extended message notification, andiconify on away.
Your mother uses AOL Instant Messenger. Your spouse prefers MSN.Your office insists on Yahoo. What are you going to do? You could runall those chat clients at once, or you could use Gaim, now renamedPidgin. Like Trillian, Fire, and other third-party IM clients, thisopen-source messaging application lets you access multiple IM networksfrom one window, including Google Talk and MySpaceIM as well aslesser-known protocols such as Jabber and Gadu-Gadu.
Pidgin's biggest change is the redesigned interface. The BuddyList can be viewed in Basic or Advanced mode, and the most importantfeatures, including the Plug-in List, have been graduated from thePreferences window into their own panes. Twenty-two plug-ins comeprepackaged as Pidgin repositions itself as a highly extensible chatclient.
The IM features are unimpeachable: smileys (you can find tons ofemoticons on the developer's site), file transfers, and multipersonchats. The Buddy Pounce feature lets you automatically perform certainactions (play a sound, execute a command, open an IM window) when acontact signs on or off. Pidgin also gets lots of intangibles right:logging and time-stamping, for instance, are well-executed and easy toaccess. However, it lacks IP telephony and video conferencing, andthere are still some bugs--most notably in the Help menu. Still, Pidginremains a highly recommended text-only messaging app.
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