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| | 3 | == version 2.6.4 (11/29/2009) == |
| | 4 | [http://developer.pidgin.im/query?status=closed&milestone=2.6.4 View all closed tickets for this release.] |
| | 5 | * '''libpurple''' |
| | 6 | * Actually emit the hold signal for media calls. |
| | 7 | * Fix building the GnuTLS plugin with older versions of GnuTLS. |
| | 8 | * Fix DNS TXT query resolution. |
| | 9 | * Don't send Proxy-Authorization headers to HTTP proxy servers until we've received a "407 Proxy Authentication Required" response from the server. (thecrux) |
| | 10 | * Added "MXit" protocol plugin, supported and maintained by the MXit folks themselves (MXit Lifestyle (Pty) Ltd.) |
| | 11 | |
| | 12 | * '''General''' |
| | 13 | * New 'plugins' sub-command to 'debug' command (i.e. '/debug plugins') to announce the list of loaded plugins (in both Finch and Pidgin). |
| | 14 | * Always rejoin open chats after an account reconnects. |
| | 15 | |
| | 16 | * '''AIM and ICQ''' |
| | 17 | * Better rate limit calculations and other improvements. (Aman Gupta) |
| | 18 | * More detailed error messages when messages fail to send. (Aman Gupta) |
| | 19 | * The simultaneous login account option is respected when using the clientLogin authentication method. |
| | 20 | * Fix offline message retrieval (broken in 2.6.3) |
| | 21 | * Fix handling of markup on some messages (broken in 2.6.2) |
| | 22 | * Fix SSL when clientLogin is enabled. |
| | 23 | * Fix sending and receiving Unicode characters in a Direct IM |
| | 24 | |
| | 25 | * '''MSN''' |
| | 26 | * Don't forget display names for buddies. |
| | 27 | * Fix a random crash that might occur when idle. |
| | 28 | * Fix more FQY 240 connection errors. |
| | 29 | * Fix a crash that could occur when adding a buddy. |
| | 30 | * Fix an occasional crash when sending message to an offline user. |
| | 31 | * Fix a random crash that might occur when idle. |
| | 32 | * Fix a crash when logging in with some long non-ASCII passwords. (Shaun Lindsay) |
| | 33 | * Cache our own friendly name as the server no longer does that for us. Users of older versions may need to re-set their friendly name as it has probably been reset. |
| | 34 | |
| | 35 | * '''XMPP''' |
| | 36 | * Users connecting to Google Talk now have an "Initiate Chat" context menu option for their buddies. (Eion Robb) |
| | 37 | * Fix a crash when attempting to validate an invalid JID. |
| | 38 | * Resolve an issue when connecting to iChat Server when no resource is specified. |
| | 39 | * Try to automatically find a STUN server by using an SRV lookup on the account's domain, and use that for voice and video if found and the user didn't set one manually in prefs. |
| | 40 | * Fix a crash when adding a buddy without an '@'. |
| | 41 | * Don't show the option to send a file to a buddy if we know for certain they don't support any file transfer method supported by libpurple. |
| | 42 | * Keep the avatar on the server if one is not set locally. |
| | 43 | |
| | 44 | * '''Yahoo''' |
| | 45 | * Fix sending /buzz. |
| | 46 | * Fix blocking behavior for federated (MSN/OCS/Sametime) service users. (Jason Cohen) |
| | 47 | * Add support for adding OCS and Sametime buddies. OCS users are added as "ocs/user@domain.tld" and Sametime users are added as "ibm/sametime_id". (Jason Cohen) |
| | 48 | |
| | 49 | * '''Finch''' |
| | 50 | * The TinyURL plugin now creates shorter URLs for long non-conversation URLs, e.g. URLs to open Inbox in Yahoo/MSN protocols, or the Yahoo Captcha when joining chat rooms. |
| | 51 | * Fix displaying umlauts etc. in non-utf8 locale (fix in libgnt). |
| | 52 | |
| | 53 | * '''Pidgin''' |
| | 54 | * The userlist in a multiuser chat can be styled via gtkrc by using the widget name "pidgin_conv_userlist". (Heiko Schmitt) |
| | 55 | * Add a hold button to the media window. |
| | 56 | * Fix a bug where the conversation backlog stops scrolling in a very busy chat room. |
| | 57 | * In the Conversation "Send To" menu, offline buddies appear grayed out (but are still selectable). Previously, only offline buddies on accounts that do not support offline messaging appeared grayed out. |
| | 58 | |
| | 59 | * '''Pidgin Preference and Preference Window Changes''' |
| | 60 | * Removed the "Use font from theme" and "Conversation Font" preferences for everyone except Windows users. The font can be controlled from the Pidgin GTK+ Theme Control plugin. |
| | 61 | * Tabs in the Preferences window are now on the left side. |
| | 62 | * The Browser tab is now visible for GNOME users. |
| | 63 | * Added a Proxy tab shown no matter what environment Pidgin runs in. |
| | 64 | * The Browser and Proxy tabs show appropriate GNOME-specific messages and allow launching the correct applications to change the relevant GNOME preferences if found. These were previously together on the Network tab. |
| | 65 | * Moved the port range spin buttons on the Network tab to be beside the checkbox that enables/disables them. |
| | 66 | * Reorganized preferences on the Status/Idle tab to have one less "section." |
| | 67 | * Reorganized preferences on the Sounds tab to have one less "section." |
| | 68 | * Renamed Smiley Themes tab to Themes. |
| | 69 | * Moved Buddy List Theme and Status Icon Theme selectors from Interface tab to Themes tab. |
| | 70 | * Moved Sound Theme selector from Sounds tab to Themes tab. |
| | 71 | * Changed the Smiley Theme selector to be consistent with the other theme selectors. |
| | 72 | * Rearranged tabs such that Interface is first and all remaining tabs are alphabetized in English. |
