Program information 
- Softonic Rating:
- License:
- Free
- Added:
- June 18, 2007
- Updated:
- July 7, 2008
- Publisher:
- Website
- File size:
- 12.3 MB
- Downloads:
- 10,217
“GTK2-based instant messenger application”
Pidgin (previously called Gaim) is a multi-protocol instant messaging client for Linux, BSD, MacOS X, and Windows. It is compatible with AIM (Oscar and TOC protocols), ICQ, MSN Messenger, Yahoo, IRC, Jabber, Gadu-Gadu, and Zephyr networks. Pidgin users can log in to multiple accounts on multiple IM networks simultaneously. This means that you can be chatting with friends on AOL Instant Messenger, talking to a friend on Yahoo Messenger, and sitting in an IRC channel all at the same time. Pidgin supports many features of the various networks, such as file transfer (coming soon), away messages, typing notification, and MSN window closing notification.
It also goes beyond that and provides many unique features. A few popular features are Buddy Pounces, which give the ability to notify you, send a message, play a sound, or run a program when a specific buddy goes away, signs online, or returns from idle. Plugins, consist of text replacement, a buddy ticker, extended message notification, iconify on away, and more.
Languages:
English
Recent changes in Pidgin:
- The typing notification in the conversation history can be disabled or customized (font, color etc.) in .gtkrc-2.0.
- Added a plugin (not installed by default) which adds a Send button back to the conversation window. People without physical keyboards have a hard time with the lack of the button.
- Clicking on the buddyicon in the conversation window toggles the size of the icon between small and large.
- The settings of a chat (e.g. Handle in an XMPP chat, or Exchange in an AIM chat) can be edited from its context menu in the buddy list.
- Add a "Present conversation window" preference to the Message Notification plugin; the "Raise conversation window" option does not unminimize windows or draw attention to them when they are on other workspaces--the "Present" option should.
- Add a preference to set Escape as the keyboard shortcut for closing the conversation window.
- Add an option in the context menu to disable smileys in the selected text in the conversation history/log viewer. This should help people who regularly paste code in conversations.
- Add a preference to choose the minimum size of the text input area in lines.
- Moved the "Local alias" field in the Modify Account dialog to be below the "User Options" heading on the "Basic" tab.
- Number of room occupants is now shown in chat tooltips where possible
OS requirements for Pidgin:
- OS: Win98/Me/2000/NT/XP
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