GAIM 2.0 beta 4

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GAIM 2.0 beta 4

by Ryan Carter Oct 23rd 2006

GAIM 2.0 is now in its beta 4 testing phase and I must say that it is simpler, a little easier, and seems to work a bit better. This version seems to be same as the last in most ways, though I do like the new system tray icon turned on by default. This keeps the GAIM program running instead of exiting when you click close, which brings GAIM to the level of many other IM clients. That's the thing, this new GAIM is a bit more standard, account setups are still easy, but seems to require less information to setup your account than past releases, partly due to the advanced features being moved to a new tab. The dialog is shorter because of this as well, helping to keep the app from overflowing your screen. As you might imagine the context menu has many helpful options like setting status and "show buddy list" among others. Like I said, not a ton of new features, but many things are simply more standard, making it a bit more usable. This is still a beta, so of course more may be added before GAIM 2.0 is officially released, so keep an eye out for that in the not too distant future.

Tags: 2.0, AIM, AOL, beta, GAIM, IM, instant messaging, InstantMessaging, jabber, messenger, MSN, YAHOO

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

JonDarkwood said 11:37AM on 10-23-2006

Also, the Direct Connect feature works in AIM now where it did not before this release in my experience. :)

Steven said 12:34PM on 10-23-2006

Like you said, the system tray icon is just on by default now...it's been there forever, and I've always had it on.

Gaim's all I use at work, it's great. The new text interface, gaim-text, is pretty awesome too.

Techflock said 11:42PM on 10-23-2006

Excellent app - I would have preferred extensions like guifications to come along with the main software. I mean, they are almost a standard :) - why not bundle them along!

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