Pidgin 2.4.2

Pidgin 是一款整合多種即時通訊協定的開源軟體，讓你在單一介面中同時登入 MSN、Yahoo! 即時通、ICQ、QQ 等帳號，省去安裝多套客戶端的麻煩。它的介面走樸實路線，沒有花俏裝飾，但對純聊天用途來說已經足夠，而且乾淨無廣告，是許多人懷念的經典工具。開發團隊長期持續維護，在同類工具中屬於穩定且有一定歷史地位的选择，雖然近年熱度不如主流通訊軟體，但仍有固定使用者依賴它來集中管理多個舊式帳號。

這套軟體適合需要同時處理多個即時通訊帳號、又不想被各家客戶端綁住的人，尤其是還在沿用舊協定的使用者。與 WhatsApp 或 Yahoo! Messenger 等單一服務的軟體相比，Pidgin 的優勢在於整合與輕量，但代價是介面較陽春、部分新功能支援較慢。它採開源授權，Windows 平台可免費使用，不過官方僅提供英文介面，若需要中文得靠社群語言包；下載時建議留意版本更新頻率，目前維護步調不算快，但基本功能仍能正常運作。

Pidgin為一套綜合的即時通訊軟體。使用此軟體，就可讓您登入msn、yahoo即時通、icq、qq等即時通訊的帳號。讓您如果在外面用電腦，不需要這麼麻煩安裝這麼多的即時通訊軟體。

• 整合了多種的即時通訊軟體(如：msn、yahoo即時通、icq、qq等)。
• 雖然介面較陽春，但最聊天而言，已經算是夠了。
• 軟體介面乾淨，不包含任何的廣告。
• 讓您可節省時間及硬體空間，安裝其他多種的即時通訊軟體。
• 支援多國的語言介面(如：中國、英國、希臘、韓國、葡萄牙等語言)。

Sadrul: We added some usability changes in this release, including the
typing notification, buddyicon and input area size in the conversation
windows, escape to close conversation windows etc. These changes should
make pidgin more usable and more fun for Everyone! *wink*

Stu: I fixed some memory leaks, but nothing like as many as Daniel did.
MSN buddy list synchronization should be significantly less painful now,
and opening MSN inboxes might work better too. SILC passphrase changes
and support for passphrase-less keys has been improved also.


Changes:
libpurple:
* In MySpaceIM, messages from spambots are discarded (Justin Williams)
* Strip mIRC formatting codes from quit and part messages.
* IRC now displays ban lists in-channel for joined channels.
* Fixed a bug where the list of loaded plugins would get removed when
switching between different operating systems.
* Fix reception of IRC PART without a part message on Undernet
(fixes a problem with litter in the channel user list).
* IRC no longer crashes on /list on servers which erroneously omit
RPL_LISTSTART.
* Update the NetworkManager support to use D-Bus directly, instead of
libnm-glib. Hopefully it's stable now. It will now compile by
default if you have D-Bus support and NetworkManager.h. (Elliott
Sales de Andrade)
* MSN buddy list synchronization is now more forgiving, only asking
about buddies who have disappeared completely from the server list
and not those that have simply moved groups.
* IRC will now try to append 1-9 to your nick if it is in use, instead
of substituting the last character with 1-9 where possible.
* Bonjour buddies will be saved persistently if they're moved out of
the "Bonjour" group. (Eion Robb)

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

General:
* The configure script now dies on more absent dependencies. The
--disable-xxx arguments to configure can be used to bypass unneeded
dependencies. This will also cause the configure script to die if an
--enable-xxx option is used and the dependencies it requires are
missing.
* The Evolution integration plugin must now be explicitly enabled. Use
the --enable-gevolution argument to configure to enable it.
* The Contact Availability Prediction plugin must now be explicitly
enabled. Use the --enable-cap argument to configure to enable it.

Finch:
* New default binding ctrl+x to open context menus.
* Menu triggers and other bindings will no longer conflict.
* Middle click pastes the internal clipboard (when mouse support is
enabled).