3 Selected major changes:
4 * Improved XMPP support
5 * Added support for fields-based dialogues
6 * Added support for server and contact actions
7 * Added SSL certificate verification and trust control
8 * Improved Bonjour support
9 * Major improvements to reliability and performance
10 * Modernized Bonjour for Mac OS X 10.4+
11 * Implemented file transfer (including folder transfer) when talking to Adium and iChat users
12 * Completely overhauled AppleScript support
13 * Implemented detachable Contact List groups
14 * Improved Group (Conference) Chat interface and options, including ability to add chats to the Contact List
15 * Improved the status menu item
16 * Improved the Accounts preferences, allowing control of account status and reporting of connectivity information
17 * Major improvements to reconnection behavior
18 * Tons and tons and tons of bug fixes
21 * Improved Group Chat interface
22 * Improved the user list (#192, #2973)
23 * Implemented chat bookmarks in the contact list (#331)
24 * Added separate events for messages received in group chats (#2260)
25 * Added an event for chat invitations (#80)
26 * Added Drag & Drop contact invitations
27 * The Tab key now autocompletes names in group chats
28 * Various minor bug fixes (#447)
29 * Improved Bonjour support
30 * Implemented file transfer support (#1257)
31 * Fixed improper display of Bonjour contacts after disconnecting (#272)
32 * Fixed sending messages with line breaks (#2427)
33 * Fixed a crash when messaging invalid contacts (#2480)
34 * Major improvements to reliability and performance
35 * Modernized Bonjour for Mac OS X 10.4+
36 * Various minor bug fixes
37 * Improved XMPP support
38 * Fixed importing of groups (#2795)
39 * Added support for fields-based dialogues, which allows many serverside functions to work
40 * Added support for server and contact actions
41 * Added SSL certificate verification and trust control
42 * Improved new account registration
43 * Fixed connectivity to servers which require GSSAPI/Kerberos 5 and some other forms of authentication
44 * XMPP can now broadcast information about the current iTunes track
45 * Fixed a long-standing crash after disconnecting from a server which uses SSL (#7461)
46 * Rewrote almost all of Applescript support, fixing numerous problems and expanding its capabilities
47 * Implemented detachable Contact List groups (drag a group off the contact list to create a free-floating window). Known issue: Detached contact lists don't play as nicely as we would like with Spaces
48 * Added options for showing/hiding mobile contacts, away contacts, and idle contacts as could be done with offline contacts previously (#3242)
49 * Mobile contacts can now have a customized color in the contact list (#215)
50 * Added drag & drop of contacts to places besides the contact list (#3097)
51 * The status message is now displayed by Growl notifications for status changes (#758)
52 * Improved Account Preferences
53 * You can now right-click on accounts (or multiple accounts) to quickly control them or their status
54 * An account's current connection step (such as "Sending Password") or error message (such as "Invalid password") are displayed under the account name
56 * New "Contacts" Menu (also quickly accessible by holding option when clicking on the status item)
57 * General menu cleanup, including using a buddy's icon instead of status for open chats
58 * The "show badge" option for Xtras is now a user-settable option in the advanced preferences
59 * Added a "flash when there are unread messages" option to the advanced preferences
60 * Added a colorful "Adiumy Flashy" icon set
61 * With badging enabled, one or more accounts attempting to reconnect will badge an offline icon onto the available icon
63 * Added a global "Connect All Accounts" to the file menu, which connects all enabled and offline accounts
64 * Accounts will now attempt to reconnect indefinitely. You can view the reconnect status in the Accounts preferences
65 * When an account is offline because of a network being unavailable, it will display "Network Offline" in the Accounts preferences
66 * Disconnection errors will no longer produce an error message unless it's unable to reconnect (rate limiting, invalid password, etc)
67 * Added an option to change status when a screensaver is activated (#5069)
68 * Added options for update checking to the General preferences (#7059)
69 * Added an option to show always show a contact in the contact list regardless of status (offline, idle, etc.) (#7203)
70 * The Contact List is now accessible via VoiceOver
71 * Chats now display a message when your account goes offline or online
72 * Improved handling of grammar checking across multiple windows (#8364)
73 * Improved quit confirmation and added an advanced preference to control it (#4231)
74 * Error dialogs and authorization windows no longer steal focus (#7747, #7923)
75 * Fixed linkification of single-world domain names (#3540)
76 * Fixed pixelated contact icon appearance in 10.5
77 * Disabled javascript: urls in the message view, fixing a potential security concern
78 * Improved how Spotlight displays chat transcripts on 10.4 (Known issue: 10.5 is still ignoring Spotlight results from chat transcripts because they are within ~/Library) (#8160)
79 * Added 'First Last Initial' as an option for names from the Address Book (#3673)
80 * Improved first-run experience when using services which require a server to be specified (#7685)
81 * Empty status messages are no longer forced to read the status's name (#7985)
82 * The 'New Email' dialogue can now launch Mail.app rather than loading a webpage
83 * Fixed a crash which could occur during file transfers
84 * Re-added the ability to customize the number of lines of history to show in new chats
85 * Fixed bugs in the Stockholm and Smooth Operator message styles (#2997)
86 * Fixed contact presence and file transfer problems with Sametime on recent server versions
87 * Restored ignoring Exposé when the contact list is set to below other windows on 10.4; this behavior breaks Spaces so can not be done on 10.5.
88 * Updated Adiumy icons to 512x512 for Leopard
89 * Updated to libpurple 2.3.1
90 * Got David a gerbil (#7278)
91 * Localization updates