Website: http://www.miranda-im.org/ Software Provider: Miranda IM Project Current Version: Miranda IM 0.7.14 Operating Systems:Windows 95, 98, ME, 2000, XP, Vista License: Open Source
* indicates versions supporting Windows 95, 98 and Me
Now waits upto 1.2 seconds if a connection attempt was made less than one second ago.
Helps with XP SP2 which has a lower connection limit per second.
User details could show invalid local times
Buttons didn't always draw their icons the correct size
memory leak in send/recv file dialogs, email menu item, font leak in buttons
Find/Add trims any spaces from emails and user IDs whilst pasting
Idle didn't change back to online message if going from autoaway back to online
Added too many blackslashes when sending a root directory to a contact
Contact List
Running a profile that is locked will show the window for the Miranda running it
Right clicking on a contact crashed if no menus were added
Ask before deleting groups in the CList
When drawing text, ignore linefeeds in nickname text (fixes forced next line bug)
memory leak in contact list, tray icon
Limit preference reading during resizing
Added back 'click to focus' transparency
Message Window (SRMM):
Files can be Drag&Dropped into a contact's message window and sent to them
Position of divders didn't get saved if the avatar icon was displayed
Message window strangeness if a message failed to be sent
Disabling avatars via options hides existing avatar icons in dialogs
Status modes didn't display correctly if built with Unicode
Smoother window resizing
Hide istyping notifications if contact goes offline
Can now show seconds in timestamps
Chat:
Icons in statusbar are changed when proto icons are updated
Relative paths for chat.dll logs
AIM:
Added a menu item for private messages via aim group chat UI
Invites crash
Show whisper messages as notices in aim group chat
AIM now uses chat.dll for group chat
New icons from valkyre
Better handling of AIM: links
ICQ:
Main server loop could malfunction causing 100% CPU usage
Associated avatar info isn't cleared if the server sends back an error
Do not move contacts to non existant server groups
Error in error reporting code (hm.. )
Better handling of offline messaging
Detect UTF8 in auth messages
If auth is from a contact on your list it will show it as a local request
Added hidden setting to disable sending unicode to Trillian/IM2 per contact
Actually obey rate limit when doing user info and status message requests
Added better UTF8 detection
Handle "sign on warnings" to login even if they are issued
Don't try and store avatars bigger than protocol level limitations (could crash)
If a contact in the server list has no nickname, query it from the server
Server can intentionally send random garbage as an avatar, only set if its in a known image format
Network string is now Translate() able
Could crash if server returned string was reported wrong size
IRC:
Don't crash if handling a faulty MODE +/-k or i/-i command
Don't steal focus if joining with /JOINM
Add network name to notices
/AWAY can not be used from a perform buffer
Handle 'connecting whilst dying' suitations
Improved user status detection
Failed to load if Windows DEP was enabled
Online notification stopped working after manual /WHO
MSN:
MSN Personal messages (aka status messages)
MSN V7 support (logging in via MSNP11)
Messages could get lost (line ending issue)
Better 'invisible' support whilst using MSN v7
Changes to how MSN hotmail website is opened
Now shows you if a contact is using WebMessenger in the user details
Group renaming now ignores case when looking for existing groups
Keep alive shuts down better
Keep alive thread could cause crash on exit (hah irony.)
PCs with multiple IPs are handled better during P2P
Actually knows what the 'Occupied' status message is (wtf..)
If deleting a contact add them to the block list
Better handling of empty contact list sent by the server
memory leak in file transfers
Jabber:
Jabber group chat is now implemented via chat.dll
Messages to a disconnected jabber conference caused a crash
Improved Jabber resources handling
XML specials in add contact
Better handling of vcards
Better status message monitoring
A user can appear more than once in a group chat roster list
Doesn't show chat items in the group chat menu
Contacts renaming is handled better
Shutdown code is now thread safe
Yahoo:
Custom messages support
Better support for status messages
Added gamer status, shows what game a contact is playing if any.
Better handling of status change requests whilst connecting
Logging in Invisible actually works
Authorisation issues if contact is on list but a temporary
Authorisation issues if a contact was added via an event (such as search)
Added support for mTooltip photos
Changes in popup support, colour changes now work better
If away message is empty it will use a standard away message
Contacts with custom messages are shown as 'away' rather than occupied
Custom message whilst idle is handled better
Going 'online' via setting another status did not work as expected, now also uses that status message
Can rename files during file transfer
Rejection of requests done whilst yahoo is offline (like add)
Check for password before using it internally
About:
Miranda Instant Messenger is a minimalistic, free open source (GNU GPL) multiprotocol instant messaging application for Microsoft Windows.
Miranda provides a basic client framework and an advanced plugin architecture. Support for various IM protocols and additional features is implemented through optional plugins, some of which come bundled with Miranda by default while the rest can be downloaded from the Miranda IM website. This keeps Miranda lean and fast, since unused protocols can be removed. There are currently over 500 plugins for Miranda.
Miranda IM Features
Customized look and function according to each individual's needs.
Management and organization of hundreds of IM buddies on many IM networks
Full message archive database
Contact details or photos visible with mouseover
No advertising or spyware
Compact and portable: with few plugins, fits on a 1.44 MB floppy disk or USB flash drive with several plugins and even a large database.
