Adium
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| developer | Adium team led by Thijs Alkemade |
| Publishing year | 28 Sep 2001 |
| Current version | 1.5.10.4 (April 27, 2017) |
| operating system | macOS |
| programming language | Objective-C |
| category | Instant messaging |
| License | GPL ( Free Software ) |
| German speaking | Yes |
| www.adium.im | |
Adium is a free instant messenger for macOS released under the GNU General Public License .
Adium uses the libraries "libezv" (for Bonjour) and "libpurple" (for all other protocols). Libpurple is primarily by the developers of Pidgin , the GTK + - front-end , held by libpurple repaired. So the Adium team mainly works on the graphical user interface .
Functions
Adium offers several functions. This includes "tabbed chatting", similar to tabbed browsing , in which you can chat with several users with an open window using tabs. Through Off-the-Record Messaging (OTR) of the chat can be encrypted. Various customization options are available as a supplement. This relates to visual changes (skins) and alternative tones as well as Apple scripts and extensions. Adium also supports the transfer of files.
Logs
The following protocols are supported by Adium in the current version:
- XMPP including the services Google Talk , Facebook Chat and LiveJournal Talk
- OSCAR including the AIM and ICQ services
- Yahoo (including Yahoo! Japan)
- Bonjour
- IRC
- MySpaceIM
- Novell GroupWise
- Lotus Sametime
- Gadu-Gadu
- Skype with an extension
- QQ with the "AdiumQQ" extension
- Steam Chat with the "Steam IM" extension
- Xfire with the "XBlaze" extension
- MeBeam with an extension
- NateOn with an extension
- Tleń with an extension
history
The project was started by Adam Iser. The first version 1.0 was released in September 2001 and only supported AIM . Adium 1.0 was initially renewed up to version 1.6. This was followed by a somewhat unusual versioning .
The development team changed large parts of Adium to include other protocols. Originally this was supposed to be released as "Adium 2.0", but because of the big differences between Adium 1.0 and the newly written version, the program was renamed "Adium X". They started with “Adium X 0.50”. This type of designation lasted until Adium X 0.89.1. Finally, the developers decided to drop the "X" and return to "Adium". On February 2, 2007, "Adium 1.0" was released.
Adium X 0.88 and newer versions appear as universal binaries and thus ran natively on both PowerPC and x86 (Intel) -based Apple computers. Versions from 1.5 onwards only support x86-based systems.
See also
Web links
- Official website (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Adium team. (No longer available online.) In: adium.im. Archived from the original on October 10, 2016 ; accessed on July 20, 2019 .
- ^ Adium Version History. (No longer available online.) In: adium.im. Archived from the original on January 17, 2016 ; accessed on July 20, 2019 .
- ↑ The adium Open Source Project on Open Hub: Languages Page . In: Open Hub . (accessed on October 19, 2018).
- ↑ Extension for NateOn