Jan 07

Adium 1.2 Is Ready

If you're using a Mac, the options for instant messaging are pretty limited, and Adium was always one of the best choices for using multiple protocols and a single application. With support for AIM, YM, Google Talk, Jabber, ICQ and more, Adium got its latest version out about a day ago, bringing the current version number to 1.2.

Adium 1.2

Adium 1.0 was released back in September 2001, when the program was created by a college student called Adam Iser. That program got a few upgrades, up to version 1.6, but when the Adium team started rewriting the initial code, they renamed the program to "Adium X", and brought the version number down to 0.89.1...

Version 1.2, the one released this last weekend, comes with a long list of features and fixes, that can be found here. Leaving various updates and fixes aside, the best thing is the extended language support, with the next localizations being available: Catalan, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), English (Australian), Finnish, French, French Canadian, German, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, and Turkish.

Adium's capabilities can be extended by the use of additional plugins, as it happens with every "serious" program, in my opinion. The last version requires OS X 10.4 or greater, and if you're using OS X 10.3.9, you'll have to stick with Adium 1.0.6, or the old Adium 0.89.1, if you don't want to upgrade your OS X 10.2 yet.

Finally, if you want to download Adium 1.2, you can do it by clicking here. Since I didn't mention it yet, I will also add that this program is completely free to download and use, being released under the GNU General Public License.