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Adium Updates, Supports Facebook and Adds New Features
Posted by Adam Pash at 6:00 AM on August 27, 2008
Mac OS X only: The popular open-source instant messaging application Adium has released a significant update chock-full of improvements. Most notably, Adium is working to keep in step with IM apps like Pidgin and Digsby by integrating Facebook chat. In addition, the new release adds Cmd-F search to the contact list (a godsend), significant performance improvements, and lots more. Adium is free, Mac OS X only.

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shockwaver
Posted 6:18 AM 27/8/08
I just got this update, and I love it. The program as a whole seems more responsive.. and the facebook chat is useful. It was one feature I missed when I left Digsby.. you know, cause I don't spend any time at all on the facebook website, but all my local friends are on it so..
shockwaver
welchb
Posted 6:43 AM 27/8/08
I'm perplexed by the "new" find feature. Wasn't this already there? If you had the "Regular" full on contact list, you could just start typing - no need for cmd-f even.
What I would really like is to be able to start typing to find on any of the styles.. the regular contact list is way too bulky for my tastes.
welchb
Rhywun
Posted 7:16 AM 27/8/08
@welchb: Yeah, the main reason I use Adium is because it offers the windowless contact list. Fits right next to the Dock and visible at all times.
Rhywun
urukhaifive
Posted 7:43 AM 27/8/08
I wish they would've done something more important like fixing OTR. =\
urukhaifive
KDLooHoo
Posted 7:37 AM 27/8/08
For everyone who has tried signing into Facebook Chat with Adium for the first time just recently and not gotten any notification that it's working, you should know that Facebook Chat is down at the moment for maintenance. I just spent quite some time "debugging" this issue!
KDLooHoo
DeeJayQueue
Posted 8:51 AM 27/8/08
I don't want to hear about it till they support video chat.
DeeJayQueue
stephensilva20
Posted 9:23 AM 27/8/08
Does anyone know what theme that picture is using?
stephensilva20
landonmiller
Posted 11:07 AM 27/8/08
I haven't had any problems with the facebook chat yet, so I am glad to see that I don't have to sign in to facebook to use it. The other added features are nice to, but what about the highly requested feature that still triggers me to open ichat? Video Conferencing.
landonmiller
Jimbro
Posted 12:42 PM 27/8/08
When you use facebook chat, do contacts show up online in your contact list? I have not had any luck with this and am just wondering if I am the only one.
Jimbro
MelanieAnn
Posted 1:09 PM 27/8/08
@urukhaifive: What's wrong with OTR? My Adium updated last night, and I used OTR to talk to a friend a couple hours ago with no (obvious) problems.....
MelanieAnn
KDLooHoo
Posted 1:05 PM 27/8/08
When I sign in to Facebook Chat, it says it's connected, but I don't see any contacts, and friends don't see me as online from the Facebook webpage interface. :-( Seems this feature is still really buggy.
KDLooHoo
Eschguy
Posted 1:00 PM 27/8/08
It's weird, when I try to use Facebook chat it takes forever while it tries to log in...then fails.
Eschguy
daapw110
Posted 12:58 PM 27/8/08
@Jimbro: I had that problem while it was still in beta, but now mine works fine
daapw110
landonmiller
Posted 1:16 PM 27/8/08
I just signed out of facebook chat on the site itself and it took all my contacts with it. Maybe if you are logged into the site it should be enabled? Give that a shot.
landonmiller
seffyroff
Posted 6:42 PM 27/8/08
My favourite IM app, period. Digsby is what I use on Windows, only because it's the closest thing I've found to Adium. A contact list chat feature should be standard in IM clients these days.
seffyroff
windmillninja
Posted 11:27 PM 27/8/08
@DeeJayQueue: THIS
windmillninja
hobnob
Posted 1:11 AM 28/8/08
ALL RIGHT! Finally support for MSN Personal Message!
hobnob
ResearchZilla
Posted 1:41 AM 28/8/08
for facebook chat users: it appears that you *must* be signed into facebook chat from within facebook before you can log in to facebook via adium...spent some serious time checking this issue out..
ResearchZilla
urukhaifive
Posted 5:19 AM 28/8/08
@MelanieAnn: The newest OTR protocol is supposed to use the Socialist Millionaire protocol. It's a much better idea. It relies off of shared knowledge rather than using a second, known secure channel to exchange fingerprints. So for instance, if we were communicating, and I wanted to authenticate you, I'd say the passphrase is "mustard", then I'd tell you "the passphrase is what they put too much of on your sandwich last time we ate together". Adium is still using the exchange fingerprints on a secure secondary channel, though.
urukhaifive
TrentPanther
Posted 7:11 AM 27/8/08
@welchb You can use type ahead searching on any contact list style. The search box just filters the list accordingly. If you don't want to use a regular window (I don't use it either) you can still type to find like normal.
TrentPanther
ICEBreaker
Posted 3:32 AM 29/8/08
I didn't know Facebook is now included until now. Thanks for the info. Been waiting for this for ages.
ICEBreaker