The day has come.. GAIM 2.0.0!!!!

[Ergot]

Check the changelog ^^

[Screenor]

I love how it just created four "Gaim" icons on my desktop.

[deadly7]

Check the changelog ^^

Where IS the changelog

[Screenor]

http://gaim.sourceforge.net/ChangeLog

[rabbit]

My only problem is that I get

whenever I open it, but other than that, it runs just fine, and I have no problem with the GUI (because like iago said, the fugly parts are shrinkable).

[MyndFyre]

Thank God!

You're welcome. 

It's a beta... I'll wait for the real thing.

It's a Linux program.  Linux programs are perpetually in beta; the REAL version number is 0.2.0.0, they just don't want to tell you that.

[Ergot]

Wow! We've all been completely swamped in feedback since Saturday's beta release. I'm personally surprised how positive it is as a whole. We've gotten a ton of really well-founded gripes, but I think generally people are liking the direction we're going with Gaim 2.0.0. Also important to note is that there are a bunch of things we had suspected were bad or weren't sure about, and we've been able to gauge everyone's opinions about them. On that note, please keep your feedback coming, but there are a few recurring reports we definitely already know about and are working on that you don't need to let us know about anymore:

    * The per-account statusboxes are a bad idea

    * The statusboxes in general are too big.

    * We intentionally removed more preferences than we should have, to see which ones absolutely can't be lived without. Some of them (e.g. Show idle times in buddy list, report idle time by Gaim usage) need to be ressurected

    * Saved statuses need to be easier to get to

    * Smooth scroll needs to be optional; people are very polar about how they feel about the smooth scroll

I'm sure there are a bunch of other common themes I'm forgetting about here. The other Gaim developers and I will be sure to come back and update this list as we think of other recurring complaints we've seen. Thanks so much for everyone's truly overwhelming response!

At least they care ^^

[iago]

It's a Linux program.  Linux programs are perpetually in beta; the REAL version number is 0.2.0.0, they just don't want to tell you that.

Very untrue, but I won't burst your bubble.

Wow! We've all been completely swamped in feedback since Saturday's beta release. I'm personally surprised how positive it is as a whole. We've gotten a ton of really well-founded gripes, but I think generally people are liking the direction we're going with Gaim 2.0.0. Also important to note is that there are a bunch of things we had suspected were bad or weren't sure about, and we've been able to gauge everyone's opinions about them. On that note, please keep your feedback coming, but there are a few recurring reports we definitely already know about and are working on that you don't need to let us know about anymore:

    * The per-account statusboxes are a bad idea

    * The statusboxes in general are too big.

    * We intentionally removed more preferences than we should have, to see which ones absolutely can't be lived without. Some of them (e.g. Show idle times in buddy list, report idle time by Gaim usage) need to be ressurected

    * Saved statuses need to be easier to get to

    * Smooth scroll needs to be optional; people are very polar about how they feel about the smooth scroll

I'm sure there are a bunch of other common themes I'm forgetting about here. The other Gaim developers and I will be sure to come back and update this list as we think of other recurring complaints we've seen. Thanks so much for everyone's truly overwhelming response!

At least they care ^^

I agree at every one of those. 

Of course they care!


Also, for the record, Gaim-encryption 3.0beta1 has been released. 

[Blaze]

My only problem is that I get

whenever I open it, but other than that, it runs just fine, and I have no problem with the GUI (because like iago said, the fugly parts are shrinkable).

Hehe, that comes up for me too.

[Joe]

Ditto, but I only start Gaim once a week-ish, so I don't really care.

[rabbit]

I tried to build the gaim encryption for the beta.  It didn't go so well.......

[iago]

I have to say, I love how they finally got the "combining buddies" thing right.  When you group somebody together, they are effectively the same person.  It uses the same window, you can search the combined history, and it's really easy to change which screenname you use to send to them (it's under a menu).  In all previous versions of Gaim, I found that grouping buddies didn't really work properly, and felt buggy. 

And on a sidenote, gaim-encryption3-beta2 has been released, which fixes a crashing bug (that me and Newby apparently found)

[rabbit]

Package     Release  (date)     Filename     Size  (bytes)     Downloads     Architecture     Type
Totals:    1    1    200575    0     
Windows Self-Installer
Latest    3.0beta2 [Notes] (2005-12-20 22:36)
     gaim-encryption-3.0beta2.exe    200575    0    i386    .exe (32-bit Windows)

I was the first one to download the Win32 Installer!

[iago]

Yeah, but nobody who counts uses Windows. 

There are 9 source downloads now, but I downloaded it as soon as he announced it.  So who knows?

[MyndFyre]

Yeah, but nobody who counts uses Windows. 

There are 9 source downloads now, but I downloaded it as soon as he announced it.  So who knows?

o_O

You mean, nobody who counts uses Gaim.  Ahh.