Adium X
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| Size: | 20.0 MB |
| Last Update: | 2008-02-19 22:30:11 |
| Version: | 1.2.2 |
| OS Support: | Mac OS X/Mac Universal Binary |
| License/Program Type: | Open Source |
| Publisher: | Adam Iser, Evan Schoenberg |
| Price: | $0.00 |
Description:
Adium X is a Open Source Instant Messaging client.
Adium X is a IM client that's based on another Open Source project
for Linux/Windows: Pidgin, a client that is formerly known as GAIM.
Adium X uses Pidgin's core under a Mac style (Unified) user
interface.
The client supports various IM networks like: AIM, MSN/Windows
Live, Yahoo!, ICQ, Jabber, Apple Bonjour, Google Talk, Apple .Mac,
Lotus SameTime, Novell Groupwise, QQ, Gadu-Gadu, Live Journal Talk,
and more. The only thing that's really missing from this client is
the support for the IRC protocol. It also supports to be logged in
on multiple networks or on multiple accounts at the same time. In
this case the contact list is unified between all your
accounts.
The group list of the contacts looks like the one from Yahoo!
Messenger for Mac. The chat interface gives you quick access to the
usual features that a chat window offers. It is well designed and
pretty ergonomic.
A great feature of the chat interface is the usage of a tabular
design. Instead of having lots of windows around your desktop, you
can get all your IMs into a single one.
A feature that you won't find in most of the IM clients, is the
possibility to encrypt the conversation. The chat interface offers
you a button that controls this functionality.
The 'Preferences' panel has a lot of useful features that won't
make you to miss that much your default IM chat client in case you
would like to switch to Adium X. It lacks the support for video and
audio calls though. The file transfer works just in certain
conditions that depend on the client that's used by your contact,
but it has a well structured IM history.
The speed of this application is quite good. Unlike Yahoo!
Messenger for Mac or Windows Messenger, Adium X has a fast startup
and login speed. It is one of the best IM clients for Mac OS X from
this point of view.
Adium X is extensible. The producer offers some plugins for this
client. You can also add new emoticons, dock icons, sounds, service
icons, Apple Scripts, etc.
The notifications when a contact of yours signs in or out, or when
he/she sends a message to you, is made by a Growl, a 3rd party
application that comes in the same distribution package as Adium X.
You can chose if you would like to use it or not, and it can be
disabled at any time.
Pluses: it has support for multiple chat protocols, it
supports multiple logins at the same time, it is very fast, it is a
well designed application, it has chat encryption functionality, it
is extensible, it can use Growl for notifications.
Drawbacks / flaws: it can't make video or audio calls, the
file transfer won't work flawlessly.
In conclusion: if you start to add the pluses and subtract
the drawbacks, you can have a pretty good IM client for Mac OS X.
If you aren't interested by the features it lacks, then you can
easily consider this client as one of the best and use it as your
default application for this purpose.
version reviewed: 1.0.2
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