Done:
- Contact merging (bug
698). If
you talk to the same person on multiple IM networks you can now
combine the buddies from each network into a single contact. When
opening a new chat the buddy that is online will be chosen
automatically and the conversation window will automatically change
to another buddy if they switch to a different IM network.
- Tags have begun to be
implemented
(to replace the groups concept in the current buddy list). Tags can
be hidden by clicking the “x” on the right side of the buddy list,
all buddies from this tag will go into an “Other Contacts” tag
automatically, which is shown at the bottom of the buddy list.
- The buddy list can now be closed on Mac without Instantbird quitting
(bug 24).
It can be reopened from the Dock.
- Offline contacts vs. unknown contacts are now differentiated with
icons.
- Instantbird has been upgraded from libpurple 2.7.9 to
2.7.11.
Changes of note include a fix for adding buddies in MSN (see all
changes at their change
log).
- Dark variant of the “Simple” skin (bug
710).
- For Developers:
- Extensions are now able to register commands (bug
118).
- A general JavaScript socket object has been included (bug
673).
- Instantbird 0.3a2pre nightlies are now based on the
mozilla-2.0 branch instead of the mozilla-central trunk
(commit).
This is the version of the Mozilla source that is used in Firefox 4.x.
Known Issues with Nightly Builds (0.3a2pre):
- No feedback when an extension fails to install (bug
712).
- Sounds do not work when the buddy list is closed on Mac (bug
731).
- Commands do not work in protocol overrides (i.e. GTalk, Facebook)
(bug 697).
- Twitter dumps too much information to the error console (bug
681).
Next:
- Release 0.3 alpha 2.
- A detailed
roadmap for
the continued work on 0.3 has been released. Please take a look and
help out!
- Instantbird is participating in Google Summer of Code
2011.
Mozilla has been gracious enough to allow us to participate this year
as part of their organization; you can see ideas and information on
the Mozilla
Wiki.
- Contact us via email (any
email to this address can be found in our public Google
Group) or
IRC if you have any question.
- Applications are due Friday, April 6th, 2011 at 12:00 PM PDT!
Next time around can you add an option to minimize to notification window for Windows implementations? I would like to keep it on like other instant messengers, but not have it clutter up on the task bar.
Normally hitting the ‘X’ button at the top would minimize to notification window and not close the application.
@Herman: we made this change very recently, it’s the new default behavior. You can try it in current nightly builds (or wait for Instantbird 0.3 alpha 2 which should be released soon). :)