After a while I don’t use Pidgin anymore and since the default messenger on Ubuntu wasn’t Pidgin anymore. But I still miss using Pidgin because it is lightweight and NO-ADS. Yahoo Messenger has so many ads and popups when you log in. It makes my computer freeze for a while. And sometimes it freezes completely. And the other thing is that Yahoo Messenger sometimes crashes with .NET Framework — still don’t know why.
Anyway, I would like to review Pidgin, not criticize Yahoo Messenger. Ok let’s get back to topic, hehehe. After a while without using Pidgin, today I opened their website, and now Pidgin has already updated to v2.6.6. Since my last post it was still v2.5.8.
So I’m interested in what the major updates are from v2.5.8 to v2.6.6. After I read their changelog, here is the Pidgin v2.6.6 update:
- Fix some file transfer issues in MSN
- Support animating GIF icons in MSN
- Don’t send <span> tags in YM
- Many bug fixes in library libpurple
- Fix a leak and crash when retrieving buddy icons.
And many more — you can read the rest here.
So what’s so good about Pidgin? Here are the best things I like from Pidgin:
- No ads
- No crash
- Fast and lightweight
- Runs on Windows, Mac OSX, and Linux/Ubuntu
- One messenger for all accounts; supports YM, MSN, GTalk, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, and many more
- Many third-party plugins, run by community. Community is the best on the internet
You can download Pidgin here.
Do you agree with me? Please leave me a comment.