Download Adium 1.2 for Free

Adium, finally out of beta status. Adium is a free instant messaging application for Mac OS X, released under the GNU GPL and developed by the Adium team. With Adium, you can connect to any number of messaging accounts on any combination of supported messaging services and then chat with other people using those services.

Adium1.2 Screenshots (Click on thumbnail to enlarge)

Adium 1.2 Most Interesting Features

(1) Improved Features

Well Improved Group Chat interface, user list, Bonjour support, XMPP (Jabber) support, new account registration, Account Preferences, Status Menu Item, handling of grammar checking across multiple, first-run experience when using services which require a server to be specified, the New Message dialogue.

(2) Added Features

Added separate events for messages received in group chats, an event for chat invitations, Drag & Drop contact invitations, support for fields-based dialogues, which allows many serverside functions to work, SSL certificate verification and trust control, support for server and contact actions, a colorful “Adiumy Flashy” icon set, a global “Connect All Accounts” to the file menu, which connects all enabled and offline accounts, options for showing/hiding mobile contacts and idle contacts as could be done with offline contacts previously, drag & drop of contacts to places besides the contact list, an option to change status when a screensaver is activated, options for update checking to the General preferences, an option to show always show a contact in the contact list regardless of status (offline, idle, etc.), ‘First Last Initial’ as an option for names from the Address Book.

Also Major localization updates: Catalan, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), English (Australian), Finnish, French, French Canadian, German, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, and Turkish.

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