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AIM 6.0-7.5 now available and other updates

Hello buddies,

Well it's an unusually hot day here in Kansas -- a perfect day for updates. The gap between the last update and now is primarily because of our focus on finalizing AIM/ICQ and preparing for Escargot 2.0. There will also be an update next week for things which didn't make it into this release.

AIM and ICQ early access is now $2, however that does not come with any special supporter channel access, priority support, behind the scenes info, or early access to anything else which comes up in gamma, so the cool kids club still is $5.

We really need your help, we're still looking to expand in preparation for Escargot 2.0 and this month we've got several domain renewals, and aside from our wonderfully dedicated Patrons and Boosters there have been only a couple of smaller donations. So if you want to help and are able to, see the bottom of this announcement for links.

Now, on to the actual updates:

Updates:
  • AIM: Versions 6.0-7.5 are now supported. See connect instructions at: https://nina.chat/connect/aim/
  • AIM: Direct IMs are now available, but still subject to firewall/router port forwarding
  • General: Many backend updates to prepare for Escargot 2.0 and finalizing AIM/ICQ
Fixes:
  • AIM: Chat bug which appeared when a room had a high join/leave ratio should be fixed
  • AIM: Older versions of Gaim crashing when joining chat rooms is now fixed
  • ICQ: ICQ 4 and 5 crash on start up has been fixed.
  • ICQ: Issue where gender display is flipped in results should now be fixed (reported by Alexander O.)
  • ICQ: Miscellaneous fixes to unified directory
Issues:
  • AIM/ICQ: As noted above, some issues still persist and will be addressed hopefully in the next update.
  • AIM/ICQ: Offline messages and ICQ-specific messages for authorization did not make it into this update, but will be in the next.

If you don't see your issue here or just want to be sure we know about it (we may not since some bugs go unreported because people believe we don't know or don't care) please let us know. If we already know of the issue, we still appreciate the reporting.

Developers, Developers, Developers:
  • WebAPI: We've changed auth token handling, if you are having issues reconnecting, you will need to relogin and get a new auth token.
Soon:
  • MSN: We've made even more progress on Escargot 2.0 since the last announcement, you'll hear more soon (said last time, but still true! x2)
  • AOL: More content from former channels will be restored
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