Psi 0.8.7 --------- Date: October 20th, 2002 Author: Justin Karneges infiniti@affinix.com For installation or compiling instructions, see the INSTALL file. (On Windows, see install.txt) This program is licensed under the GNU GPL. See the COPYING file for more information. Notes ----- ** SSL ** - You need the QSSL plugin to utilize SSL connectivity. ** Upgrading ** - If you are upgrading from a version prior to 0.8.5, Psi will try to import your old settings as the "Default" profile. Just click the "import" button when you are prompted. Do not go back to a previous version of Psi after importing to the new config, otherwise you could run into configuration problems. Note to Windows users: make sure your history files are in the same folder as the new version of Psi before you import, so that they can be moved to the correct location. If you forget to do this (or it is not possible with your configuration, like on NT), you can manually move them later to the "PsiData\profiles\Default\history" folder (PsiData resides in the Psi folder on Windows 9x, or your personal Documents and Settings folder on NT/2K/XP). Changes ------- New in 0.8.7: - Multiple Jabber logins at once - Much improved Jabber resource handling - New contact tooltip shows information about all resources logged in - "Self" contact, so that you can access your other resources - Groupchat - Server account unregister capability - Contact list now reports presence errors - New auth/ask icons instead of "need authorization" psuedogroup - Events from hidden contacts cause only those contacts to appear - Ability to use proxy when registering - Connecting animation - New "busy" animation - Normal message dialog now has JID auto-completion support - Optional feature to send URLs detected in the clipboard (like Licq) - Finding messages in history now locates instead of filtering - "What's This" information available to many dialogs - bugfix: crash when changing status - bugfix: proxy port reset to 8080 when modifying account - bugfix: can't close register dialog - bugfix: can't ignore SSL warnings during register - Quite a few other things.. New in 0.8.6: - Roster sorted on-the-fly instead of delayed (no more "jumping") - Platform-specific DNS resolution - Middle-click triggers default action - Better multi-display support - Custom auto-status message - Chat messages containing URLs or Subjects are displayed properly - No more warning when quitting while connected - Auto-reconnect - Send deregistration when deleting a transport - DND status does not play sounds or do popups - Numpad-enter now acts like the regular enter key - Escape hides the roster window - "Tool window" mode for roster (on win32 this means no taskbar entry) - Sound previews in the options dialog - HTTP(S) proxy support - Your Nickname is displayed in titlebar instead of Jabber ID - "Last Online @" available for offline contacts (via tooltip) - Ability to manually specify your JID, in case it doesn't match the host - Message quoting - Support for changing password - Ability to deny subscriptions - Emoticons - SSL certificate verification warnings - Better internal iconset handling (should be no leaks now) - Uses a plugin called QSSL, instead of OpenSSL directly - $PSIDATADIR can specify a custom path for PsiData (normally $HOME/.psi) - Show client version and operating system of contacts (via tooltip) - Ability to load iconsets in zip format - Option: alert for chats even if the chat window is open (like ICQ2001) - Option: start with main window hidden - Option: don't auto-popup when away - bugfix: raise roster window on event should not take focus - bugfix: "Play sounds" option restored properly - bugfix: URLs with ampersands should now open correctly - bugfix: crash when trying to connect while already connecting - bugfix: Windows 95 works again New in 0.8.5: - Separate user profiles - New config format (will import old settings) - More iconsets, including the new default: "Stellar" - Included Sound effects - MacOS X version - Windows XP theme support - Internationalization (available as language packs) - Some small features (like clickable urls in away messages) New in 0.8.4: - SSL support (with OpenSSL 0.9.6b library) - Offline groups, no more need for 'X' empty groups - Better URL detection - Handy new options: remember window sizes, and ignore headline messages - SHA1 now works on big endian systems again - Fixed memory leak in the Win32 system tray icon - Messages now show proper indentation - Service ID translation (jabber:iq:gateway) - Redesigned Jabber core - Faster shutdown - A bunch of other little things Description ----------- Psi is a Jabber client written in C++ using the Qt toolkit. It's the only Qt Jabber client under active development that I'm aware of, and I plan for it to be a suitable replacement for people switching from Licq. Psi started out as an X11 program for unix, but thanks to the portability of Qt, there are also Windows and MacOS X versions. The interface is very ICQ-like. Alerts appear in the contact list when events are received, and things like subscriptions requests appear as "system messages" (ICQ users know these well). Even "Chats" are queued in the contact list. Also, chats are "remembered" by default, so that you don't have to keep a bunch of windows open for each person. Just close the chat window. If you open it again it will all be there. Psi is minimal but powerful. There are keybindings for just about everything, Unicode is supported throughout, and contacts can be even be managed offline. Plans for v1.0: - File Transfer - Other misc stuff - Bugfixes The list is getting smaller! How you can help ---------------- Comments -------- I like comments, even if they are a simple thanks. Bug reports ----------- If you want to help me out, email me a bug report. Be as descriptive as possible and tell me what exactly you were doing at the time something went wrong. If possible, send me a stack backtrace. Wishes ------ I can't possibly know what everyone wants, so I appreciate all feature requests. Porting ------- Psi should be very portable. Please e-mail me first if you want to port Psi to another platform. Graphics -------- I am no artist. If you think you can do a better job with any of the Psi graphics, then go right ahead! Sound ----- Same goes for sound. Start mixing! Programming ----------- Patches are welcome. External tools would be useful as well, like Licq conversion utilities (iconsets, message history, etc). Get to work! Packaging --------- Want to make an RPM or something? Financial --------- You can send a paypal gift if you'd like, to justin@affinix.com Have fun, -Justin
