Adium 1.4 beta brings Twitter support and other goodies
Our favorite multi-service messaging client, Adium has issued two awesome updates. For OS X 10.4 Tiger users, or users who just want to use the most "stable" Adium release, the team has released Adium 1.3.4. This version boasts and updated core library and an updated Facebook chat plugin. The Adium blog states that this will likely be the last update for OS X 10.4 Tiger users.
If you're running OS X 10.5 Leopard and you want to get a taste of some new Adium features, the first beta of Adium 1.4 is also now available. The big news with Adium 1.4 is Twitter support! As Megan reported back in March, Twitter support is something the Adium team has been working hard at implementing for quite some time.
In addition to Twitter, Adium 1.4 also supports IRC, enhanced group messaging (independent styles and whatnot) and a slew of other improvements and enhancements. You can check out the whole list here.
I haven't really been able to try out the Twitter integration, because I think I follow too many people (Adium crashed after the 2000 or so Growl notifications went haywire), but it looks like a great way to at the very least integrate all of your messaging profiles in one place.
What are your thoughts on the new Adium beta?
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i love the twitter support ... but it seems to crash my internet.. my internet dropped twice so far and i've disabled the account since... i will have to play around with it more tomorrow
May 20 2009 at 4:42 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyHey remember two years ago when they had examples of video working? That sure was sweet. http://digg.com/apple/Adium_2_0_Coming_With_video_audio_support
I mean come on, the video support ticket has been open for 4 years or so.
I've played with Twitter integration in Adium 1.4 beta 1 and I've put some initial thoughts about it in my blog at: http://codepuccino.com/metacosm/2009/05/19/first-adium-twitter-integration-thoughts-in-14-beta-1/
May 19 2009 at 11:09 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyWhile I too await video and better file transfer (the team has explained why on its blog), I'm thrilled to have it handle more and more of my online chattering needs.
As to Kevin's worry, I ran Leopard on several G4s and had nothing but joy, once I maxed out the machines' RAM (which, these days, is dirt cheap).
Survive and suceed, Adium!
Sad to see that Tiger is being discontinued... I do not plan on installing Leopard on my G5 anytime soon and I still use it daily even though I have my MBP.
May 18 2009 at 5:11 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyOh Adium. Every time I try to use you, you give me nothing but grief with Direct Messages & file transfers. And it's been *years.*
May 18 2009 at 2:29 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyMine keeps crashing every time I try and log in to AIM. Anyone else seeing this, too?
@freshyill Tweets showed up as away messages on my list, so maybe see if away messages are visible in your buddy list.
How exactly is Twitter supposed to work in Adium? OK, so I can get a list of the people I follow, but where do I see their tweets?
May 18 2009 at 1:47 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyTweets show up in a single group chat window named "Timeline." Each tweet is followed by icons to reply, star or link. So far, it seems to work just fine and will replace my other Twitter clients.
May 19 2009 at 12:02 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThe site is getting slammed for Adium 1.4.
Took several tries but the site showed up (minus any images - css styling only). Looking forward to testing it out.
No video, no deal.
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