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Adium 1.0 Beta released, but don't tell anyone

Posted by Jeff Jeff is offline on 07-07-2006, 10:08 AM  

The developers of Adium, an aquafied instant messenger for Mac OS X based on the open source GAIM project have released a beta version of Adium 1.0. But on the developers blog, they are reminding people that this is a real, honest-to-god beta which will contain bugs, so caveat emptor!

Peter Hosey, a developer on the Adium project for a couple years, writes:
"Please do not post this beta to version tracking sites like MacUpdate or VersionTracker, or news sites like Digg. This is a beta; as such, things may not work properly."
It's almost comical really. Begging people not to post on Digg, I suspect has exactly the opposite effect. A miscalculation on Hosey's part? Hmmm...

Like the GAIM project on which it's based, Adium provides connectivity to AIM, iChat, MSN/WLM, Yahoo!, ICQ, Jabber (Google Talk), Lotus Sametime and more. It supports encryption so the boss can't eavesdrop on your private conversations, and tabbing to keep your chats organized.

This new beta adds some real improvements, including file transfers with AIM, ICQ and .Mac accounts, better integration with iTunes, selective account disabling and faster sign-on.

If you're a Mac user that needs to connect to people on other IM networks, check out Adium.

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David says
07-07-2006, 03:07 PM
"Please do not post this beta to version tracking sites like MacUpdate or VersionTracker, or news sites like Digg. This is a beta; as such, things may not work properly."

I'd be willing to bet he said that to insure that it does get posted on digg and the like.
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MrOats says
07-07-2006, 11:55 PM
Along with Dave on this one. *Nods*

If he -really- didn't want -anyone- to know about this, he'd keep it out of his blog, obviously. It's common sense.

I think all companies, owners, etc. say that certain information/photos/screenshots of programs/products have been "secrectly leeked" or tell others "not to expose[secrect]information" onto the internet, -just- to get everyone hyped up about it and to expose it.

Another of the sort here? Certainly seems to be the case.

But still... This sure Looks pretty awesome for people with the Mac! :P
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