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Miranda IM 0.9 is now out -- new icons, better Win7 support, and lots more!
Miranda IM is pretty much the most versatile, customizable, powerful, minimalistic and down-right sexy IM client on the planet.
I know that sounds like a lot, but I've been using it for years, and I've tried pretty much everything else Windows and Linux have to offer. I never tried Adium, so maybe Adium's better – but for Windows, nothing beats Miranda. As you can tell, this application is a prime candidate for one of my What the Zuk columns, so I will save the rest of my admiration for later and get to the news already:
Miranda 0.9.0 is now out! Miranda is very actively developed, but the release cycle isn't exactly lightning-fast. So 0.9.0 means something, and here's a few features off the list:
- New improved protocols engine with full Unicode support
- New high quality icon theme
- First official x64 version
- Added Windows 7 taskbar icon support
The weirdest feature added to this release was support for file transfers of over 4GB in size. I mean, who the heck transfers over 4GB of files over IM? This release also brings strong Unicode support across the board, so if you happen to be a non-English user this may come in handy. I just installed it myself, and the myriad of add-ons I use seem to work just fine.
And of course, Miranda keeps all of its existing goodness, including support for an insane number of protocols. I currently use it for IRC, ICQ, MSN, GChat, and Olark. One client to rule them all! If you've never used Miranda, now would be a great time to give it a spin!
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Subscribe to commentsSem BrignoliAug 25th 2010 4:13PM
The New Version have no support 4 linux, or i just can't find it... even my software installer (on Linux Mint) can't find it...
??????
Still.. this look pretty nice 4 windows...
RahabibAug 25th 2010 4:15PM
Do you still have to download odd files just to enable half the skins? I liked it but it took a solid day just to get it the way I liked it. Then when I reformatted I just decided to go with Pidgin.
EGOvoruhkAug 25th 2010 4:26PM
What does it offer over Pidgin/libpurple?
I use libpurple based clients on all my OSes (Windows, OS X, and Linux) and it always seems to fit my need
AnthonyAug 25th 2010 4:33PM
The main thing it offers is the most lightweight and customizable chat experience available in Windows.
The closest analogy I can think of is that Miranda IM is like the Foobar2000 of IM clients.
AnthonyAug 25th 2010 4:26PM
The large file transfer support isn't as much of a WTF as the x64 version. Who /needs/ their IM client to be able to use more than 4 GB of RAM?
I'm not sure that putting the "pretty" contact list & tabbed chat window plugins (e.g. clist_nicer, scriver/tabsrmm) into a separate download was the best idea. I understand that they're really 3rd party plugins, but if they're going to bother making an official download for them, bundle them into the program.
VortalAug 25th 2010 4:52PM
Giving it a shot now, interesting to see how long it takes to get everything up and working with the addons I would need and how much memory this takes
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Current using Trillian Beta, 3xMSN, Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare and LinkedIn and sits at ~7MB
Not finding all these addons yet for Miranda yet either :(
larsAug 25th 2010 5:55PM
I was an avid miranda-im user for years - I've gone over to Digsby, and I'm pretty satisfied. They deal with protocol changes etc very swiftly.
MxxConAug 26th 2010 1:35AM
Miranda IM 0.9.1 is out with critical bug fixes
Also keep in mind that 64bit version of Miranda is brand new and REQUIRES 64bit version of plugins, which at this moment is virtually non-existent.