Open-source Adium becomes even more divine in Version 1.3

Adium makes the Gooner in me happy

If you're a Mac user and are still slumming with iChat, it's time that you used Adium. Let's just say that God was busy creating Adium on the eighth day....

For those who have been using open-source Adium, it just got even better. Now with Facebook integration, easier and more powerful search, and more, Adium 1.3 rocks.

This release improves almost every aspect of Adium, ranging from performance and memory to Facebook chat support, and from user interface polish to much improved MSN support with personal messages (finally!). A brand new, gorgeous Contact Inspector brings together all a contact's information in one place - coalescing combined contacts' information and accessing your Apple Address Book to give you at-a-glance information, and intuitive live searching in the Standard Contact List makes it a snap to find your friends.

No, Adium is not perfect (It gets fidgety with file transfers, for example), but it's so amazingly customizable that it has become one of my top five applications on my Mac. If you use a Mac, get Adium. Soon you, too, can dress up your icon in Arsenal colors. :-)

UPDATE: I just tested file transfers in the 1.3, and it actually works! Manna!

[jbsant]

I've used Pidgin (GAIM) for years, and was very happy to find Adium when I switched to my Mac. I didn't know about the facebook integration, that's neat. I just REALLY, REALLY wish they had support for IRC, but according to their issuetracker, that isn't going to happen any time soon. Boo.

[totorototoro]

All we need now is Adium for the iPhone!

[yayfrogs]

Two words: video chat.

[protagonistic]

For the not so younger among you be sure to try out the Young Frankenstein sound scheme. :-)

[bonesbautista]

Three words: what yayfrogs wrote.