Adium 1.1 Features Improved Tabs And “Nudge” Support
Adium, the popular Mac OS X IM client, has reached version 1.1. Although Adium just released a new version about a month ago, the team behind the app claims that 1.1 has been in the works for over a year.
Adium is an open source, multi-protocol IM client popular with Mac users because it allows you to have all your conversations in a single application, regardless of what IM network your friends use, unlike Apple’s iChat with is limited to AIM or Jabber.
New features in Adium 1.1 include greatly improved tabs, support for “nudge” on MSN and “buzz” on Yahoo and improvements to the tool which allows you to hide your contact list at the edge of the screen (similar to Mac OS X’s Dock application).
There’s lengthy list of additional changes you can peruse on the Adium site.
In limited testing this morning, I found the new tabs to quite a bit improved (the support for vertical tabs is nice given that I tend to have a very narrow window in Adium, making horizontal tabs awkward). The application also feels a bit snappier.
Adium still lacks support for video chat, but otherwise it remains the best multi-protocol IM app for Mac users.
Adium 1.1 is free and requires OS X 10.4 (Tiger).
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