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Proteus - 3.0.1

Instant messaging app for most major IM services

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All Time:	(3.9)
Version 3.0.1:	(3.3)
Selected Version:	3.0.1
Release Date:	2003-07-08
License:	Commercial
Downloads (version 3.0.1):	9,589
Downloads (all versions):	255,876
Price:	$15.00

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Product Description:

Multi-service instant message application.

Out of the box support for AIM, ICQ, IRC, MSN and Yahoo! messaging services.
Drag and drop addition of new services via 'Service Plug-ins'.
Host chats for multiple people on different services via Proteus's Broadcasting.
Allows multiple accounts on the same services at the same time.
Includes User Profiles, allowing one-click change of all accounts ( for those people who never log out )
Supports custom away messages. so you can tell people exactly why you're ignoring them.
Have a single-window for all your incoming messages, or just some of them.
Integrates with Apple's Address Book on a per contact basis.
Includes a Dock Menu and a System Menu Item, allowing one-click access to the most common controls.
Includes gorgeus Aqua eye candy like animations window transparency.
An icon you won't mind having in your dock.
Utilizes Apple's text-to-speech engine, giving your messages a voice.
Execute shell commands for incoming messages.
Customize your emoticons, your sounds, your colors, your fonts, and your status images.
Share your favorite customizations with your friends through Proteus Packs.

What's new in this version:

Always Fades Status
yahoo needs to lowercase usernames (not cs.yahoo.com)
Background for mac standard is wrong colour
aim case sensitive
Notifications below screen saver
Fixed a couple startup crashes
Message from not in list contact, needs to force popup so it doesn't go into limbo
AIM users don't get added to your list if they simply add you
Add to list doesn't update the local contact properly (message window, etc)
Message window OK away crash
Visual sort indicator might not be updating
Disabled Send File Items
Users who message you were added to list incorrectly (AIM, Yahoo)
Mesages dropping on queue
Fixed No Name in address book data source for contacts with just email information
Added a couple emoticon string representations
Problems with some foreign characters not being entered, should be fixed now
Fixed AIM disconnect at login problem
Always Invisible and Visible state in info window wasn't visually saving
Menu extra was showing wrong # of unread messages
Short foreign langauges messages were being encoded incorrectly
Pad outgoing AIM messages
Statuses are no longer in submenu for status bar menu
Return problem with foreign languages

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.3
Mac OS X 10.2

Additional Requirements:

Mac OS X 10.2 or higher

Feedback Summary:

Version 3.0.1:
Overall Rating:	(3.3)	Features:	(3.6)	Support:	(3.2)
Ease of Use:	(4.3)	Quality / Stability:	(3.0)	Price:	(3.3)

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Disappointing--cannot find "join group chat" for jabber - Version: 4.16, 1/4/2008 08:32AM PST

(1 of 2 users found this comment useful)

sng40

I have used Adium for over a year along with others in my policy group as a secondary communication channel during group teleconferences. My primary, and really only, use, therefore, is a group chat at a password-protected jabber conferencing site. I searched and searched the menus of Proteus, but I could not discover how to join a group chat room. I can do it easily with Adium and with Pidgin on my new ASUS Eee PC (Xandros Linux based). So, for me, Proteus is useless, as is Psi, because the latter does not support passworded logging into chat rooms.

Also, when I tried to set up my jabber account with Proteus, I kept failing until finally I noticed that it was necessary to open another tab to enter the host name for my account. I had thought that it was implicit in my account name (user@host).

Bottom line: Adium is still my chat client of choice for MacOS

--Steve

why all this criticizing about updates? - Version: 4.16, 1/2/2008 05:06AM PST

(2 of 3 users found this comment useful)

xkont

I don't understand why everybody is criticizing about Proteus updates. I use updates for centuries and never had a problem. I tried Audium etc but i like Proteus the most.
I hate when there are numerous and meaningless updates for apps.

Proteus is always my choice and never liked other apps (maybe only for the look).
The only issue was "joining" conversations with multiple persons but I was ok.

I hope these guys continue updating whenever they really have something to offer and not just to "remind" us that they are "alive".

Dollar Short and a Few Years Late - Version: 4.16, 1/1/2008 07:58PM PST

(0 of 3 users found this comment useful)

MAC_1984

Sorry, but this group promised the world and delivered zero. The time lapse between this release and the previous, place it dead last. Adium rules this world as well it should for its constant revisions and added feature sets.

I was a licensed user of Proteus, and it was once one of the better ones, but those days are long gone.