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Proteus - 4.0b5

instant messaging app for most major IM services

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All Time:	(3.9)
Version 4.0b5:	(4.0)
Selected Version:	4.0b5
Release Date:	2004-04-22
License:	Commercial
Downloads (version 4.0b5):	1,310
Downloads (all versions):	255,919
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:

group rename fixed again, broken for b24
�Launch proteus when no gui attached pref wasn't sticking
�Drawing is much faster now, bug introduced with b23 slowed things down
�Fixed long withstanding bug with selecting address cards
Fixed sound crash when selecting sounds too 'quickly' in the events prefs
�Address book sync was broken in b24, sorry about that
Changes in address book update proteus nicely
�Sped up saving with address book more
When using custom color it will not draw the selection when the window it not key or main (visual fix only)
�Enable HTTP connection method if port is 80
Load SSL plugins when loading Jabber
When detaching a contact from the message center, the message center window name is not properly updated (title). That is, the name of the detached contact sticks until you activate the message center window.
�Buddy icons showing up in message views better
service crash on sleep
�Added nickname as status advanced preference
�Massively stopped the imserviced processes eating processor
Updated pref panes to reflect new urls of archives on the website
�Created a message themes folder, custom themes live in there (in ~/Library/Application Support/Proteus/Message Themes/)
�Message window text nicely doesn't have borders now!
�Detach with context click
Away messages don't always send back to a person now, if they're not in your list (autoreplies once)
�Sped up message display
�Removed the "select none" button in address book sync, as it doesn't do anything :D
�Improved emoticon parsing
�Transparent when in background wasn't sticking
�the status bar in the chat window finally sticks
�Contact pictures view shows # of online
�Blurry and TERRIBLE looking fonts
�Reveal in finder for completed file transfers
Removed Contacts -> Delete menu item, was just duplicating Edit->Delete
Open drawer always option back! (In better form)
Ungroup button in info windows for grouped contacts
ICQ not being selected as an offline messable contact, when it should be (if contact offline)
�Updated localization stings, in Status, Network, Titles, Registration, Menus, and Message Format
�Autoresponses are now prefixed with "Away Message:"
�info windows show address book sync status, with a link to address book
Conneting/disconnecting speed ups (big time)
even faster contact list operation!
�Status speed ups, menu drawing, etc
�Disconnected/Connect status representation
�Background transparncy disabled for message views (it didn't work, and was misleading)
You can zoom message views! + command + and command -
Fix Tooltips. Much more responsive. They will now pop up better, track the mouse. + Tooltips always pop up when you hover over the right 35 pixels in the contact list, it's like a hotspot
When in 'auto resize contact list' you can not change the height of the list vertically, it's locked
�More speed ups for contact list drawing
�Colours in interface pane not updating automatically
Update on address book sync better (for deleting contacts that are mixed up from sync)
�Fixed selections, then control clicking.. works better now
�Enabled multiple instances (fast user switching)
�page up/down/home, etc function keys affect the message window
Totally remove the ability to drop between items in the contact list. Make it so you can only drop on contacts or on groups. Between drops make _no_ sense since the list is auto-ordered.
�Changed some sound behavior, online sounds don't play so rapidly now, cutting each other off
service selection added to message toolbar by default
�meta contacts were remembering for too long who was in their group, even after a delete

Operating System Requirements:

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

Mac OS X 10.3

Additional Requirements:

Mac OS X 10.3 or higher

Feedback Summary:

Version 4.0b5:
Overall Rating:	(4.0)	Features:	(4.0)	Support:	(4.1)
Ease of Use:	(4.4)	Quality / Stability:	(4.0)	Price:	(3.9)

Key to Types of Feedback:

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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.