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Proteus - 4.04

instant messaging for most major IM services

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All Time:	(3.9)
Version 4.04:	(4.8)
Selected Version:	4.04
Release Date:	2004-06-26
License:	Commercial
Downloads (version 4.04):	5,822
Downloads (all versions):	255,894
Price:	$15.00

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Product Description:

Multi-service instant message application.

Out of the box support for AIM, ICQ, MSN, Jabber 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:

4.04:

MSN File Transfer problems fixed
auto update problems
bugs with service name identifier in web kit view previews

4.03:

hidden prefs
- url truncation "Truncate URL Threshold" integer (number of chars to truncate to)
- notification image "Notification Image" string (path, ~ is ok)
Yahoo support fixed (yay gaim!)
new webkit keys: %service_name %service_identifier %service_identifier_caps
yahoo icon support (Andrew Wellington)
msn file transfer support (Andrew Wellington & Jean-Francois Roy)
msn icon support (Andrew Wellington)
memory leaks fixed
Emoticons have tooltips, so you can see how to make them! (Thanks Colter Reed)
fixed importing of history from pre 3.X versions not working
ICQ nicknames cache across launch, so we don't need to load them all the time (well, still do.. but the old ones save!)
- same for all nicknames, about information, and pictures.. yay!
Added an away message popup, basically one of the "I'm away" windows that AIM has. Check the status prefs for it
changed the way the message window status bar appears, and disappears on the user.. hopefully more useful now :)
fixed notificaiton popups not drawing in all the way
added advanced pref that disables sounds for active windows, sounds will not play, if you've been active in the last 15 seconds, the window is key, and proteus is in the front
added interface pref to not show your own accounts in the contact list
new download (file transfer) manager (thanks to Jean-Francois!!)
X buttons in message center drawer now will not perform their action if you click, drag off, then release... standard OSX behavior :)
animations only occur after connected for a while... so at startup you don't get some ugly flickering
GUI changes to contact list
ICQ fixes on moving people around, and mass "Add this user" requests
drawing speed ups
emoticon parsing speed ups
fixed problem where you could set a status to have no title, and you'd have a weird seperator
- affected both new status window, and the pref pane for statuses
neat (and good!) new stuff added to "New Status" window. Try apple option S, it's faster, better... stronger
serious revamp of View menu
added the ability to set a background image for the contact list (yay!) It will slow down contact list rendering right now, not terribly, but I'm working on it :)
added ability to move the status images and service images left and right in the basic list
added view menu toggle for typing in contact list
changed the way show/hide items work, they use Checks, rather than changing titles all the time
fixed: using contact nicknames as status messages wasn't using the identifier, when it should
Proteus menu "Set Status" now (finally) has "New Status" option
trimmed the fat from a couple preference panes
- Personal, removed middle names and re-organized, removed privacy setting, wasn't supported
- Note.. privacy stuff isn't disappearing, it'll be coming back properly in a coming version
- Interface, moved options out to the view menu
- Advanced, cleaned up a bit.. renamed some things for clarity
revamped the new status item, you can now set the "play sounds" setting, along with "SMS"
allowed for "temporary" statuses. Basically, in the new status dialog, you can say save, or don't save this status for later
added ability to export contact list to a plain text file
support forums and contact author link in main menu
AIM users on cell phones should show up now (let me know if this still doesn't work)
some AIM users not reporting online
reg info in about
added %incoming_color_dark for web view creators
added %use24hourclock bool value for web view (1/0)
added %showtimestamps bool value for web view (1/0)
fixed a couple of security holes in imservices... could possibly allow for remote connect spoofing
Bad Icon Packs were crashing proteus
Fixed MSN HTTP connection problems (Andrew Wellington)
fixed duplicate %N problems
and other such tags, them not parsing
fixed adium's double trailing line break
bug
Yahoo didn't have ! mark (Yahoo!) in help menu
history bugs worked out (Jean-Francois Roy)
yahoo emoticons added
monkey emoticons fixed, along with some MSN and Proticons
lots of HTML bugs fixed in sending receiving of messages
encoding checkmark wasn't being updated in encoding menu
fixed all known missing localization strings
updated to new libgaim 0.79.. brings lots of protocol fixes

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 4.04:
Overall Rating:	(4.8)	Features:	(4.7)	Support:	(4.4)
Ease of Use:	(4.9)	Quality / Stability:	(5.0)	Price:	(4.3)

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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.