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Proteus - 2.2a12

Instant message app for most major IM services

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All Time:	(3.9)
Version 2.2a12:	(3.9)
Selected Version:	2.2a12
Release Date:	2002-11-22
License:	Beta
Downloads (version 2.2a12):	138
Downloads (all versions):	255,889
Price:	$10.00

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Product Description:

A new multi-service instant message application for Mac OS X 10.1.

Written in Cocoa
Supports ICQ, AIM, MSN, Jabber (over SSL too!), Yahoo, Yahoo Japan, and Gadu-Gadu
Clean Aqua-friendly interface

Users that paid previous to a11 will need to go to http://www.indigofield.com/redeem_coupon.php and redeem a free coupon that will give you a free purchase of a new registration code. Sorry about this

What's new in this version:

Drag people to add them to list
Stopped ::: contacts appearing from aim
nil font problem fixed with new message windows
Status column has a title, when it shouldn't ("Field")
Cleaned up some duplicate class definitions
(all maybe?) AIM Profiles aren't updating
(all maybe?) ICQ Profiles aren't updating
Contact floaters don't act as windows when reopening the app now
Bad password notification
Address book lookups/integration/synchronizing
New Authorization Message and User added windows
Plist entry for notification times "Notification Popup Time"
Click user image to load now
Custom sound packs not working, they need to change the sound format they use, 44khz 16bit Stereo AIFF files
Message center scroll bars showing when not necessary
Message center drawer minimum size decreased!
Make history text view urls clickable and cursor changes
Custom Yahoo online statuses looked "Not Available"
Fixed AIM Html Codes appearing with some special characters
ICQ was disconnecting, and disabling too often
Speech was speaking the identifier, instead of the name
ICQ unauthorized contact bugs fixed
Fixed "Set my status" menu item, was empty sometimes
Popup status menu now indicates current status
Cleaning history while loading, crashed
Crash when switching data sources, need to end editing (Outlineview)
Fix country in profile
My Profile needs to be fixed.. lock when address book linked
Return no longer selects the next row when renaming
Always display as visible/invisible backwards
Message windows -always- accept key input now to the input area, rather than having to manually reselect it
Control clicking the main window in the background brings the window forward
Closing a user information window now finally stores the information you've typed, rather than requiring you to 'end editing' (Apple, c'mon?)
Popular request, service column is back.. fixed up though
With above, new icon for contacts with > 1 service in them
Group toolbar icon acts like new group now, not group selected
Auto Away toggle in status changed to radio button for clarity
Reorder Accounts in Configuration
Rename in context menu
Group and Create group now automatically show offline contacts, so as to see the group you just created! :)
Messages coming from wrong accounts
More From Account confusion with accounts that have same description (name)
From accounts now intelligently switch aswell. Will reply from the last one sent to
Auto away time was too quick, 20 seconds was a minute, fixed now :)
Windows coming forward crashes that affected some fixed
Monkey emoticon (monkey) for trillian
Sleepy Emoticon |-)
Blushing Emoticon :*>
Status Menu item "Show Contact List" activates the application now
Emoticon parsing sped up big time!
Fixed Yahoo "Online" status sometime registering as N/A (oops, sorry!)
Sort of support for Yahoo Custom status (ONLY FOR SETTING)
Wait for reconnect after wake
Services don't try to connect if the net connection isn't reliable
Reordering accounts doesn't screw up From Account menus in Message Windows
Status bars (from account) isn't a forced UI item
History text area isn't editable

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 10.1 or higher (for 2.0)
Mac OS X 10.2 or higher (for 2.2)

Feedback Summary:

Version 2.2a12:
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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.