Changes
This is the summary of changes between KMess 2.0-alpha2 and 2.0-alpha.
- added connecting over HTTP, to deal with corporate firewalls which only allow connections to browse the web.
- added tabbed chatting support!
- added offline messaging functionality.
- added the support to send ink messages.
- added the support to send huge messages.
- added full MSN Plus text-formatting support in chat and in the contact list.
- added application-wide settings dialog, which includes an account manager.
- added option to choose the interval of ports used for fast file transfers.
- added option to change the groups of a contact from the contact's properties dialog.
- added option to choose a previously set display picture for the account.
- added option to choose the dimensions of the pictures in the contact list.
- added option to specify where received files will be downloaded to.
- added option to display all offline contacts in a single group ("mixed" group mode).
- added option to hide currently empty groups.
- added option to block notifications when the status is set to Busy.
- added option to disable displaying of received winks.
- added option to choose a default directory where to put all received files.
- added option to choose the browser and e-mail client used to open Web links.
- added copy menu entry for the music a contact is listening.
- added a dark chat style suitable for use with dark KDE color themes.
- added ability to keep short notes for each contact.
- added a search box in the contact list.
- added an history box in the contact list, which displays recent contact events.
- added a close button on the notification popups (for people who don't know about right-click to close).
- added a DBus remote control interface, to enable interaction with KMess from other applications.
- added KWallet support to store in a secure way the passwords of the saved accounts.
- added detection of network connection availability, using Solid.
- added tracking of the 'last seen' and 'last chat message' dates for a contact.
- improved reporting of error messages.
- improved the user interface of many dialogs.
- improved the Now Playing support with Amarok 2 support. Amarok 1.4 is still supported.
- improved the file transfer messages within the chat.
- improved the auto-message feature, displays the automessage more often.
- fixed displaying old contact names and no personal messages after login.
- fixed loading emoticon themes containing non-PNG picture files.
- fixed compatibility and styling issues with dark KDE color schemes.