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Kadu
- Kadu 0.6.0-beta1 2007.12.21 (09:20)
We are releasing Kadu 0.6.0-beta1. Many more external modules works with this version. We've also added new default look based on Mark James Silk icons.
- Kadu 0.6.0-alpha2 2007.12.11 (13:20)
We are releasing another alpha version, Kadu 0.6.0-alpha1. We encourage you to test it and report bugs on our forum. Please backup your Kadu configuration (copy ~/.kadu) before installation.
- Kadu 0.6.0-alpha1 2007.11.29 (23:20)
New stable Kadu version will be available soon. In the meantime we are releasing version Kadu 0.6.0-alpha2. We encourage you to test it and report bugs on our forum. Please backup your Kadu configuration (copy ~/.kadu) before installation.
- Kadu 0.5.0 2007.01.01 (14:26)
After more than one and a half year since last major release (0.4.0) and one year since last stable version (0.4.3) we are releasing Kadu 0.5.0! Full list of changes is too long to present it here, so you can find only most important changes below:- configurable toolbars - it is possible to add and remove toolbars in main window, search window, chat window and to add new tool buttons in their areas that gives you the ability to easily configure set of most required "actions"
- new default set of emoticons on free licence
- possibility to change chat window appearance - several styles are available and you can also design your own (but you should remember about limits of Qt in HTML rendering)
- possibility to put a picture as a contact list background (in chat window also, but it is an experimental feature)
- new file transfer dialog
- heavily improved docking (especially visible under GNOME)
- levels of experience in configuration dialog
- fixes and big optimalizations in displaying animated emiticons / pictures
- speedup of opening configuration dialog
- multiple speedup of reading history files
- Kadu configuration converted to XML
- very big internal changes to introduce other protocols support
- protection against not serious (you have to add attacker to contact list) DoS attack CVE-2006-0768
- a lot of other improvements, fixes, optimalizations - you can find details here
- independent programmers created several new modules: advanced_userlist, exec_notify, filtering, powerkadu, profiles
- Kadu 0.5.0-rc2 2006.12.25 (04:10)
Next stable release candidate is available. We encourage you to test it. Kadu 0.5.0-rc2. It is worth to read information about it during compilation co nowego w 0.5.0.
- Kadu 0.5.0 will be available soon 2006.11.07 (23:38)
New stable Kadu version will be available soon. In the meantime we are releasing version 0.5.0-RC1. We encourage you to test it and report bugs on our forum.
- New server 2006.06.30 (18:31)
Brand new, faster server has been sponsored by SILVERCODERS company and partially by ChilAn company. Do you want to give your thanks? Advertise these companies and their products/services ;) You can for example put a banner somewhere (you can find it in sponsors subpage) or just write a few positive words in the internet.
- Kadu 0.4.3 2005.11.30 (01:40)
New version of Kadu with two richtext support bugs fixed. Considering the fact that it is probably possible to use them to wicked actions ;), upgrade is recommended. One of the fixed bugs was reported by Michał Gizowski.
- Kadu 0.4.2 2005.10.11 (02:30)
bugfix release
- Kadu 0.4.1 2005.07.19 (23:30)
Kadu 0.4.1 has been released. It is solely a bugfix release, so new functionality should not be expected (apart from one exception, read on). We fixed a couple of memory leaks, voice chat is more stable, a couple modules were added to the auto download mechanism. But this release carries two important changes as well. One is a fix of a severe security vulnerability in libgadu (the library responsible for communicating with the server). Exploitation of this bug can lead to an abnormal termination of the application (this applies to all libgadu based programs) and possibly remote execution of ANY ARBITRARY code - we highly recommend to update! The second, less important change are enhancements to behavior on MacOS X - text formatting works, as well as picture exchange, the dock icon has a decent resolution, dynamic modules work, etc.
- Kadu 0.4.0 2005.04.17 (03:25)
After over 9 months since the release of the last version, we present you with the newest version of Kadu, bearing number 0.4.0. The most important changes in this release are:
New features:
- easy configuration of notifications
- a whole mechanisms of notifications to ease up the development of plugins
- new default icon set
- web browsers integration
- a configuration wizard
- enhancements to the support of picture exchange (eg. saving them in the history)
- voice talks use sound plugins and have a better quality
- broader configuration possibilites
- support of the GG 6.1 contact list
- new modules: desktop_docking, alsa_sound, config_wizard
- new modules separated from the core: account_management, dcc, hints, notify, window_notify
Fixes:
- huge cleanups in network support, thanks to which Kadu is now much more stable in case of connection trouble
- direct connections work much more reliably now
- lots of optimalization, so that Kadu is now faster and uses less memory
- workaround for Qt bugs related to text selecting and copying
- a few memory leaks fixed (e.g. dsp_sound, emoticons and pictures)
- support for sending large images
- better support for proxy connections
and a lot more new features and fixes (over 370!)
What's more, during the development of this version independent programmers created many additional modules, among which the most popular are: dcopexport (allowing commandline control and the support of a gg:uin URL support in browsers), ext_info (additional information fields), led_notify, miastoplusa_sms, pcspeaker, spy (invisible users detection), tabs, weather, xosd_notify. The "old" modules should also be mentioned: tcl_scripting, amarok, mail, spellchecker, xmms.
Although Kadu will compile and run with Qt 3.0 and 3.1, we recommend using at least the 3.2 version.
