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JabberFoX 0.4.1 has been released! You can find it at 
http://jabberfox.sourceforge.net


JabberFoX is a Jabber client for Mac OS X and the name stands for 
"Jabber For OS X".

Jabber (http://www.jabber.org) is an open source instant messaging 
system fully based on XML. Thanks to the server-side Jabber Agents, 
Jabber clients can communicate with users of other instant messaging 
systems, like AIM, ICQ, Yahoo, MSN, or IRC.

JabberFoX is written in Objective-C using Apple's Cocoa API and tries 
to make full use of Aqua, Apple's cool new user interface system. It 
aims at implementing all of the standard jabber features including 
chat, group chat, messages, the roster (buddylist), and agents. 
Eventually we hope to incorporate all of the features of the Jabber 
protocol, including browsing, strong encryption and the new 
conferencing protocol.


News in this version:
* Localized to Spanish
* URLs in incoming messages/text are made clickable, like in web browser.
* Roster/UserChat/GroupChat can have transparent backgrounds
* Roster contacts with only one resource can't be expanded anymore to 
reduce clutter
* Added a menu item to show/hide offline roster items
* GroupChat: added Tab-completion of nick names
* GroupChat: highlighting possible via color, sound, or speech
* Support for new "invisible" mode (only works on Jabber servers >= 1.4.2)
* Various other minor changes
* Lots of bugs squashed (and probably new ones introduced :-P)


Cheers,


Max Horn
JabberFoX Maintainer

JabberFoX 0.4 just has been released! You can find it at 
http://jabberfox.sourceforge.net/download.php


News in this version:
* Localized to French and German
* Message In/Out dialogs revamped
* Added support for styled messages!
* Preference dialog now is similar to the one in Mail.app
* EventManager - have it blink when a new message arrives, or bounce 
the dock icon for each chat message
* Added tooltips in the roster and some other places
* Added Dock Menu in favor of the global menu
* GroupChat join is now handled by a separate dialog
* In the GroupChat join dialog, the "Add To Favorites" button now is 
implemented
* Removed "Add Contact" button from roster and made it a menu command
* Minimal size of roster reduced so you can save some space
* Simple "dragging" of roster items now possible (but no "drop" in 
the roster), useful to insert a JID somewhere
* As usual, tons of bug fixes and minor enhancements



Cheers,

Max Horn
Lead Developer of JabberFoX

JabberFoX 0.3 just has been released! You can find it at 
http://sourceforge.net/projects/jabberfox


JabberFoX is a Jabber client for Mac OS X and the name stands for 
"Jabber For OS X".

Jabber (http://www.jabber.org) is an open source instant messaging 
system fully based on XML. Thanks to the server-side Jabber Agents, 
Jabber clients can communicate with users of other instant messaging 
systems, like AIM, ICQ, Yahoo, MSN, or IRC.

JabberFoX is written in Objective-C using Apple's Cocoa API and tries 
to make full use of Aqua, Apple's cool new user interface system. It 
aims at implementing all of the standard jabber features including 
chat, group chat, messages, the roster (buddylist), and agents. 
Eventually we hope to incorporate all of the features of the Jabber 
protocol, including browsing, strong encryption and the new 
conferencing protocol.

JabberFoX is currently being maintained by a small group of volunteers.


News in this version:
* Chat windows now show you the presence status and full name of your 
chat partner
* Message In windows show the full name of the sender (if available 
in his vCard)
* Highlighting of keywords in GroupChat
* Roster groups and roster items now can be renamed in a Finder like fashion
* Added connect timeout
* Added account registration
* Offline users can be hidden from the roster
* Auto-login feature
* Double-clicking a roster item will now open a chat/message dialog
* Dropped "Invite" part of the chat plugin (it served no real purpose anyway)
* Added a status item to the menu bar (near the clock/volume menus)
* Added Text-To-Speech under OS X 10.1 (we get it for free there!)
* Added Zero-Knowledge-Authentication for secure password transmission
* Tons and tons of bug fixes and minor enhancements


In addition to this new release, Justin Mecham has created a 
wonderful new webpage. Check it out at 
http://jabberfox.sourceforge.net


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Cheers,


Max Horn
Maintainer of JabberFoX