Instantbird full changelog

Creating a new conversation tab has been made easier. ?Clicking the '+' button in a conversation window shows a list of conversations that can be started with a single click.
The list is sorted with a frecency algorithm, taking into account how often and how recently you've talked to each contact.
This list also automatically includes the channels advertised by the IRC servers you are connected to.
New tooltips that better fit the style of Instantbird
Improved Multi-user chats user interface: ?Participants now have context menus that allow you to open private conversations or add them as buddies.
Highlighted nicks in chat rooms now have tooltips and context menus.
Auto-joined chat rooms that have been put on hold will stay on hold after a restart.
A list of alternate nicks for IRC can be configured, in case your preferred nick is taken when you connect.
about: pages (e.g. about:config) can now easily be opened with the /about command (e.g. /about config).

· The log viewer now groups your conversations by date.

Twitter improvements:
· The character counter for Twitter has been improved to take into account automatic link shortening, allowing you to easily tweet links without worrying about their length!
· Updated to the Twitter API v1.1, note that Instantbird 1.3 may stop working with Twitter on June 11th, 2013!
· Twitter now includes everyone you follow as a participant in your timeline.

· IRC authentication works better with bouncers (e.g. ZNC).
· You can now easily override self-signed/invalid/out-of-date certificates for IRC servers.
· Each account now keeps debug logs which can be accessed by right clicking on the account in the Account Manager and choosing quot;Copy Debug Logsquot;, these contain essential information for developers to diagnose user issues. (Note that debug logs MAY contain sensitive information.)

Under the Hood:
· Updated: Instantbird 1.4 is based on Mozilla 20.0.1 and uses libpurple 2.10.7!

· Major accessibility improvements.
IRC improvements:
· Long messages will be sent in multiple parts instead of being cut off.
· SASL authentication is now supported, this is required for certain IP ranges or when using Tor and connecting to Freenode.

Twitter improvements:
· Your own description is now shown (and editable) above the timeline.
· Replying to a tweet now replies to all users, just like on the Twitter website!
· The tab icon for Twitter timelines is now the Twitter bird to more explicitly differentiate a timeline from a chat window.

· The quot;Show Nickquot; add-on was integrated. This highlights when a user's nickname is mentioned in a chat to easily see conversations that are occurring. We hope you will enjoy this new feature, but if you don't you can disable it by setting the advanced preference quot;messenger.conversations.showNicksquot; to false in about:config.
· Two new social networks were added via XMPP: Odnoklassniki and VKontakte.

· The log viewer shows conversations just like the conversation view, thanks to a new JSON-based log file format that stores meta-data along with the text of the conversation.
· Support for Bonjour has been added (requires the Bonjour Print Services on Windows or Avahi on Linux).

Improved user interface for multi-user chats:
· Better tab completion, see our blog post for details.
· It is easier to tell who is active, as only nicknames of participants who have talked are coloured in the participant list.

IRC enhancements:
· Channels are automatically rejoined after reconnects.
· Instantbird tracks the status of IRC contacts more precisely by using the WATCH or MONITOR commands, if they're supported.
· ChanServ messages are displayed in the channel they reference.
· No more noisy messages from NickServ interrupting you after a successful automatic identification on login.

Conversations can now be placed on hold:
· A conversation can be put on hold from the context menu of the conversation tab. Conversations on hold are listed at the top of the Contacts window, where it is easy to reopen them with a double click.
· Closing conversation tabs cannot cause you to miss messages any more: when closing a conversation tab with unread messages, the conversation will automatically be put on hold instead of being closed.
· Closing a chat room tab will put its conversation on hold instead of leaving it.
· If a new message arrives in a conversation on hold, its tab will reappear automatically. (For chat rooms, this will only happen if your nick is mentioned).
· The number of unread messages in each conversation on hold is clearly indicated; this will prove to be useful for IRC channels where you are idling!

Improved Tray Support:
· The Instantbird tray icon is visible even when the application is not minimized.

· Users can now set their buddy icon and the display name of their accounts right on the contacts list.
· New information toolbar at the top of the conversation UI, showing the buddy icon, display name and current status of your contact. In addition, you can switch the buddy you're talking to by clicking on the protocol icon.
· The conversation tabs styling has been updating to match Firefox 4, and users of recent Windows version is appreciate some Aero glass effects.
· Bubbles, the default message theme, has received new time-related features
· (Windows 7 only) Jumplist support to quickly change the status.
· The contact list is sorted alphabetically (both groups and contacts appear sorted).

Lots of minor improvements, among them:
· You can now quickly jump to the n-th tab using + in the conversation window, where is ctrl on Windows
· A help command ('/help') was added to quickly and easily see which commands are available for the current conversation.

New features:

· Contact merging: If you talk to the same person on multiple IM networks you can now combine the buddies from each network into a single contact. When opening a new chat the buddy that is online will be chosen automatically and the conversation window will automatically switch buddies if they switch to a different IM network.
· Tags: Tags will be used to replace the groups in the buddy list. Tags can be hidden by clicking the quot;xquot; on the right side of the buddy list, all buddies from this tag will go into an quot;Other Contactsquot; tag automatically, which is shown at the bottom of the buddy list.
· The buddy list can now be closed on Mac without Instantbird quitting and reopened from the Dock.
· Minimized to tray on Windows and Linux. By default close (hitting the 'x') on the buddy list will minimize to tray, this can be changed in the preferences.
Lots of minor improvements, among them:
· Unknown status is now differentiated from offline status with different icons.

New features:
· Twitter support: When the twitter account is connected, a timeline conversation automatically opens. If the conversation is closed by the user, it's reopened automatically when new messages arrive. The user should disconnect the account from the account manager to prevent new messages from being displayed.
· There's a quot;trackquot; advanced option that allows to specify keywords to track. This is a comma separated list of keywords. Comma means OR, space inside a keyword means AND.

Updated:
· Instantbird 0.3a1 is based on libpurple 2.7.9 and Mozilla 2.0b11pre which brings great new possibilities for add-on developers (restartless add-ons for example).

Under the hood:
· Protocol plugins can now be implemented in JavaScript.