Prevent a Pidgin crash on Windows
I’ve created a new plugin that prevents a crash in Pidgin on Windows, due to an annoying GTK+/Pango bug. This bug currently affects all GTK+ apps on Windows, not just Pidgin. If you’re using winpidgin,...
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New Steam Mobile App
There’s now a new Steam app for mobile devices that’s currently in limited beta. The best part about the new app is that it allows you to chat on Steam Friends, without using a Steam client, which...
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Summer of Code 2012
I’m proud to announce that I’m a mentor in this year’s Google Summer of Code. I’m mentoring Sanket, who’s going to be writing a plugin for Pidgin/libpurple that will record statistics and send them to...
View ArticleLatest stuffs in the world of Skype
So with the launch of Skype 6, and with a few patches sent from a very helpful user by the name of gabriele0101, I’ve had the chance to do a little bit of work on the Skype plugin. One of the most...
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Setting up the MSN-XMPP plugin in Pidgin
Fun conversation in the #pidgin IRC channel this morning about the latest news about Microsoft shutting down the MSN servers later this year. As part of it, a few people wanted to start using...
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Using the new “Skype for Web”
So, Skype have recently announced a new, web-accessible version of Skype. Currently it’s invite-only, closed beta but I’ve managed to have a look around to see what it’s capable of and how it works....
View ArticleRetiring the MightyText plugin
So unfortunately I’ve had to discontinue work on the MightyText plugin for Pidgin. Semi-recently, Google changed their authentication process to no longer allow an old type of auth. Unfortunately, the...
View ArticleA Hangouts Prpl
So Pidgin has fairly alrightish support for Hangouts through the XMPP server that Google provides. Unfortunately it’s missing a whole bunch of stuff – like group chats, self-sent messages et. al. –...
View ArticleFour more prpls
It suddenly occurred to me that I never posted about the new prpls that I’ve written since the Hangouts prpl. Today we shall fix that. Rocket.Chat The first plugin since Hangouts was one for...
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