This Christmas release holds quite a long list of improvements and changes, but to make it short I'll focus mainly on the most noticeable additions. On top of this list comes the fact that AtarICQ is now equipped with TABs. In case you don't know what TABs are, imagine a visual way of displaying that each conversation has a unique buffer display. With TABs you can easily switch to another conversation by either using keyboard or mouse. Along with this new feature you will find some new settings in a new section in preferences, "Msg window".
Another feature I have been wanting to explore for a good while is typing notification. This means that you can see when the person you are chatting to has started typing a new message. The new overlay now offers support for this feature and so far it seems to be working very well. You will see a dedicated "Write Icon" in contact list as well as in open TABs whenever a contact has started writing to you.
Since last release AtarICQ is now also able to store unread messages to harddisk when terminated. This can be handy if you for example is hitting CTRL+Q to QUIT exactly when a new message is coming in. Or you may have received an incoming message without noticing! With the new feature added, aICQ will reload the unread message next time you go online.
Merry Christmas all!
Regards,
Joakim
http://www.ataricq.org
