Key in this release is the ability to automatically reconnect if the connection to the server has been interrupted. Other changes: verification of server certicate, speed improvements, 64-bit support, better detection of file names, and more.
Dragging and dropping of contacts works has been fixed to work with all styles. Management of contacts which are members of multiple groups has been enhanced. All participants on IRC are shown in the member list. Exceptions when trying to enter an IRC chatroom with mode +r, using nickname completion on IRC, opening the business card editor, opening the item editor in the whiteboard, and when trying to reload broken images from the whiteboard have been fixed.
gettext is now used as the translation system. All character set issues in the binary distributions should be fixed. Transport integration was improved. Simplified Chinese and Portuguese translations were added.
Major visual improvements were introduced, including the Oxygen icon theme and the new control panel with slots in the main window. Other highlights include a slot in which to search for people, improved integration of User Mood and User Activity, faster application startup, the ability to edit and create profiles in the login window, and experimental support for chat styles using Tkhtml3.
