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Regardless of you being a big Google fan or not, you may have heard about its vetted communication platform named Google Hangouts.

While very accessible, in order to use Google Hangouts, you are required to use your installed web browser, or you can use an app that brings the web service right to your computer's desktop, for example YakYak.

Freeware

Changelog

    Corrects unread count #1113

    Translations:

    Arabic
    Telugu (adds new strings)
    Finnish

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https://github.com/yakyak/yakyak/releases

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    Added support for new emoji.
    Channels to which you can't post will no longer be suggested when forwarding.
    Improved font selection and bold font support for CJK and Farsi.

https://telegram.org/

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Changed new coversation shortcut for MacOS to Cmd+N #1161

https://github.com/yakyak/yakyak/releases

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Improve bold font selection.

https://telegram.org/

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A simple and useful Jabber client that enables you to send messages with your friends, transfer files, join chat groups, bookmark chat rooms etc.

GNU General Public License

Changelog

    It has been almost a year since the release of Gajim 1.1.3. A year of developing new features, cleaning up old code, and bug fixing. This month it is finally the time for a first beta release of Gajim 1.2. Highlights are (amongst others): improved group chat system, completely rewritten network code, and a new account creation assistant. But there is much more to discover. If you have suggestions on how this Beta can be improved, please let us know. Your feedback is welcome.

    Group Chats:

    Let’s start with a vital part of many instant messengers: group chats. Until now, group chat related actions, such as changing your nickname or inviting people were shown in separate dialogs. In Gajim 1.2, all of these dialogs have been reorganized into group chat ‘pages’ overlaying the chat. In addition to that, it is now also possible to view an info page for each group chat, containing the chat’s settings, description, topic, and so on (see November’s Development News). Inviting people has become a lot easier with the new invite page, where you can search and filter your contacts. It is now also possible to invite someone from your contact list by drag and drop. Furthermore, each group chat window now features an updated participants list, which fixes some nasty display bugs from the past. In case of an error (chat destroyed, service gone), Gajim will now offer to remove a faulty group chat permanently.
    But how do you create a group chat? This wasn’t obvious in past versions, but now Gajim features a new group chat creation window, available through Gajim > ‘Create Group Chat’. It allows you to create both private and public group chats and applies sane default settings. Additionally, you can set a name and a description.

    Network Connection:

    Rewriting the network connection code of Gajim has been a major task for the past few months. These changes enable Gajim to establish connections faster (especially when running under Windows) and also to recover from network connection loss or other connection related problems. Proxy handling has been improved and WebSocket (RFC 7395 as a replacement for BOSH) is now supported as well. In the near future (probably with the release of 1.2), Gajim’s Plugin Installer and URL Image Preview will also be able to honor the proxy settings your specified for your account. This proxy will also be used for file transfers via HTTP File Upload. March’s Development News cover most of the changes.
    To get an insight into connection details, the Server Info window now lists transport protocol, transport security, and connection proxy. If needed, you can also inspect the server’s certificate. Contact addresses published by the server (e.g. for troubleshooting) are listed as well.

    Account Creation Assistant:

    We would like to introduce Gajim’s completely rewritten account creation wizard. It features server suggestions, links to the conversations.im compliance tester, and server auto completion, which should help in the process of registering a new account. Input errors will be marked inline without disrupting error dialogs. Last but not least, the data form widget (server provided inputs for username, password, captcha, etc.) has been significantly improved. The underlying assistant window is also used to guide users through account removal and password changes.

    More Changes:

    Many bug fixes and improvements for Gajim’s Flatpak version
    Default avatars are now generated for every contact using Consistent Color Generation (XEP-0392) and the contact’s initial letter
    It is now possible to paste an image from the clipboard to send it
    File transfers via HTTP File Upload will now display filename, upload speed and remaining time
    Maximum allowed file size for HTTP File Upload is shown in the Server Info window
    It is now possible to drop a file on a contact to start a file transfer
    In addition to viewing an OMEMO encrypted file, it is now also possible to open the folder containing it
    Improved Theme Manager
    Contrast and color improvements for both light and dark themes
    Better icon for Message Delivery Receipts
    Delivery errors are now shown in the tooltip of the corresponding message icon
    Gajim’s logs database (which stores chat history amongst others) received some performance tweaks
    Improved Audio/Video source selection in preferences (plus video preview)
    Contact list tooltip cleanup
    Many text strings have been revised (e.g. consistent use of terms like ‘Group Chat’, easier language)
    Keyboard shortcuts for moving tabs have been added
    New XML console features (filter XML stream by account, search within stream)
    Global menu (appmenu) has been moved back to the menubar (GNOME)
    ‘Invisible’ status has been removed
    Chat: FuzzyClock feature has been removed

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https://gajim.org/

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Turn to this approachable chat client that promises to extend its support for other services aside from Slack and quickly get in touch with team members and friends.

License: GPLv3

Whats new:>>

Improve message parsings.

https://github.com/yue/wey

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Changelog

    Feature:

    Contact List: Allow blast messaging for group by group
    Policy: Support for media sharing policy

    Fixed:

    Chat History: Exiting after searching within chat history can stall UI
    Chat Window: Bot slash commands incorrectly stay badged
    Chat Window: Do not allow large text based paste buffers
    Chat Window: Removed open in new browser menu option as it is no longer applicable
    Chat Window: Right click selection of text can show copy menu with no text selected
    Group Chats: Adding people to a group chat does not allow multiple contacts
    Group Chats: Restricted group chats should not have new group chat avatar
    Languages: a few missing translations
    Media: Missing media based menu options for local only history
    Media: Voice clip support with m4a file types
    Notification: Updated 2FA notification text
    Signin: 2FA alert does not disappear upon success
    Signin: 2FA may incorrectly go into offline mode on failure
    Signin: 2FA may incorrectly reconnect on failure
    Signin: Better error state for older Trillian Server connection failures
    Signin: issue related to machines cloned from same snapshot

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http://www.trillian.im/

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Manage the conversations with your friends better and create groups on Facebook with users that share the same interest with this app.

MIT License

Whats new:>>

Add spell-checking

https://github.com/sindresorhus/caprine

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    Disable the taskbar icon flash or the dock icon bounce in Settings > Notifications.
    View messages containing long monospace texts in wide bubbles.
    Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

https://telegram.org/

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This beta release should (hopefully!) resolve the update bug that was affecting some non-admin users on macOS (issue #4095). Please try it out, and let us know. Thanks for your help!

Download: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Desktop/releases

https://signal.org/

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Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

https://telegram.org/

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A full-featured Twitch chat client that allows simultaneous channel connections and enables you to communicate with other users outside your browser.

Freeware

Changelog

    Settings Saving/Loading Changes:

    Settings are now saved while Chatty is running, and only if they changed
    Improved "Main - Save.." option (for manually saving settings)
    New backup system, including a GUI to view and load backups more easily
    (Settings - Main - Settings Management)
    Addressbook: Added "Edit all"-button to Addressbook dialog for bulk edits
    Addressbook: Now saved in the "settings" instead of the "addressbook" file,
    although the "addressbook" file is still written to if the setting
    "abSaveOnChange" is enabled (but never read, except for the transition)

    Settings:

    Stream Highlights: Added customizable template for the command reponse message
    Followers/Subscribers Dialog: Added some settings to the context menu to
    change the appearance of the list
    Added setting to change the timezone used by Chatty
    Chat Log: Added optional separate bits message
    Chat Log: Added customizable template for logging regular chat messages
    Added setting for input focus (Settings - Window) to test if it fixes issues

    Custom Commands:

    Added identifier $(hostedChan) (the currently hosted channel, if any)
    Added function $is() for Highlight format matching (e.g. "$is(mystatus:bm)")
    Added function $calc() to perform simple calculations (e.g. "$calc(3*4)")
    Added function $switch(), similar to a switch-statement in programming
    Added function $get() to get setting values
    Added "var" setting, which can be used like variables ("/set var foo bar" and
    then "$get(var,foo)" returns "bar")
    Added setting to add Custom Commands to Admin Dialog context menu
    Added setting to add Custom Commands to text selection copy/paste context menu
    Added tooltips for Custom Commands in context menus, showing the raw command

    Utility Commands:

    Added "/showLogDir" and "/openLogDir" to show/open the Chat Log directory
    Added "/openfile" and "/openfileprompt" to open a file in the default program
    Added "/requests" command to open the reward queue in the default browser

    Other Changes:

    Stream Chat: Added optional channel logo (if channel is live)
    Stream Chat: Added context menu to more easily add/remove channels
    Admin Dialog: Added Status Presets context menu entry to use only game/tags
    Matching (Highlight etc.): Added "mystatus:" prefix to match against your own
    user status (e.g. "mystatus:bm" for broadcaster or moderator)
    Added notification about allowing "Your Subscriptions" access, so emotes are
    loaded properly
    Improved dark theme Look and Feel detection and Emotes Dialog background
    Improved debug output
    Updated help

    Bugfixes:

    Fixed some types of streams not always showing up correctly
    Fixed stream uptime sometimes appearing wrong
    Fixed emote tooltip sometimes showing previously hovered emote's info
    Fixed rare Emotes Dialog error

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https://chatty.github.io/#download

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Chat with your friends and family and share media, all from the comforts of your computer desktop by employing this streamlined open source app.

License: GPLv3

Changelog

    Quickly switch between your recent conversations using several new keyboard shortcuts. Ctrl-1 through Ctrl-9 will jump to that numbered thread, while Ctrl-Tab and Ctrl-Shift-Tab cycle forwards and backwards.
    See who updated a group right away instead of trying to figure out whose personality best matches the new group title or avatar.
    We added support for the new (true) blue of ultramarine for Android linked devices.
    If a sticker is really cool, sometimes a pack of one is all you need (and you can do that now). If a wolf is really cool, scientists say that's still not enough for a pack though. Maybe someday. Thanks, @iomintz!
    Conversation titles are no longer displayed in a truncated form when they don't need to be. Thanks, @noelleleigh!
    Signal now automatically follows your system theme settings on macOS, but you can manually choose between eternal light and permanent darkness if you refuse to be a part of the system. Thanks, @CoreyAR!
    This release fixes the update bug that was affecting some non-admin users on macOS (issue #4095).
    Startup speed and networking improvements. Thanks, @raksooo!
    The unnecessary scrollbar on the About page is gone. Thanks, @kaffarell!

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Download: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Desktop/releases

https://signal.org/

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This update fixes a crash that could occur during startup on Windows

Download: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Desktop/releases

https://signal.org/

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Check out what is happening on Twitter, view messages and notifications, read news, and manage your accounts from a single desktop application.

Freeware

Changelog

    General:

    New, reliable update system -- completely rebuilt from the roundup and now shows update size, update progress, and the download speed for updates
    Fixed the "automatically pause GIFs in column" option
    Fixed an issue with the video player where opening a video would not automatically start playing the video
    Fixed the "Download Video" button
    Minor styling fixes

    Windows:

    Fixed the issue where the option for "Update download path when saved to a different location" did not work as expected (#172)

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