I've been playing with Gaim betas for 2.0 since the Gaim team started releasing them last year. I started a review when the first Gaim beta was released, and then they dumped that, and released beta 2. So, I just held off on writing a review until it looked like the Gaim folks were close enough to 2.0 to merit the review.
So, there's a review up on Linux.com with a few screenshots from 2.0beta4. If you're running Ubuntu Edgy or Fedora Core 6, you'll see beta3, which is pretty close to beta4, but not quite.
Overall, I'm really happy with beta4, except for the account status system. For some reason, despite a massive number of complaints about it from users, the Gaim devs seem to have their hearts set on sticking with a "one-size-fits-all" default that is (in my opinion) horrible. They've even acknowledged that they're getting a bunch of complaints about it, but seem to have the opinion that they know better than the users.
Gaim devs, I have the utmost respect for y'all. Gaim's a great application with one little nagging problem -- you might like it, but the rest of us poor, unenlightened users hate it. Please change it back. Thanks.
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A look at the Gaim 2.0 beta
I've been playing with Gaim betas for 2.0 since the Gaim team started releasing them last year. I started a review when the first Gaim beta was released, and then they dumped that, and released beta 2. So, I just held off on writing a review until it looked like the Gaim folks were close enough to 2.0 to merit the review.
So, there's a review up on Linux.com with a few screenshots from 2.0beta4. If you're running Ubuntu Edgy or Fedora Core 6, you'll see beta3, which is pretty close to beta4, but not quite.
Overall, I'm really happy with beta4, except for the account status system. For some reason, despite a massive number of complaints about it from users, the Gaim devs seem to have their hearts set on sticking with a "one-size-fits-all" default that is (in my opinion) horrible. They've even acknowledged that they're getting a bunch of complaints about it, but seem to have the opinion that they know better than the users.
Gaim devs, I have the utmost respect for y'all. Gaim's a great application with one little nagging problem -- you might like it, but the rest of us poor, unenlightened users hate it. Please change it back. Thanks.