The Miranda IM team is proud to introduce Miranda IM v0.9. Miranda IM v0.9 consists of many new features focused on improving Unicode support and overall protocol improvements. It is highly recommended that users upgrade to take advantage of the latest changes. Below, you will find a complete list of the issues addressed in this release.

Miranda IM is the smaller, faster, easier instant messenger with support for multiple protocols. Designed from the ground-up to be resource efficient while still providing a rich feature set, Miranda includes support for AIM, Facebook, Gadu-Gadu, Jabber, ICQ, IRC, MSN, Yahoo and more. Additionally, with the choice of hundreds of plugins, icons, sounds and other content, Miranda IM gives you the ability to modify, customise and extend functionality to make it your own.

Enhancements:
– New improved protocols engine with full Unicode support
– New high quality icon theme
– Dynamic protocol’s menu creation
– New Unicode-aware profile manager
– Added the first official 64-bit core version
– Added 32×32 pixels icons support
– Added Windows 7 taskbar icon support
– Added full Unicode file transfers
– Added the Unicode search capability
– Added the Unicode status messages processing
– Added menu option to move all protocol menus to the status bar
– Added SSL certificate validation
– Added ability to transfer files longer than 4 GB
– Added support for HTTP 1.1 persistent connections including persistent HTTP proxy connections
– Added support for HTTP SPINEGO (Negotiate) authentication
– Added support for Internet Explorer proxy settings usage including proxy auto configuration scripts
– Added transparent HTTP proxy/server authentication if possible (no user settings needed)
– Jabber: Added GSSAPI authentication
– Jabber: Added API for the second-level Jabber subplugins
– Jabber: Added ability to transfer files longer than 4 GB
– Gadu-Gadu: Brought back and improved SSL support (still requires OpenSSL)
– Gadu-Gadu: The complete avatars support
– Gadu-Gadu: Custom profile folders plugin support for avatars and images
– Gadu-Gadu: Added support for changing status by the user simultaneously logged on using different Miranda account or IM client
– Gadu-Gadu: Improved showing links from unknown contacts
– Gadu-Gadu: Split the protocol menu into two popup menus when it’s moved to the status bar
– MSN: Added ability to transfer files longer than 4 GB
– MSN: Added automatic connection method selection
– YAHOO: Improved the login procedure

Bugfixes:
– IRC: Fixed crash in file transfers
– Jabber: Fixed group chat affiliation issue
– Gadu-Gadu: Fixed setting status without status message
– Gadu-Gadu: Fixed changing status while connecting
– Gadu-Gadu: Fixed status mode/message change issue for yourself added to the contact list
– Gadu-Gadu: Auto reconnect did not work in some cases
– Gadu-Gadu: Improved thread safety
– Gadu-Gadu: Fixed network logging
– Gadu-Gadu: Fixed memory leaks