ChangelogFrom time to time, this plugin gets updated. This is a list of changes to it. Version 1.64- Fix some friend requests not going away
- Fix buddy icons not working for some people
- Fix for logging out of browser while using plugin
- Fix for buddies with hearts in their status messages
- Fix for 'Get Info' screen not working (and eating up CPU)
Version 1.63- Fix buddy icons not downloading for some people
- FB inbox message count shows in buddy list again
- Fix for status messages not downloading
- Fix for accepting/rejecting/adding buddies
Version 1.62- Fix for captcha causing crashes on Windows (the new captcha doesn't work though)
- Fix for not getting buddy list/logging out issues/protocol changes
- Only complain about not being able to fetch buddy list after 3 attempts
Version 1.61- An option to disable friends lists/groups in advanced account settings
- Fixes for 64-bit UID's so no more messages from people/yourself being in wrong window (thanks to Evan Schoenberg)
- Now requires json-glib version 0.7.6 or later (included in the Windows installer)
- Uses less memory after reconnecting a few times (thanks to Jan Kaluza)
- Fix for notifications not showing for some people
- Fix for buddies being added over and over to the same group
- Fix for every message you send being received back to yourself
- Regression: buddy status messages no longer show due to a change from Facebook
Version 1.60- Facebook groups/friend lists
- Handles bad logins for some people (Facebook captcha)
- Fix missing buddy icons (kinda, need to delete existing buddy icons)
- Fix status message setting not working
- Fix crash on Windows
- Fix weird 1969 dates on 32-bit Linux systems
- Fix for other miscellaneous crashes
- Regression: not all idle buddies appear away
Version 1.54- Added an option to disable history
- Users are now away and idle, not just idle
- AIM links work in 'Get Info'/Profile screen
- Fix buddy names not being shown straight away
- Fix for a crash on 64-bit Linux
- Fix a crash in friends checking when there's no data
- Some code cleanups
- ARMEL version no longer needs latest version of glib, but will not style incomming messages
Version 1.53- IM History displays when opening a conversation window
- Improved RSS/notifications code
- 'New inbox message' count optional, set using "New mail notifications" in account settings
- Fix missing buddy icons
- Fix dropped/missed messages
- Fix for crash on 64-bit Linux
- Fix to set status messages when marked as 'away' in Pidgin
- Fix for 'get info' screen for people with usernames (Thanks to hanzz.k)
- Fix for 'numbers instead of aliases'
- Fix some memleaks
- Regression: No longer marks messages as read in Facebook website
- Regression: Does not work with 64-bit UID's
Version 1.52- Quick release to fix a crash that occurs sometimes
Version 1.51- Fix idle status of buddies
- Less disconnects for people with large friends lists
- gzip compression for smaller page downloads
- Fixes for notifications for non-English users
- Display messages sent from website in Pidgin
- Inbox count display
- Usernames and/or passwords with utf-8 characters should work now
- Display *bold* and _underline_ formatting in incoming messages
- Memleak fixes
- Proxy server fixes
- Fixed some crashes on disconnect
- Fixes some buddy's appearing offline when they weren't
- New channel finding code, should mean less conflicts with Facebook website
- Uses json-glib library for parsing buddy list and is a required dependency
Version 1.50- Should fix bandwidth usage problems
- Fix a crash-on-quit bug
- Can set status to 'idle' by changing to 'away' in Pidgin
- Sends correct local language for using non-default languages (eg English) in other countries (eg Japan)
Version 1.47- Removes the "(via Pidgin)" part of the status message
- Fixes some rare crashes
Version 1.46- Added pokes!
- Improved idle/away behavior
- Buddy aliases also behave better now
- Buddy icons are now uniformly large
Version 1.45- Added plugin version info to menu for easier updates
- Fixed a bug related to idle time
- Fixed a number of small memory leaks
- Fixed a rare crash
Version 1.44- Fixes a couple of crashes
Version 1.43- .deb Package works for Finch and libpurple installs
- Fixed setting of status messages again
- Fixed crash when getting info on a buddy too quickly at startup
Version 1.42- Fixed a crash on Windows if the debug window was showing
Version 1.41- More crash fixes
- Notification fixes
- New layout of source tarball
- Minimum version of Pidgin needed now 2.3.0
Version 1.40- Stability improvements (no more crashes)
Version 1.39- Large buddy icons are back!
- Chat windows close on Facebook when closing chat windows in Pidgin
- Fix for offline buddies showing in buddy list
- Fix for high bandwidth problems
- Fix for notification feeds not showing as emails in Pidgin
Version 1.38- Some crashing fixes
- Stores url of buddy icon to stop icon being downloaded more than once
- Uses smaller buddy icons to decrease bandwidth
Version 1.37- Fixes receiving an error message of "lol" or "Test" when sending a message
Version 1.36- Fixed startup crash which would say "No error." before promptly dying, should also fix some random disconnects
- Fixed the 'Get Info' and 'Buddy Search' screens
- Fixed the 'All buddys re-added' bug that happened when renaming the Facebook group however this means...
- Buddies cannot be removed from the Pidgin buddy list anymore. If you do, they will be re-added when the buddy list is synced
Version 1.35- Fix for new Facebook message type that was causing crashes
- Fix so that if the facebook.com IP address isn't found, Pidgin won't crash
- Fix buddy statuses being updated properly
Version 1.34- Minor update to make the plugin work with the Facebook iPhone app
Version 1.33- Lots of stability fixes (mainly for Windows users)
- Memory leak fixes
- Using the "Set Facebook status through Pidgin status" option won't send lots of updates to Facebook
- Less problems with appearing offline to other Facebook users
Version 1.32- Made it easier for people using the new Facebook layout to use the plugin (no more having to change the Host in the Advanced settings)
- Fixed up the Get Info to get rid of the useless links and to fix the profile link at the bottom
- Shouldn't use 100% cpu now if the server asks us to refresh the connection
Version 1.31- Get Info works for the new Facebook layout
Version 1.30- Fix for those people using the new Facebook layout - edit the Facebook account, and set the Host to "www.new.facebook.com" (without the quotes), in the Advanced section
Version 1.29- Buddy info should have the buddy name and status (if any)
- Buddy info can be accessed from search box for buddies not on your buddy list but only for those buddies that allow it
- Fix for occasional crash (new type of message being sent by Facebook)
- Online buddies won't show as going Online->Online in system log any more
Version 1.28- A few more fixes for the 'crash on logout' problem
- If you have the option to hide yourself in the buddy list on, you wont appear online when sending messages any more
- A big version of the profile picture will appear in the 'get info' screen
- A 1 second delay in re-sending messages after an error means you'll get less "Error: Destination not online" messages
- Removing the alias from a buddy wont make it only show numbers in the buddy list
- Buddies with } in their status won't stuff up your buddy list
Version 1.27- Cleaned up the buddy "Get Info" screen a bit
- Fixed up a couple of compiler warnings
- You are now hidden on your own contact list by default
Version 1.26- A few minor security fixes
- Incomming messages with HTML-like text are displayed properly
- Usernames and passwords with funny characters (like +) in them should work
Version 1.25- Plugin will automatically reconnect if the messages stop downloading
- Logging you out of the plugin wont log you out of Facebook
- Buddies will appear online when typing and sending messages to you
- No DNS lookups for proxies
Version 1.24- Some fixes to the friends search
- Messages can be auto-resent if they don't get through (buddy offline etc)
Version 1.23- You can now search for friends from the account menu (Account->Facebook->Search for friends...)
Version 1.22- Fixed receiving multiple notifications
- Local alias in Pidgin will be set if you havn't set it
Version 1.21- Notifications (Inbox/Friends) appear as new emails in Pidgin
Version 1.20- Fix some crashes on logoff
- Source package available
Version 1.19- Windows-only update, finally fixes the UI freezes that the plugin caused
Version 1.18- Bugfix for a nasty crash, mainly from previous version fix
Version 1.17- Status messages with " characters in them come through correctly
- Setting status messages with & characters are set properly
- New .tar.bz2 file for non-Debian Linux
- Less debug messages when grabbing buddy-list
- Some memleak fixes
Version 1.16- Facebook status message can be set from normal Pidgin status change
- Buddy list updates when friend status message changes
- No more disappearing messages
- PPC Linux version in .deb file
Version 1.15- Hopefully works with proxies now
- Fix some crashes on logout
- Fix some crashes on login
Version 1.14- Fix crash when accepting/rejecting buddy to your list
- Account option so that you can delete yourself from your buddy list
Version 1.13- Fix for some messages coming through in debug but not being displayed in Pidgin
- Friend requests for a buddy only show up once (not once every 5mins)
- Some connection speedups (IP caching of Facebook servers)
Version 1.12- Fix up display of blank status messages
- Setting your Facebook status to blank in Pidgin now clears it
- Right click a buddy and get some basic info that they've shared with you
Version 1.11- No more frequent disconnects
- Less error messages from friends saying you're offline when you're not
Version 1.10- Hopefully fixes high CPU usage on Windows
- Friend requests with no message (or no name) no longer crash Pidgin
Version 1.9- Friend requests now show up with the person's name and message
Version 1.8- Picture shows in accounts menu
- Should fix up doubling-up of messages
Version 1.7- Facebook group doesn't keep jumping to the top
- Facebook status can be set from the Pidgin Accounts menu
- Facebook status of your friends shows how long ago they were set
Version 1.6- Add and Remove buddies from Pidgin
- Authorise buddies from Pidgin
- Fix characters like " ' \ or / being sent, so receiving urls works
Version 1.5- Fixed weird symbols like ♥, & or é being in names or status messages
Version 1.4- Compiled in the Windows libraries, so it now works on Windows properly
Version 1.3Version 1.2- Sending typing notifications
- Some error messages: notify when logged out or when buddy is offline
- Bugfix: crash on logout
Version 1.1- Anti-proxy-cache for receiving messages, stops duplicate messages from being received
- Small Facebook protocol icon available for download
Version 1.0- Messages can be received from Facebook users
Version 0.x- Messages can be sent
- Buddy list can be downloaded
- Buddy icons are downloaded
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I am using the Latest Pidgin and latest Facebook plugin. I dont see notifications for my Friend in Pidgin that were just recently added for me to authorize them. It was working earlier. Anyone else has the same issue?