Changelog

From time to time, this plugin gets updated. This is a list of changes to it.

Version 1.68

• Support for new group chats
• Fix for setting status messages
• Fix for when FB chat is down for maintenance

Version 1.67

• Plugin works with new 'Account Security'/'device login'/'register your computer' login security feature

Version 1.66

• Fix for crash on account creation
• Fix for status messages showing as "like/unlike" rather than the status message

Version 1.65

• Fix for new buddy icons being too small
• Download all buddies at startup, not just online ones

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 1.3

• New Tangofied Facebook icons thanks to Jakub/Cube http://cubestuff.wordpress.com/2008/05/21/facebook-goes-tango/
• New login system, which should be faster and work for non-English users

Version 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