July 2, 1999

GnomeICU 0.65 has now been released. This mainly fixes a number of significant bugs, such as the ability to send chat requests, and various seg faults. The method of storing contact information was redone, so it is more dynamic and easier to read. Also, an RPM for the alphas has been released, along with RPMs for the i386 and the source.

May 21, 1999

GnomeICU 0.64 is released! Many bugs have been eliminated, file transfer has been added, and users can now create new acconts and set/change their user information. GnomeICU 0.64 is by far the most stable release to date, and also the most functional. Enjoy! SOCKS support: I have not been able to add SOCKS 4/5 support yet to GnomeICU, though it is one of the most frequently requested features. If anoyone would be willing to contribute a few minutes and send me a patch to SOCKSify GnomeICU, I'd be extremely appreciative, and so would many other users :-) Future Plans There is still much to be done to this program. The planned features listed toward the bottom of the page are things that will go into versions after 1.0. If code changes are contributed, then I will gladly add them, though my focus now is fixing bugs and getting a solid 1.0 release ready. If there is a feature not listed which you would like to see, let me know.

Welcome to the site of GnomeICU

GnomeICU (previously GtkICQ) is an Internet based communications program which makes use of ICQ protocol. GnomeICU also makes use of Gnome, a growingly popular desktop environment. GnomeICU is released under the GNU Public License, and is available free of charge.

Screenshots

System Requirements

Linux or some other flavor of UN*X Gnome 0.99.x or better Glib/Gtk/Imlib which is required for Gnome

Features

Ability to change user information (new) File Transfer (new) URL Transfer (w/transfer to Netscape ability) Sign up as a new user, or with an existing account Allow other users to add you to their list Message History per user Chat Icon and Color Based on Status of User Online and Offline Section Receive Message Queue Changable Status Sending Messages Sound Events Reply Box in Same Window as Receive Message Send, Reply, Cancel, Read Next buttons in dialog boxes Connection History Window Invisible List Color Customization GUI Configuration v5 Protocol Drag 'n' Drop support for files and URLs (from Netscape)

Planned Features

SOCKS support Varied Levels of Logging Separate User Profiles/User groups Multi-person chat

Download

Version 0.65 Source: gzip Source: bzip2 RPMS: i386 alpha src Version 0.64 Source: gzip Source: bzip2 RPMS: i386 src Version 0.61 (last Gtk-only version) gnomeicu-0.61.tar.gz gnomeicu-0.61.tar.bz2

Author Information

GnomeICU is based partially on Matt Smith's mICQ program. About 98% of the Gtk/Gnome code, and all of the TCP code was authored by Jeremy Wise. If you have any questions or comments, please do not hesitate to contact him. GnomeICU was not written by Mirabilis or with any consent of Mirabilis. No decompilation or reverse-engineering was performed during the creation of GnomeICU.