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AOL and ICQ fixes, plus chat returns to AIM 8 and Mobile

Hey hey, we have some small updates, but we need your help testing to make sure everything is working fine!

Updates:

  • WebAPI: Chat has returned to AIM 8, AIM Mobile and other WIM clients after complete rewrite, please report issues with it
  • AIM/ICQ: Additional changes to buddies and permissions have been added, please report any (new) issues

Fixes:

  • AIM: Issue where some clients could not send messages to chat rooms should be fixed.
  • AIM: Bitmap buddy icon transfers (pre-5.0) should now work for all bitmap types.
  • AOL: AIM to AOL chat invites now working again
  • AOL: Issues with some clients breaking when signing on as "New User", "Existing User" fixed
  • AOL: Clicking "Chat Now" or "Find a Chat" from the People menu now should work properly.
  • ICQ: Messages containing Cyrillic unicode should no longer be corrupted

AIM for Mobile downloads

NEW! The NINA website now has downloads for Android and iOS versions of AIM! If you want to use AIM on your mobile device, check it out! https://nina.chat/download/aim/! As you can see from the screenshot, you can use chats on the mobile apps, and on AIM 8, and yes, the latest iOS App still runs on modern iOS devices. :-)

If you can, please consider supporting us and helping us develop NINA and Escargot. We're still running our fundraiser ($603 of $2,500), every dollar counts and rewards start at $2: learn more. Help us keep the fun alive! Thank you for sticking around and more to come soon!