As some of you may have noticed, our Multi-Network Beta has just been updated. Armed with your feedback, we’ve used the previous period to improve on the Core functionality of the Beta. Our idea of quality over quantity if you may. Amongst numerous small bugfixes and glitches, here are some of the most noteworthy improvements:

No more getting disconnected
This was one of the largest feedback points you supplied us with. We have improved a lot - you should now be able to stay online for days on end

Automatic OS recognition for all Yes/No and Accept/Cancel buttons
After some internal Windows user vs. Mac user struggles, we came up with a brilliant solution: the client will automatically detect your Operating System and place the buttons accordingly. What does this mean? This means that on MacOSX all your Yes/Accept/OK buttons will be on the right side of the No/Cancel/Not OK buttons. And on Windows, you guessed it, it’s exactly the other way around.

Chat tab functionality improvements
We had some bugs involving the chat tabs not functioning properly. This included getting multiple chat tabs for the same buddy, getting blank chat tabs that didn’t render correctly, incorrect status icons in the tab and more.

Performance improvements
Although we’re not there yet, we’ve already solved quite a few performance issues. Annoying “Features” like 100% cpu usage after clicking certain OK buttons and while switching between tabs of the same account have been removed. More performance improvements to come in the next release.

Together with more bugfixes and improvements, we’re improving our Beta periodically. Next Up: Upload Avatar and receiving Custom emoticons. As you can see, your feedback definetely counts. So keep it coming!

So, surf to http://www.ebuddy.com/#ebuddy and try out our new Multi-Network Beta now!

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