Development on the new Gajim version continued in July, bringing many fixes and improvements. Also this month: WebSocket improvements and a new python-nbxmpp release.

Changes in Gajim

Since version 1.2, Gajim offers WebSocket support via XEP-0156. A recent fix enables you to directly connect via WebSocket while creating an account.

Meanwhile, work on the next Gajim version made some progress:

• Workspaces now support custom avatars
• Improved usability of Gajim’s new Search View
• Group chat creation is working again
• Improvements for message scrolling and jump to bottom button
• Fixes for Gajim’s new Notification Manager, which handles contact requests and group chat invitation
• Fixes for direct messages (private messages/direct messages in group chats)
• Fixes for initial migration from Gajim 1.3

What else happened

• #10478: Fixed issue with Tests
• #10598: Fixed issue when adding Note property to vCard
• Updated API JID for search.jabber.network group chat search
• Fixed History Manager’s stand alone mode

Plugin updates

Gajim’s URL Image Preview plugin received a fix to prevent issues while trying to generate previews for zero-byte files or corrupted files.

Changes in python-nbxmpp

A bug has been fixed with RSM count requests (#120), which affected Gajim’s history synchronization.

This fix, and also many improvements concerning Ad-Hoc commands, are included in the new python-nbxmpp 2.0.3.

As always, feel free to join gajim@conference.gajim.org to discuss with us.