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KDE IRC Client Konversation 1.5 RC1 Released with Major Improvements

Numerous new features have been implemented in this version

Mar 18, 2013 21:31 GMT  ·  By
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Konversation, a user-friendly Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client built on the KDE Platform, is now at version 1.5 RC1.

Besides the obvious standard IRC features, Konversation also provides SSL server support, bookmarking support, a simple GUI interface, DCC file transfer, and more.

Highlights of Konversation 1.5 RC1:

• The Auto Identify settings have been improved; • The server password-based authentication can now be configured in the Identities dialog; • SASL PLAIN authentification support has been integrated; • NickServ authentification has received various improvements; • User can now authenticate via an SSL Client Certificate; • Users can now choose a different spell-checking language in each tab; • The Channel Options dialog has been resized; • The Quick Buttons options now have a new checkbox.

More details about this much-awaited release can be found in the official announcement.

Download Konversation 1.5 RC1 right now from Softpedia. Remember that this is a development version and it should NOT be installed on production machines. It is intended for testing purposes only.