BRAINDANCER  I'm using Proteus on Leopard, and I don't see message history being populated. I check history of the contacts I talked to yesterday, and it's blank. The "enable history on this account" is turned on both on my ICQ account and my jabber account. What am I missing?  
(Version 4.2.1)

CLARUSAD  The best IM i've never used !

Today, i'm still using it ; with its add-on Proteus menu (http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/15418/proteusmenu), the Mac OS integration is great !  
(Version 4.2.1)

DNEM41  hey does this have screen sharing capabilities? if that's not enough, can i screen share with Windows users?  
(Version 4.2)

GLOBETROTTERDK  Any idea how to make Proteus my default IM? Adium keeps popping up when I click a Twitter chat URL. I am using OS X Tiger.  
(Version 4.16)

SSNICKERER  What are the advantages of Proteus over Adium?  
(Version 4.16)

::MILE::  Wow, Proteus is back from the dead...?! How did that happen...?!? Well, I'll just give it a try then, let's see what's new...and what's in store for the future maybe...?! :)  
(Version 4.16)

MIGUEL  Great app, and I've paid for this when it was shareware but it seems it has been abandoned.

I hope it's retaken soon, it hasn't received any major updates in a long time. Either that or I can see its death already coming... :-/  
(Version 4.15b)

ST00P!D M0NK3Y  If you add support for connecting to Google's Gmail Chat, I'll give it a chance.  
(Version 4.15b)

TUNER EQUALIZER  The registration software has been removed. So, we won't be bugged anymore about payment. Free as in beer.  
(Version 4.14b1)

PROTEUS DEVELOPER  Please visit our new site: www.proteusx.org

The forums and blog are now up, with the new site coming soon. Keep your ears to the ground for upcoming releases.  
(Version 4.13b1)

MILE  I've payed for it anyway, still running a G4 Powerbook...so I think I'll pass on this update until they actually include a few improvements and/or new features...!

It's still one of the best multimessenger apps out ther, though...!  
(Version 4.13 Beta 1)

ZWS  Lets update this app (get rid of the free payment registration) and give adium some healthy competition! Great app!  
(Version 4.12)

HAL2007  Proteus is now free, as of version 4.1.2. I like it, looks and feels good. But like Adium, it doesn't support audio and video chats like iChat does. Let's see what the future of IM brings.  
(Version 4.12)

GEORGE  I like proteus its everything I am looking for in a chat messenger. more stable and more upto date than the out of date and much needed overhaul of yahoo's chat for us mac users. the only thing I am bothered about Proteus is the lack of not being able to access other peoples webcams or to get my own webcam to work on Proteus. Now you get that working yahoo has some serious competition  
(Version 4.12)

DANIEL  Good software, but could someone kill that dog?  
(Version 4.12)

ANONYMOUS  I wanted a very simple universal IM chat interface without all of the annoying emoticons, pictures and windows...Proteus has done this wonderfully for me.   
(Version 4.12)

ANONYMOUS  Adium is better and free.  
(Version 4.12)

ANONYMOUS  It have really big problem with userlist. I cannot delete contacts because it unexpectable show again on my list after relaunch. Description (nick etc) can dissapear while talking with somebody... it's sooo annoying.   
(Version 4.12)

ANONYMOUS  Adium has beaten Proteus is all aspects (gui, features, and functionality). Proteus was good, but Adium simply took off the multi-IM roadmap in my opinion.  
(Version 4.12)

ANONYMOUS  I've never had this application crash on me once. When I hear of updates I laugh, because I use it to do my business on MSN, AIM, and Yahoo! and I've never had a problem. Its easy to setup and run.

Its best described as just like a Macintosh, IT JUST RUNS!  
(Version 4.12)

NAJ  i wish i know how to delete my past conversations history  
(Version 4.11)

HELLZ  Mercury Messenger supports webcams. It'a not perfect but getting better with each release.

As for this program, absolutely no reason to pay for this CPU hog when there's Adium, much better, free and with more features, and Fire (which I don't like but some people do and it has more os less the same features as Proteus - and it's FREE).  
(Version 4.11)

ANONYMOUS  Proteus is a great app. I am anxiously waiting for webcam/voice chat support.

I found a bug in 4.11. When changing the display picture in the user settings, the one for the MSN messenger account stays stuck at the first image selected. Any suggestions or fixes?

Thanks.

E.  
(Version 4.11)

MICHAEL  Since it doesn't support the Get Files command I'll keep my AIM client.  
(Version 4.11)

ANONYMOUS  I've been a user of this product for nearly two years since I switched from WinHell. On the old platform I was quite happy with Trillian and wanted a product that did that. Proteus seemed to be the thing for quite a long time. Now comes Tiger and I do a fresh install of the OS. I've verified that I have my license number and reinstall Proteus. Now it pings me for my license number so I enter it and submit. I get an invalid license number error message. At this point I send a message to the new owner of the code with a copy of the receipt for my purchase which includes the license code. They email back with a question: What version are you running? I answer that I am running 4.11. This has been 3 week and no reply yet. I would not recommend downloading this product, and certainly would recommend against paying any money to this company. I don't know what their strategy is here, but they have shown no integrity to me on my issue and I believe I've been patient.  
(Version 4.11)

ANONYMOUS  WOW Bells and Whistles...

What about functionality???

Webcam support is so old already, and you want how much $ ???  
(Version 4.11)

ALAN LEAKE  The best chat client.

One thing: accounts go offline whenever original messengers are being opened (except for AIM).

Other than that: WOW  
(Version 4.11)

ANONYMOUS  I have a question, not a review. I'm looking for an IM service for my mac OS X. This one looks good, as I've researched it and all that. The only thing is that all the other IM services are free. Is it worth the fifteen dollars?  
(Version 4.11)

KAINE  If Proteus could read or import iChat logs and display them alongside its own logs, I'd be COMPLETELY sold on this program. It's stream lined, subtle, and generally well put together. Bravo!  
(Version 4.10)

MICHAEL CUMMINGS  I love Proteus for it's speed and wide compatibility, all of which seem to work, with all of the IM services that I know of. The only downsides I've experience are that image transfers don't always work with all services, and the using the auto update function, to download/install the latest version, have made it not work at all (I just downloaded myself from macupdate.com and all's well that ends well). With those two caviats and a warning to take Defaultware's marketing claims with a small grain of salt, I recommend it.

Michael Cummings  
(Version 4.10)

MATT STEVENSON  BRILLIANT!!!

Nice interface, good chat layout, great overall!

Would be improved by adding webcam support in future.   
(Version 4.10)

ANONYMOUS  There was a slight bug in our download system that was making users download a older version of Proteus, Proteus 3.06 to be exact.

If you downloaded Proteus and you ended up downloading version 3.06 please re-download Proteus to get version 4.10 which is the latest version.

We apologize for the inconvenience.  
(Version 4.10)

SILLIUM  I liked this programm (earlier version) very much until i ran into problems with conference chats. I wasn't able to establish conversations with two or more people. Does anyone have a hint to solve this?

By the way: I experienced the same kind of problem with Fire and Adium as well.  
(Version 4.10)

CHRIS MCELLIGOTT  Proteus has the most beautiful Aqua interface of any of the IM apps. And it just works so well , thumb up to the devs.

Good to see signing into MSN invisibly works now!  
(Version 4.10)

ANONYMOUS  This is a really great product. Use it along proteusmenu (a resident menu item)

http://www.schempp.ch/projects/proteusmenu/downloads.php

and it is a killer!!

Easy to use, nice interface, coherent!!  
(Version 4.10)

HYPERIZER  Still my favorite chat client. Great Aqua GUI.  
(Version 4.10)

SCHAMOONE  I used (& paid) for Proteus a long time ago. I used to like the fact you caould make it talk all the chat window content.

But, I know find that Fire! is by far the better client - less bloaty for one, and best of all free.  
(Version 4.10)

LIOSHA  Just great! But still are some issues with encodings.

Adium not bad (and great works with those encodings) but doesn't have a bunch features I like in Proteus.  
(Version 4.10)

ANONYMOUS  Proteus kicks major A$$. I love it.  
(Version 4.09)

ANONYMOUS  try using Adium, its a much better program. i'd drag proteus straight the trash can, and do secure empty trash.  
(Version 4.09)

FRED LUSCHER  iBook/MacOS 10.3.7

Upon opening Proteus 4.09 dialog says "unable to connect to imservices and will now quit. Please check console for any odd output from imservices and contact technical support." Had to downgrade to 4.08 now Proteus connects again.

G5/MacOS 3.7

MSN connection drifts in and out.  
(Version 4.09)

ANONYMOUS  I gave up on other chat clients other than Adium, I use to use Proteus and Fire, but they started to show their age. updates take long, and never really update much of anything from what I can see, they are stuck in the same interface, and doesn't let the user do much, well, exept of course chat.   
(Version 4.09)

NO MORE PROTEUS  As a Proteus registered and long standing user I've finally trashed anything related to Proteus. Adium is by far better and you do not run the risk of having to redo your IM accounts like you do with Proteus. Once Proteus was the standard, but now it is simply half of what Adium is today. If you want to save money and get a much better IM client then trash Proteus--before--Proteus trashes files on your Mac, then download and start using Adium which is superior. Don't believe me? I didn't think Adium was that much better until version of Proteus 4.0.8 that forced me to try another client and so I chose Adium.--Adium rocks! I'm never looking back...  
(Version 4.09)

JEFFCGD  Slick and smooth as ever.

Still a happy (paid) customer.

Beware the unusually severe naysayers who leave comments but post as 'anonymous' - they're either 'haters' or purveyors of competing products.  
(Version 4.09)

YT  a nice update from 4.08 to 4.09. it has fixed most problems in v.4.08. Thanks for this update!  
(Version 4.09)

ANONYMOUS  This is bloated garbage compared to what it used to be. Buggy as hell. I'll use iChat for now.  
(Version 4.09)

ANONYMOUS  c'mon dudes....

get a REAL communication with your friends/family...

now you can use Skype to TALK with them!

grow up!  
(Version 4.09)

MACD  The app was always great, but since moving to v.4 it lost a feature, which is very important for some. The feature is to define visible/invisible lists in ICQ, so for example I can't be in invisible mode, but visible for some selected people, or be in Available mode, but some people can't see me as being online anyway.

I like Proteus very much, but I'm not switching from IcyJuice until that feature will be added.

Hm.. but may be it present in Proteus and I just overlooked it?  
(Version 4.09)

ANONYMOUS  4.09 is back on track. Thumbs up !  
(Version 4.09)

ANONYMOUS  Great update, guys! This version (4.0.9) has solved all the problems I had with the previous one.

Thanks.  
(Version 4.09)

ANONYMOUS  Avoid Proteus 4.08.

Me: long time proteus user  
(Version 4.08)

SHAWN C. BLOWER  I'll be honest, at this moment I don't believe Proteus is worth 15 dollars. I do, however, see potential in this application. Everyone knows of Adium and it's low low price of free, but I believe Proteus is a lot more polished. The biggest feature that Proteus lacks over Adium is customizing of the contact list. I enjoy changing the look of my contact list as much as anyone, but I think that should come second over the actual function of the app itself. I always have trouble with both Adium and Proteus when it comes to sending files. I also hate that neither one supports web cams. Although I dislike Windows and most of the software for it, I do wish there could be something more like Trillian for the Mac. I do see potential in Proteus, but if Defaultware is ran by college students with full-time schedules I don't see this application going anywhere anytime soon.  
(Version 4.08)

ANONYMOUS  Don't even waste your tie with this crash-n-burn version as 4.0.9 is on the way. I'll wait to see what others say after they have loaded and used 4.0.9 as I am still not happy with having to redo all my bloody contacts and accounts after the mashing that 4.0.8 give my system.  
(Version 4.08)

ANONYMOUS  Nice looking app, and it worked well when I used to use it awhile ago. But is it $15 better than Adium?  
(Version 4.08)

DEFAULTWARE  The servers are running at full throttle again.

We are working on adding a mirror server.  
(Version 4.08)

JEAN-FRANCOIS ROY  Our servers are currently down, you may download Proteus from http://zohar.dyndns.org:8080/Proteus.zip for the time being. This version also fixes the MSN-stuck-on-away bug.

I plea people to understand our situation - Justin, the former developer, left us a large code base and we haven't had a lot of time being full-time university students getting around it. We are doing everything we can to improve this program. Your support and feedback is paramount. Thank you.  
(Version 4.08)

PROTEUS PARTY OVER  Totally messed-up Adium's and Fire's access to Yahoo and Proteus' Yahoo access does not work. Proteus was once the standard, but it has fallen soooooooo fall behind that it hardly seems worth it. My $15 would have been better spend elsewhere. The Proteus party is over...  
(Version 4.08)

ANONYMOUS  Looks like defaultware.com and proteusx.com are offline as of now, or am I the oonly one that can't access them?  
(Version 4.08)

MRKINLA  Still no support for iSight? Hardly worth releasing an update if it's not going to support video. As an interface, Proteus is beautiful, but I have a feeling iChat will soon leapfrog over it -- and, although it's way ahead of Yahoo in terms of its looks, it doesn't work like Yahoo.  
(Version 4.08)

BOB  "Yahoo can sign in invisibly"

That's a lie.

I've tested it the minute I seen that, and it STILL does not sign in invisbly OR change to it.  
(Version 4.08)

ANONYMOUS  The best IM multi-messenger for any plataform! Much better than Adium: interface, options, file transfers, personalization...

very cool!  
(Version 4.08)

TOURNESOL  The Invisible status doesn't work - people just see me as away. Thats not the point.  
(Version 4.08)

BOMBS AWAAAAAAAY...SPLAT  Well, this latest version might be something IF it worked with Yahoo, but alas it does not, and never makes the connection. The sad thing is that I paid to be a registered user of Proteus, then it changed hands, then it imploded.  
(Version 4.08)

ANONYMOUS  Je le gardais parce que c'était le seul client multi-protocole en Français à ma connaissance...

et puis un jour ... www.lemaxou.fr.st

et maintenant je dis: merci lemaxou!!! :D  
(Version 4.08)

CLOUDSCOUT  When Proteus hit 4.0, I felt that it was worth the $15. I liked Adium, but Proteus seemed a bit more refined and had a handful of features Adium was lacking. It also had the benefit of being commercial software with an actual support infrastructure in place.

But the support infrastructure was never utilized.

Their bug tracking system went largely ignored. Bugs that were filed 9 months ago still remain unfixed with no updates as to the progress.

The software itself hasn't had a release in over 4 months.

Now the developer's website has been down for quite a while without any updated explanations since December 28th.

To be fair, the original developer sold the software to Defaultware when he took a job with Apple. But I think the guys behind Defaultware bit off more than they could chew.

At the very least, I would suggest that you stick with Adium or other free options until these guys get things on track.  
(Version 4.07)

ANONYMOUS  Please bring IRC-Support!  
(Version 4.07)

ANONYMOUS  Hmm... these bad comments show up and now both defaultware.com and proteusx.com are dead. *scratches head* Could the same be said about the "company" as well? Hard to compete with a free alternative it seems. Sorry to hear about your possible demise.  
(Version 4.07)

ANONYMOUS  What is with this program? Is this an unfinish project? $15? Are they kidding?  
(Version 4.07)

ANONYMOUS  Hasn't been updated in 4 months. Adium has already pulled ahead of it, and Adium is free.

http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/6366  
(Version 4.07)

ANONYMOUS  It would be nice if they would at least update the site with news instead of "new site coming soon". Who's willing to pay for software when the developers go on hiatus, Not I. Oh, they may be busy at work, but who knows? Why not keep the old site up until the new one is completed? Seems only logical to me. Not very wise to keep your future/current customers in the dark.  
(Version 4.07)

ANONYMOUS  WE WANT VIDEO CHAT!!!  
(Version 4.07)

ANONYMOUS  If you are like me and have mainly used ICQ in the past, I think Proteus may be a logical choice over the other apps currently available. I tried a few apps, but Proteus' interface and preference panel were the ones that made the most sense to me.

Speaking of ICQ, it would be nice to see the "Send URL" function added in a future version. It's the only feature I miss so far.  
(Version 4.07)

ANONYMOUS  Proteus does not work very well, and keeps quitting randomly on me. Adium is much much better and reliable and supports many accounts to a single service where proteus allows just one account per service.  
(Version 4.07)

ANONYMOUS  Adium X has caught up and surpassed Proteus. Proteus development has almost come to a complete stand still and doesn't look like its heading anywhere with the new developers.

I switched to Adium from Proteus for that reason, and the fact that i don't have to pay $15 for Adium.  
(Version 4.07)

153957  its not free.... its not super good looking.

its difficult to set it up  
(Version 4.07)

ANONYMOUS  I have been using Proteus for some time now, been on the fence if i should go ahead and pay for it or not.

AdiumX 0.7 was released yesterday, and i have to say that it made my decision about proteus fairly easy. I like Adium much better than Proteus, and by version 1.0, i'm sure Proteus won't even be a contender ;)  
(Version 4.07)

GARBAGE  I have just been through the whole stupid nonsense of installing all these clients for different services.

Bottom line : Proteus is worth every penny of the lousy few bucks to make your life simpler.

The free clients are buggy & incomplete, iChat would be great but it only talks to one servce.

Save yourself a lot of time & frustration - just get Proteus.  
(Version 4.07)

ANONYMOUS  Why we have to pay for a messenger that don't have two important functions: mic and cam  
(Version 4.07)

JAKE  I've been using proteus for many months. Updates come sporadically. Its really the best looking and most functional 'all in one' instant messenger App.

The real gem about it is Tabbed messaging. Just how Safari/Mozilla makes it hard to use any plain browser, I can't use a 'regular' IM program any more. Having all your messages in a single pane is just too convenient to me. Enough so that I eventually registered.

For occasional free IM, go elsewhere. For more, check it out.  
(Version 4.07)

ANONYMOUS  Not as good as Adium, and it costs money.

Whoops!  
(Version 4.07)

TAK  I am quite impressed with Proteus 4. It works way better than any other combined IM program I have used before. Makes manging my personal/business MSN and AIM much easier =).  
(Version 4.07)

JEAN-FRANCOIS ROY  I'd like to make some precisions.

"such as how long a contact has been idle"

We support that on services that do (MSN, for instance, does NOT provide this information). When a service does not provide for how long a contact has been idle but does tell us a contact is idle, we also report that.

"indications that a contact is writing a response"

We support typing notifications on services that do. That can be toggled in the contact list and in the toolbar of message windows. In addition, some themes will provide visual feedback of typing notification changes - but this is up to theme authors to include or not in their theme.

"Spell Checker still does not function correctly"

If you are having issues with spell checking in the input field, please contact me directly and I will do everything I can to resolve your issue.  
(Version 4.07)

NEEDS BETTERMENT  Still lacks rudimentary, but informative features that others have, such as how long a contact has been idle; indications that a contact is writing a response. Spell Checker still does not function correctly,  
(Version 4.07)

ANONYMOUS  Installed fine via auto-updater, no problems. Thanks for the classic auto-scroll fix!  
(Version 4.07)

GREVENX  This build breaks MSN support?

Anyone else experiencing problems with this?  
(Version 4.07)

BRILDENLANCH  Always worked perfectly for me. A few bugs here and their but the ones that affected me were always quickly fixed. This app will keep geting better and better.  
(Version 4.07)

ANONYMOUS  Well... Proteus has lost a customer. I just switched to Adium. It's too early for a proper assessment, but from what I can see now, Adium can do everything Proteus does, but a) it's free and b) it does not have Proteus' irritating bugs.

I never used the spellchecker everyone is complaining about, so I don't know about those problems, but the problems related to ICQ are still there, even after a gazillion updates: buddy names get randomly overwritten (sometimes you see the ICQ buddy name, sometimes your own alias, sometimes just the UIN, etc.) and statuses are displayed incorrectly (buddies show up as online when they are really offline, or they are shown online when they are really away etc etc.) This WAS a real pain in the ***.

Bye bye Proteus.  
(Version 4.06)

ANONYMOUS  Get Adium.  
(Version 4.06)

ANONYMOUS  I can understand being lamed by remiss small issues that never seem to get corrected. Personally, I want to hand it to the developer for bringing us, at the very least, a competitive offering (the others have some pretty greusume issues to) which gives us more choice, and, at the most, one of the best IM clients around.

Writing shareware for any platform is hardly a money making enterprise. Complaining about small issues without being constructive seem rather petty.

I cannot review this version yet, the developer has never acknowleded my bug reports, but he's churned out new versions on a rather aggressive basis and stuck with this software for quite a while. While he may have missed the spell check issue, he's covered many others and brought about loads of awesome features which make this a boss IM.

Simply my opinion. Finally, please consider what you're buying where you take on shareware. Your Mac platform would suck without the loads of it out there. Proteus is hardly a good example of shareware: try almost commercial grade with shareware price.  
(Version 4.06)

ANONYMOUS  The main thing its missing is being able to display the pictures in MSN  
(Version 4.06)

SAME OL BUG--FOREVER  This has been an IM that I wanted to love, but can't. Why? I am indeed a registered user, but the forums do not work. There has been an ever present bug with the Spell Checker and that is when you find a misspelled word and then you highlight it, in the Spell Checker to make the changes versus choosing a word from the Spell Checker list, it will not paste the word into place and will not continue until you close the window and try again. This sucks and they never resolve it. To me this is poor programming to leave unresolved a simple issue that everyone else seems to get correct. Every time I come back and update to the latest version the bug is like a cockroach--still there. I use other IM's and wonder why I ever registered Proteus.  
(Version 4.06)

ANONYMOUS  I prefer ADIUM.  
(Version 4.06)

ANONYMOUS  Proteus has been sold to a new company as the original developer has taken a job with Apple on the ichat team.

The product's new homepage is www.proteusx.com  
(Version 4.0)

AIN'T QUITE THERE YET  Was this software sold to another company? The links connect to something under construction or nonexistent. The latest version is still buggy as it spell checking feature locks up and ceases working. Great progress, but not quite there. I am a registered user, but fell that Adium stays current with the needs and changes to the IM's--Proteus lags.   
(Version 4.0)

ANONYMOUS  Argh, no, they haven't. Apparently these bugs should have been fixed in the current release, but buddy names still get randomly overwritten, and buddies often display a wrong status or don't show up as online when they are really online.

It doesn't help to throw away the profile data (prefs) and force Proteus to rebuild it, either.  
(Version 4.0)

ANONYMOUS  The bugs mentioned in the previous review have been fixed in the current version. Everything works fine now (so far).  
(Version 4.0)

ANONYMOUS  Proteus is a very good IM client. The interface is very well designed and it's very usable. It doesn't get in the way. It's sleek. I registered because it's worth it.

However, the current final release is rather seriously buggy with regards to its ICQ support. Buddies are often displayed incorrectly (eg. as offline when they are really online etc.), buddy names are constantly and irritatingly switched between the ICQ usernames and the alias nicknames that one can define in Proteus itself, and status messages (i. e. "Away") are sent completely arbitrarily, eg. not when a status is changed, but at some arbitrary point afterwards, which often leads to misunderstandings while chatting.

There have been a bunch of updates lately, but none seem to adress these issues. Posts to the forum about these issues on Proteus' website appear to be ignored.

Well, maybe they are working on it. At the moment, though, I feel this is a rather nasty bug for a final release software. Even Fire with its pretty much non-functional buddy-list sync never had problems with this.  
(Version 4.0)

TIVY  I give this app not a 5 star rating because I like it, but because it earns 5 stars in each category. Keep up the good work!  
(Version 4.0)

DOUBLESHOT  People actually pay money for this terrible program? I was going to pay for proteus, but luckily a friend introduced me to Adium. Adium has a much better interface, much stabler, and is FREE. You can't go wrong w/that. Save your money and use Adium.  
(Version 4.0)

VIRTUALWOLF  Proteus 3.0.6 was rock-solid for me. Sure, it was lacking in a few areas (no file transfer, for one), but it /worked/. 4.0 is faster, but my groups are getting randomly reorganised, I can't search through the history (Proteus crashes if I do), my custom contact names are getting randomly overwritten, and it keeps converting all backslashes to double quote marks. And there's still no file transfer!

Apparently the developer is aware of the problems and is working on them, and if they're all fixed I'll definitely use 4. But in the meantime, it's back to 3.0.6 for me.  
(Version 4.0)

KRISTOFFER  Great application!!... Nice interface and far more stabile than i.e. Fire (my opinion).... Very easy to use....

Only thing bothering me is that you can't send files to MSN-buddies.... Get that fixed and I'll pay for it....

Keep up the good work!  
(Version 4.0)

ANONYMOUS  I will have to say that I was quite disappointed with the last major release of Proteus. i found it to be slow, buggy, and crashed all the time. I gave it up and had been u sing Adium since. I felt it was a waste of $10 to donated for 3.0 before it came out, only to have it come out as bad as it did.

I am very impressed with the new 4.0 versions. I think it's a lot more responsive and a lot more stable than pre4.0 versions. I've been using it steady now for about a week and I have not experienced any crashes or other weird show stopping problems.

The only problem I have now is deciding whether to continue using Proteus or go back to Adium. The thing that's keeping me with Proteus right now is the style. It's slick. ;)

Good work.  
(Version 4.0)

ANONYMOUS  Yeah.. no longer beta, and still crashes like a mofo.

And he is charging money for this?

I guess there is a sucker born every minute.   
(Version 4.0)

MARTIN_B  I tried out the 4.0 release but is is really buggy- makes my powerbook 1.25 slow, and it has messed up keyring, won't store passwords any more-and I cannot login on either icq, msn, aol/ichat after 2 days usage.

Iäll trash this app right now.

Regards,

Martin B  
(Version 4.0)

WYO  This little thingy simply rocks!!! i can manage all my accounts and contacts on a easy lookalicious interface :D only things that sux is the unsupported send/receive files option. great app  
(Version 4.0)

REQUIRED READING  This is information should be the very first window to shows up with Proteus (actually it should be required by law):

"Proteus (registered version) will require activation at first launch, this sends your serial information to the eSellerate application servers along with a machine identifier to validate, and activate your serial number. This will happen just the once to make sure your serial number is valid for that machine. You can use the same serial number on about 3 machines, so you do not require a serial number for each machine."

Since I plow through new models of Apple computers, I probably will not be using Proteus thereafter the three machine identifiers are exceeded. Considering what Proteus does (n IM client) the registration means and methods are a bit of an overkill and in the long-run will hurt Proteus.  
(Version 4.0)

T.PLANK  Incredible, I couldn't expect more from a shareware Instant Messaging program. I mean yes, you could expect audio and visual chat with commercial programs, but this is programmed by not a whole team, but one guy, and another working on the services code and stuff. Great interface, hugely customisable, can access any network I'm ever gonna use, and for such a small price. Great product there, definately worth a download.  
(Version 4.0)

JOSEPH HUMFREY  I love proteus, especially now it has the iChat bubbling! It's really fantastic, but it's just a shame I have to keep iChat as well in order to keep apple's audio and voice chat features :-( One step towards me migrating to Proteus completely would be if I could customise the buddy list so it looked exactly like iChat's, which I love. I know you can come pretty darn close, but it isn't quite there!  
(Version 4.0)

ANONYMOUS  Still no works with MSN on port 80 :(  
(Version 4.0)

SOGOOD  I have used Fire, Proteus and AdiumX as each developed for quite some time. I have to say that Proteus has come a long way and is fairly mature and some of the GUI waste has been tidied up pretty well with this latest release. However, my current favrourite is AdiumX for its minimalist approach while Fire is second if I am going for function completeness. Proteus is also pretty feature rich but at a price. When the price is divided by zero of the others, it kind of lost out in the scheme of things.  
(Version 4.0)

NIGEL  Proteus is the best all-in-one chat client around. Well worth the money to me. Anyone who prefers Fire over Proteus probably also prefers IE over Safari. Bottom line is Proteus has tabbed chatting. Fire does not. I hate having 10 different chat windows open at the same time. Proteus consolidates them into one, very clean window. Not to mention the UI is much prettier than Fire's. With Fire you get what you pay for.  
(Version 4.0b33)

SCOWLING  Well, that one giant step toward ugly for the icon!

I hope that isn't a sign of how the functionality is headed. Yeesh.  
(Version 4.0b33)

ANONYMOUS  Ok, it's good and it works fine. But there's a similar app called Fire which is FREE.

Make it free!  
(Version 4.0b33)

STE TANAUS  MSN on port 80 doesn't work. The only client the works with http protocol on port 80 is amsn.

Without that problem, Proteus would be perfect.  
(Version 4.0b32)

PROTEUS GROWS UP  Now I have to say up front that I am one of those folks who was unhappy with Proteus. As time has marched forward I not only see that the author is responding to the end-users in several ways (donationware vs. shareware, a now great web site, etc.) but Proteus is maturing. I have all the IM's, but Proteus is truly the one that garners the most respect from me, is now the one I prefer the most, and have stayed with the longest with. A neat, efficient, comprehensive package.  
(Version 4.0b31)

ANONYMOUS  Use the "Classic 2" message interface and adjust the color of "my header text" to a bright (not blinding) green.

Proteus 4 now has a disconnect for individual accounts in one of the buttons in the contact list.

Best fonts are ArialMT, Geneva, Verdana -- sizes 12 or 13.  
(Version 4.0b31)

JAKE  I really find Proteus the best. I think its the single window interface for messages. I've heard plenty of people complain about problems, I guess I've just been lucky and its worked for me.

b9 seems fine as long as you read the release notes first.  
(Version 4.0b9)

JEAN-FRANCOIS ROY  For all the people down-rating Proteus 4, complaining about crashes and so forth, please remember this is a beta release. If you really want to be useful, please send in your bug reports to Justin. Thank you.  
(Version 4.0b9)

ANONYMOUS  What's the point of downloading a beta, then complaining about crashes? Just stick with the last stable version.  
(Version 4.0b9)

DAVID RUSE  For those of you getting crashes, send your crash log to Justin (the developer). He's very friendly and responsive as well. I have no problems with Proteus, crashes, or anything, and it's the best multi-IM client I've used. It has the most features and looks awesome as well :) This is NOT shareware. You do not have to pay for Proteus. It is donation-ware. Gets better with every release :)  
(Version 4.0b9)

ANONYMOUS  Don't waste your time with this buggy program - get Adium for free - it's updated constantly, and it's got everything this does.  
(Version 4.0b9)

JOHN JENKINS  Every time a new Proteus gets released I try it. And every single time I get disappointed. Crash city. I got to add someone, CRASH, I got to send someone a file, CRASH. On top of this, he is charging for it.

I have a hard time paying for a IM app esp one that crashes when I can get one for free that does the EXACT SAME THING and doesn't crash.

Proteus is overrated.   
(Version 4.0b9)

JOEWEAVER1  I am using 4.0b28 and all I can say is that it is outstanding. I have had no problems with it, it doesn't crash iChat or iSight, and it is just remarkable. I deleted Fire and Adium and this is all I will use now!

It is very easily customizable and user friendly. Thanks a lot for this program

Well worth the 10 bucks  
(Version 4.0b7)

THUMBS DOWN...WAY DOWN  Buggy? That's a gross understatement -- infestation is more appropriate! Crashes iChat so I can no longer iSight. Hangs to a beach party status with spinning beach ball galore. The only thing that has really improved is the delivery system of updates, which is also another means of determining whether you've registered (which I have), but this is ridiculous for an IM client.  
(Version 4.0b7)

DKI  For anyone who is on the fence for paying for this:

Try ADIUM. It's free, more customizable, file transfers (sorta), not a single crash in months (wish I could say the same for proteus), bug fixes within 24 hours (it took proteus 6+ months to fix a bug that would crash the app every time it launched, making you launch the app twice in order to maybe have it open, search their forums if you don't believe me. It affected every single user).

Everything that proteus does, adium does better. Did I mention it's free?

I am a former boot-stomping, paying user of proteus too, but hands down adium wins.

www.adiumx.com for the run-down of this amazing program.   
(Version 4.0b7)

CRAIG LAW  First day of using Proteus and initial impression: This is the best IM client by far. I was trying out Fire and quickly became tired of the quirks...not very mac-like. Proteus handles itself well in the OS X environment and was configured and running in no time. I wish there was a contextual menu to 'add' someone who messaged you to your buddy group, but hardly a negative point. Best part....hasn't crashed on me! [knocking on head].   
(Version 4.0b7)

ANONYMOUS  Proteus 4.0b5 is now out on the developer's site; feels snappier than 4.0b2.

Took me about 10 minutes to pare down all the bells and whistles back to the original Proteus interface which I liked because it was just clean text and very fast. The only improvement I've liked after that was the addition of translucent windows when proteus is in the background. Proteus is a matter of personal taste; try Fire and Adium as well and choose the one you like best. Cheers!  
(Version 4.0b2)

ANONYMOUS  I'm not quite sure yet why I would pay for this when there are so many free alternatives. Can someone please fill me in.  
(Version 4.0b2)

M2  I thought v3 was better, to be honest. And, to have nags for the demo period is just a little odd to me. Still, a very handy application.  
(Version 4.0b2)

BXLBJORN  well it's a big step forward but not yet there. It's still quite buggy, it doesn't remember some of the preferences after quit/relaunch. e.g. The pictures that I add for my users are gone every time, which was not the case with previous versions.

It's got one big thing going for it: MSN is WORKING again, although I don't know for how long.

In any case I'm looking forward to further devellopment (read=debugging) of Proteus and will probably register in the future. But for now I find it a bit arrogant to make us deal with a reminder to register at launch, when so many thing are not yet what they should be. This is after all a BETA version...

One tip to the devellopers: try to include a field in the user information where I can store an additional comment about him/her I wish to remind me of next time I'm speaking to him/her.  
(Version 4.0b2)

ANONYMOUS  Hello, bag it.

Try removing (moving) all of your Proteus profile and re-creating your accounts and preferences.

See your ~/Library/Application Support/Instant Messaging/Profile folder.   
(Version 4.0b2)

BAG IT WHILE YOU'RE STILL AHEAD  As a registered owner I can say that this is a bit more than a tad flakey. It's a PITA at best. Spinning beach ball on quit that is never ever addressed by the author. Consistent bugs even when a GM. Try Fire and you'll never go back.

Oh yeah and the new registration system is unequivocally ridiculous for a product of this level. Stupid, just plain stupid.  
(Version 4.0b2)

TED PEARLMAN  I've been using Proteus for a long time. It's always had a fantastic user interface. But until this release, it hasn't worked very consistently on the various protocols. I even switched to iChat for a while. This new version, though a beta and a tad flaky, improves everything about the program. It's now up to the level of iChat, sans video, in terms of ease of use and, of course, it's multi-protocol. It's got every feature one could want and during this first day of use, I haven't had any connection problems. Way to go, Justin! Looking forward to the full release...  
(Version 4.0b2)

RIMSHOT4ZA  Upgraded to v4, very happy. I read the release notes so I knew what to expect and I poked around the application to customize it the way I want. Most everything is still there if you look.

Way to go Justin! I'll be sending another donation soon!  
(Version 4.0b2)

ANONYMOUS  To use without interference from Proteus 3, make a new user and test Proteus 4 there.

Review: Font colors in the message window: I like the old way better.

Pictures in users contact list: a nice step up.

Emoticons: a bit larger, I think. (not sure if the whole list is there)

For non-users of Proteus: the best features are a very nice message window, sound and clickable pop-up notifications, great customization of fonts.   
(Version 4.0b2)

ANONYMOUS  Did anyone bother to READ THE BETA NOTES?!

That would be too much trouble now wouldn't it?

http://www.indigofield.com/beta.php  
(Version 4.0b2)

OFRI  Very Very cool but also very slow... :(

i wouldn't pay for such a slow app when i have Adium that is free and fast...

also very buggy and doesn't support well in Hebrew.  
(Version 4.0b2)

CTOPFEL  I tried the new beta version.

But I didn't like it, the old organization of the contacts was far better.

went back to proteus 3. AND EVERYTHING WAS GONE.

- No Accounts

- No Contacs

nothing  
(Version 4.0b2)

PD  i love the idea of proteus ... and I'm so glad someone is working on it ... but I gotta say it was pretty unusable for me ...

first, it gave no proper errors when it was having trouble connecting to msn, and it appeared to just keep retrying over and over without doing anything intelligent ...

secondly, it just froze up completely, couldn't even get in to try and troubleshoot or change the preferences ... even after closing and reopening ...

any time an application can get into a state where you can't change anything, and it also impacts the rest of the system something is seriously wrong in my opinion ...  
(Version 3.0.6)

FLOATER  If you are looking for a client for msn download amsn. It has way more features the interface could use some work though.  
(Version 3.0.6)

WTMCGEE  adium is better, and it's free (and it's even still in beta)

half of the 'features' of proteus 3 don't even work. looks pretty, but just not as good as the competition IMO.  
(Version 3.0.6)

ANONYMOUS  Why does the file exchange with aim still not working ?

This is the only point that makes me use iChat instead of Proteus. What a pity 'cause I really love Proteus !  
(Version 3.0.6)

BURAN  It still loses AIM incoming messages for me. I don't care about MSN and Yahoo as I don't use them. AIM needs to work! Also still waiting on usable file transfers.  
(Version 3.0.6)

ANONYMOUS  3.06 loaded my profile from 3.05 (which had the Yahoo proto temp fix) right away.

$10 for this ? A bargain. Features: good looking with customization of text colors, pop-up alerts for friends and some events, sound alerts, combined message window, cool sounds, additional sound packs, cocoa menu customization.

Yahoo, MSN and AOL all have tried to thwart third party messengers. So a few times a year, Proteus users need to upgrade.   
(Version 3.0.6)

MAV.RC  Proteus is still my favorite IM client on any platform, if for no other reason than its UI is superior to every other IM client. But if I had to pick two features that it desperately needs, I would choose:

1. Better history management. Right now you can't even save the history for a user. It would be nice if there were some history archiving tools available.

2. File transfers.  
(Version 3.0.6)

FIREBEAVER  this program is like fire

wich is free and very reliable

just trying to give a second choice  
(Version 3.0.6)

VAZ DEF  People at Proteus...Kepp up with the major chat clients and support file transfers and video caht. I mean dont show us the feature and not make it work ya know?  
(Version 3.0.6)

HYJUNG KANG  Proteus is....

a) Buggy

b) Pricey

c) Slow

d) All of the Above

Unfortunately, the answer is D. Better luck next time!  
(Version 3.0.6)

THE VIRUS  Proteus has many qualities that ive come to love. One is the ability to -easily- sort and organize buddies from multiple services into groups that do not interfere with service specific groups (drag and drop). Fire is far from easy (right click, edit buddy, choose group from pull down menu, save). Another is the ablity to only sound when the -first- message is recieved. The user interface itself could not be simpler and yet still so very customizable. I love the abilty to be able to set foreground, background and status colors , not to mention opacity. Fire does have these options, but they do not seem to be as robust as Proteus. Also, Proteus has a message center, which is indispencable for me. Once you use the messsage center (all your message windows tabbed in one), you'll wonder how you kept all your seperate windows organized. It makes it so very simple, all tabbed out on the side of the message window. I have yet to register my version of proteus, but it works just fine without registration.

However, on the other hand, proteus has its shortcomings. In the years that I have used it, proteus has -never- been able to transfer or recieve files. Which, for me, has been a mixed bag. This has forced me to set up apache on my computer for file transfer/web hosting (including hacking up a file upload php script), which is also a blessing when Im away from the computer. Proteus is also a larger application, which relys on 4 seperate, smaller processes to handle each of the services. Thusly it tends to eat up more resources. I haven't investigated fire as much about how it handles the processes, but it seems like it was all contained inside its one process. Fire seems to be faster, leaner, and designed more by the computer elite. Whom are more conserned about how fast, how secure, and how featured the client is rather than the ease of use. Proteus is sort of the opposite. Proteus also has trouble with group (MSN) chats. It will initiate, but all the users information will stay in seperate boxes, and if you message them back, it will register to them as a private conversation.

Proteus receives 3 in features for the lack of file recieve/transfer, group messaging, but GUI and alerts redeem it from a 1 or 2. Proteus' ease of use could not be better. While the lack of features do not make me want to pay for the software, I would only switch to Fire if Proteus became registered clients only. Thus, it recieves a 3 in value. Stability is not much of a consern, though releases (esp dealing with service changes) are fewer due to the private nature of the program. For this reason, it recieves a 4 instead of the 5 it desirves in this category.  
(Version 3.0.5)

IMAC  The best aplication in the world. Im using it in Polang for conecting with gadu-gadu. The gadu- gadu client for pc is much worst than Proteus. THE BEST!!!!  
(Version 3.0.5)

DON'T EVEN BOTHER  Have you ever pay for shareware only to find that there is little or no "real" support, it's buggier than an trash heap, and an experiment at best. Well this is it! You're throwing your money away if you pay for this. There are other apps that are far superior and I've now gone back to Fire. I only wish I hadn't pay for Proteus. What a waste.  
(Version 3.0.5)

ANONYMOUS  Looks good but I can't bring myself to pay a shareware fee for something that can't truly be rated above all other clients. Adium, if certain features are added, will blow this away IMO. And it's free! Personally I am useing AIM and Fire as my main clients. Fire has encrypted file sending which I cannot tear myself from. But It has buddylist problems.  
(Version 3.0.5)

PROTEUS PROTOCOL  Proteus can be the leader IF it irons out its bugs. It seems not all bugs are experienced by all users and this might be a direct result of the different OS X's not available.

Here's are my issues:

1) The Spell checker has bugs in that it will hang on corrections.

2) Proteus cannot be quit without using Apple's Force Quit.

Pros: Beautiful program with a wonderful execution. Just fine tune it and we'll all be happy.  
(Version 3.0.5)

AARON  very, very, very nice!

unlike fire, this actually works on my computer (imac g4 1ghz, 10.3.1)  
(Version 3.0.5)

ANONYMOUS  really really really good... but i'd love to see trillian for mac. then we'd see both products get much better. competition!!!!!  
(Version 3.0.5)

ANONYMOUS  Proteus is a nice piece of software. After chatting with a friend overseas, however, and testing many pieces of software, I have yet to find a chat client that allows file transfer in Jabber. Apparently there are Windows clients that allow this (Exodus, for one - my friend was trying to send me a file; it never worked).

I sure would like to see this in Proteus.  
(Version 3.0.5)

SUBLINEAR  This is great. Theres a lot of bugs, but they're being squashed slowly. I'm just glad to see incremental update, instead of jumping to v4.0 quickly ;) It's at version 3.0.5, but it's most like 1.5.5 really... But that's cool, it rocks. ;)  
(Version 3.0.5)

FIRE USER  Yay. A release that works with 10.2.8 - now if it would only work in Panther (That'd be 10.3 to all you programmers out there.)

Can someone PLEASE either give this developer some money to make this project worth his while or a team of programmers to fix his program so that it at least works decently until the next iteration? PLEASE.  
(Version 3.0.5)

DORIAN INNES  Have tried every single 3rd party messaging client and this is the only one I use daily. Absolutely LOVE this app. Amazing customization capabilities.

Hopefully they will get file transfers up and running soon. Then I can finally delete/not deal with Aol's crappy AIM program. I'd also like to see messaging logging like that of PC's "Dead AIM" program. It saves everything (pictures, file transfers, conversations with time stamps, etc) in a very organized fashion. Hopefully it'll come into play with the advent of file transfers.

Try the other 3rd party clients and you will find yourself blown away by Proteus. Well worth the measley 10 bucks.  
(Version 3.0.5)

MCCUBE  Nothing but praise for this wonderdul program. Great features, great interface,, stable and fun to use. Perfect? Nope, but very very close.   
(Version 3.0.5)

ANONYMOUS  This application found itself in my trashcan a minute after I downloaded it.

Once you click past the cute 'please register' dialog box, you can do absolutely nothing. There are no windows. All menu options are grayed out. The readme file and the help files gave absolutely no hint of how to get started.

This isn't an application, it's a pile of useless code.  
(Version 3.0.4)

MARCO  This app seems great... but I was testing it, thinking "If it works fine it's worth the price", then dowloaded 3.0.4 and it doesn't work at alle with my 10.2.8 !

Stephanie, fortunately we're still able to get 3.0.3 from their site (indigofield.com).  
(Version 3.0.4)

DORIAN INNES  I meant v 3.03 in my previous comment.  
(Version 3.0.4)

DORIAN INNES  It appears to be working alright in Panther, but everytime i try and quit the application it just hangs and i end up having to force quit it every single time. It also didnt carry over all my preferences from 1.03. I have it set to keep the buddylist in the bottom right hand corner, but even with the box marked to do that, it starts in the upper right corner every time. Rather annoying little problems i never had while using it in Jaguar. Anyone else having these problems?  
(Version 3.0.4)

PAUL  Well, for me, this application is wonderful, and works just fine under Panther, which was released on October 24th. I laughed at some of these reviews that say "Does not work with Panther" and the review was dated October 1st.

Yes, "Fire" is free but this application as far as UI, features, and so on, far surpasses "Fire". This application is always being improved upon, and while I will not complain about "Fire", I will pay the the fee to have a shareware application that for the most part, does what it says. I like it>  
(Version 3.0.4)

STEPHANIE TOROK  Yeah, 3.04 isn't working under jaguar. Make 3.03 available please?! At least for those who can't get .04 to work!  
(Version 3.0.4)

BJB0MB3RZ  All the hanging up on start comments I've been hearing are coming from Jaguar users.

I've seen it working for Panther users, though. Some panther users anyway.

Maybe the developer tested it in Panther and forgot to/didn't in Jaguar?  
(Version 3.0.4)

FINNIGAN  Version 3.4 is broken. Either it freezes on start-up while loading user history, or, if you delete all your preferences, all the pull-down menus are greyed out. Stick with 3.03 until the next version comes out.   
(Version 3.0.4)

ANONYMOUS  How could be patient since FREE multi-IM clients (even file transfers) works on 10.3?

Proteus's author is a genius, lol.  
(Version 3.0.4)

ANONYMOUS  There are many things that don't work under 10.3 yet. The author knows this and will fix them. Be patient. Sending files is one of those things that doesn't work.  
(Version 3.0.3)

ED  Maybe its just me, but i can't seem to send files. Any ideas?????  
(Version 3.0.3)

STEPHEN BURKE  this ap is awsome. been looking for a program like this for a while and couldnt have hoped for better. definitely worth the 15 bucks i payed!  
(Version 3.0.3)

PUNKBABY  Been using this since version 1.0. It's a great application that is always getting better! A few things I'd like to see are: 1) A way to do file transfers (I know this is probably very difficult given the closed nature of the other clients). 2) Have it retrieve buddy info (not just a list of buddies) from the servers (again, probably difficult). 3) The Aqua theme needs a different colored "gum-drop" for people who are idle, the slightly darker shade of green is practically identical in color to the "online" color.  
(Version 3.0.3)

ZAK1974  This app has the best interface, but less features than any of the standalone IM or open-sourced and free Fire.

The international (UNICODE) nicknames are not displayed properly, ICQ service lack buddy search functions, and you can't even see the full buddy profile (photo, interests etc). So it's almost useless to find someone new and interesting to chat to.

File sending not supported, neither the typing indicator is. But thumbs up for unprecedented beaty of the interface. A true Macintosh app in embryon stage.  
(Version 3.0.3)

IMPRESSED  I tried this app for the first time today and it is the greatest! This is what iChat should have been. Why would I use stand alone iChat/AIM, MSN, & ICQ apps when this ties them all together into one neat and tidy interface. The stand alone apps are obsolete as far as I'm concerned. Who cares if they update them until the cows come home. They'll always be proprietary, one dimentional, stand alone apps. I am so impressed with Proteus. It is also extremely configurable unlike the other 'this is what you get' apps. So far it's very stable and works great. Smooth like buttah! The ONLY thing I don't like is the icon, so I copy/pasted the iChat icon into it. So what? Proteus is the only chat app in my dock now.  
(Version 3.0.3)

ANONYMOUS  Doesn't work in Panther 7B80.  
(Version 3.0.3)

HADES ™  Great Application. I started using it a few months ago ... and they still rule! Keep on going!  
(Version 3.0.3)

HAPPY PROTEUS USER.  I'm using it from day it was born and I love it!!!

ty Justin  
(Version 3.0.3)

JAKE  I've been using Proteus for awhile now. Although has been a tad flakey at times, overall its worked great. Its got a excellent interface, its very easy to use and great features. Fire is an ok alternative, but its like tabbed browsing, I can't give up the single window interface Proteus has.  
(Version 3.0.2)

1•18•20  Damn good. Fire is a piece of caRp.

The features are very good, very elegant, so easy and makes every other standalone app redundant, except for iChat AV if you're using an iSight... but i'm not, so HA!

A little unstable though, but that can be fixed.  
(Version 3.0.1)

LOKI  This is the first application of this type that really works well and feels well! Blows any competitors out of the water. I couldn't believe it had all the features i was looking for in a multi-service client. Thank you!

A little more documentation would be appreciated.  
(Version 3.0.1)

M.BVS  Bought is a few days ago now it doesn't work and can't get any support from the site to respond to me after 4 days!

Yes, and unfortunately I payed! When it worked it was nice.

Hopefully I hear something or I'm just screwed!  
(Version 3.0.1)

MAX  This version of proteus has made me reconsider buying it. if we could have the functionality and stability of Proteus 2.2 with the extra features of Proteus 3 I would send the money tomorrow.

Fire is far too ugly and inconsistent for me to use on a regular basis.... but I simply can't justify paying money for Proteus 3.  
(Version 3.0.1)

ATTILA  Nice app till ver. 3.0, wich is unfonctional, because of ICQ' service permanent disconection. More anoying, the app seems to crash when Alienstech website is down, like if it couldn't work without an online handcheck with the mother server. As a consequence, I use Fire now, wich is a little bit less beautiful, but really more functional and faster than Proteus, and wich ALWAYS works, depending only of the services' servers you need to use.  
(Version 3.0.1)