MACUPDATE ADMIN  Have you heard that Fire is no longer being developed?

"We are saddened to announce that there will be no future versions of Fire. There are several reasons for this end, but the most notable is the loss of developers. Fire's development had dwindled to few developers who do not wish to continue the project alone. In addition, another major contributing factor is the fact that all but one of Fire's IM libraries is no longer in active development. The good news is that two of Fire's developers have joined the Adium team and have written a transition path. Adium 1.0, upon first launch, will import your Fire accounts, away messages, groups, buddies, and logs into Adium. For future updates and IM needs, we suggest that you look at Adium."  
(Version 1.0.2)

ALBION  Just improvements and bug fixes? I wish other developers would focus on improvements and bug fixes, instead of introducing flashy new features every few months that they can't implement properly. As for Fire... it was always quite buggy and prone to crashing. Adium just works.

Props to the Adium team.  
(Version 1.0.2)

MARIUS_TH  Just change the .flv extension to .avi and it usually works.  
(Version 0.8.6a)

UMAROMC  Just right/Cntrl-click the file and choose Open With... and choose VLC. OR You can Get Info on the file and set VLC to be the default app for Flash Video Files–it'll leave the icon blank but work all the time.  
(Version 0.8.6b)

CHIGH  You're just winning them over, aren't you?  
(Version 0.5)

FOOM SUPPORT  We'll never support 10.3.9 with Perian.  
(Version 0.5)

DOUG S.  If all you want is so you can convert FLV files then just use [url=http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/22923]Perian[/url].  
(Version 1.22)

TYLER LOCH  I bought a car so I could listen to talk radio.

...waste of $20,000.  
(Version 1.23)

CHIGH  And then they complain because Perian requires 10.4.7 when they only have 10.3.9. Never happy, it seems.  
(Version 1.23)

KPS  As far as I can tell -- you can't. Nice. Yet another blatantly obvious feature that Windows users have had for years and even in 2007 Mac users still have to wait for.  
(Version 3.0b2)

SOREN0  I just put up version 0.89.1, It should be up shortly.  
(Version 1.0b8)

SUBLINEAR  It's not that Adium shouldn't be listed here, it's just that these betas aren't made for general consumption (the dev team asked that they not get posted anywhere until the final version is out)...  
(Version 1.0b8)

MOEBIAN73  Anyway, Adium is probably the best IM app out there, except for FIRE. I once used ADIUM, & then I started to look back, (it says, "and you won't look back"). To really win me over though, it would be nice to add a MYSPACE IM feature, which every Mac IM app doesn't currently have at the moment. It would be cool to have a feature like that. I use FIRE just because of the e-mail alert feature.   
(Version 1.0b8)

MARIUS_TH  Adium has got e-mail alert features  
(Version 1.0b8)

SWGS1  Adium .89.1 is a beta, we all know this, we are all ok with it, it works well. But it is also the intended release download for all users of Adium.

The Adium development team always has newer builds available that they are currently working on. This has always been the case with Adium. But so as not to confuse the general Mac downloading public, they would prefer if these development betas not be posted on sites like MacUpdate, VT, and Digg, because it draws lots of attention to a release that does not yet deserve our attention.

I know it's trendy for all apps to release public betas nowadays, it might be easy to forget that there was a time when websites like VT and Macupdate didn't list all that many beta versions, because most betas were private and granted by invitation only.

Respect the developers wishes, they are the reason Adium keeps getting better.  
(Version 0.89.1)

MOEBIAN73  Why not just have a select few to test your betas then? Some developers do that.

A public download is a public download. There's no difference. It's all public. Not like Adium's site is a private webpage, it's as public as this site. I don't see why one site that's open to the public is different from another site that's open to the public just as much as the other site.

If you have these kinds of weird rules, you should pick 30 volunteers who know what they're doing & have them test your betas.

One critique about the beta: You should add Portuguese in future releases.  
(Version 0.89.1)

JIM RIBS  "If you have these kinds of weird rules, you should pick 30 volunteers who know what they're doing & have them test your betas."

They do, they are called beta testers and check for bugs in the software. Next time do some research before you flame.  
(Version 0.89.1)

MU5TI  What is your problem, moeb? It took me less than one minute to find the beta from Adium's own site and download.

This is not your mother's internet where everyone has to spoon feed you. You do your search, you download your stuff. Just because the Adium team is a bit obsessed with quality and they want to release a proper beta does not entitle you to flame your nonsense here. Grow up. Or go back to your MySpace and flame your friends there.  
(Version 0.89.1)

MACUPDATE ADMIN  The real issue here is that someone (either an over-eager fanboy of Adium or someone who likes to cause trouble) submitted the Adium update to us here at MacUpdate when they should not have.

I don't know who here at MacUpdate accepted this errant submission, but I've been burnt this way, maybe a year ago. I accepted what I thought to be a bona fide update of Adium and it turned out that the developers of Adium did not want that particular version posted. Everyone over-reacted as if I'd hit some little old lady over the head, when it was just an honest mistake. Since then, when an Adium update submission comes to *my* attention, I call a private investigator to have it checked out before I post it. (That's a joke, ok? Relax...)

People need to chill out. Myself included. There are more important things in life to get upset about.  
(Version 0.89.1)