DMDirc 0.5.5

DMDirc is a cross platform IRC client written in java, and being developed by Chris MD87 Smith, Shane Dataforce Mc Cormack and Greg Greboid Holmes.
DMDirc was started to address the lack of a good IRC client for Linux, it can however be run on any java capable platform, including OSX and Windows.
While there are plenty of reasonable clients, most are lacking in one respect or another and hopefully DMDirc will fill this gap.

Enhancements:
- Added support for actions and plugins
- Rewrote textpane to improve speed and usability
- Added search capability to all windows
- Added update checker
- Added first run wizard
- Added /dcop and /nowplaying commands
- Added ignore list and /ignore command
- Added mode aliases for snircd
- Channel CTCPs are now displayed (and DMDirc responds appropriately)
- Added option to disable friendly server mode names
- Channel notifications are now longer hard-coded to red, and can be set using the new /notify command.
- Added preferences framework for plugin authors
- Added /set command
- Added logging plugin
- Added system tray plugin
- Added way to clear the error menu
- Added /allchannels and /allservers commands (for, e.g., "amsgs")
- Added /echo command
- Added visual away indicator (shown next to the input field)
- Added colour picker component (in prefs and optionally when using colour code)
- Added auto reconnect options
- Status bar components can now be dynamically added (by plugins)
- Added option to hide queries when initially opened so they dont steal focus
- Added lag display plugin
- Added plugin manager UI
- Reorganised preferences to make use of subcategories
- Nicknames can now be coloured individually (and separately for both the nicklist and text area)
- Added /setnickcolour command
- The nicklist can now display a different background colour on alternate names
- The treeview, input fields and nicklists can now have separate fore and background colours
- Added /msg and /query commands
- Added popup menu when right clicking on users in the nicklist
- Most dialogs remember their state when re-opened (e.g. preferences dialog reopens to the category you were last looking at)
- Added time plugin (provides a /timer command and time-related actions)
- DMDirc now automatically pings the IRC server and can be configured to reconnect if the server doesnt respond promptly
- Added /disconnect and /reconnect commands
- Added /mode command
- The client can now track away state of users in channels (with options to automatically send WHO requests to get this info)
- The username set to the server can now be configured, and defaults to the local account name, rather than "ircparser"
- Added handling for "nick in use" messages, added alternate nickname options to profiles
- Added nick colour plugin
- Added config option to hide mode prefixes in the text area
- Added a new class of commands ("global")
- Added /newserver and /server commands
- Added /reloadplugin command
- Added browser launcher delay options, to prevent double clicking opening multiple copies of a page
- Commands can now be silenced (/.command by default)
- Added window status plugin
- Added option to auto-rejoin open channels
- Added option to automatically style hyperlinks
- Raw windows are now hidden by default
- Added OSD (on screen display) plugin
- Config file is no longer saved in an XML format (but DMDirc can still load them)
- Added handling for user mode changes
- Channel settings window now opens centered on the client
- Nicknames are removed from the tab completer when the user quits
- The client no longer sends 2-3 part messages when leaving a channel
- Profile manager layout and text ("blurb") issues have been resolved
- Parser error when receiving a CTCP reply from an eggdrop bot has been fixed
- Fixed issue with displaying errors
- Fixed exception when a connection is closed before a 001 line was received
- /help now sorts commands alphabetically, regardless of the order they were loaded
- Fixed logic bug affecting long actions in queries being erroneously sent and an erroneous error message being displayed locally
- The error menu no longer displays a small square if there are no errors
- Fixed error related to status bar timer
- Fixed error in paste line count checking
- Fixed bug whereby queries failed to work properly due to nickname case
- Fixed exception when closing the channel settings window without changing modes
- Fixed bug where channel events werent displayed after rejoining a channel
- Fixed tab completers not being updated when commands were added/removed
- Connection errors are now handled sanely instead of being routed through DMDircs error handler
- The client no longer throws a fatal error if it cant open a query for some reason
- Fixed exception when opening queries
- Fixed typo in plugin load failure message
- Fixed some display issues with the treeview under GTK
- Nicklists are now cleared when the client is disconnected
- Fixed new identities not being added to config managers (e.g. new channel settings not being registered until a channel was cycled)
- Fixed issues when reconnecting to a server
- Fixed exception when raw window is closed
- Fixed profiles list in new server dialog not being updated
- Fixed exception on certain mouse events
- Dialogs can no longer be opened multiple times at once, where appropriate
- Fixed potential memory leak when disconnecting from a server
- Fixed nicklists being sized incorrectly in certain circumstances
- Fixed exception when disconnecting in certain circumstances
- Commands are now case-insensitive
- Fixed nicklist not being updated on nickname change
- Fixed pasting removing text from the input field
- Error messages given by the browser launcher are now more descriptive
- Fixed error when receiving blank messages
- Invalid formats no longer cause an unhandled exception
- The new server dialog now defaults to opening a new window
- Fixed queries losing their callbacks ( thus not displaying new messages) when reconnecting
- "0" is now treated as a valid channel name (for /join 0)
- Fixed issue with the parser losing state when parting all channels (/join 0)
- Fixed error when scrolling the treeview when it contains a single time
- Fixed error list displaying every error with the most recent icon
- Fixed issue with error reporter not reporting errors (doh)
- Fixed clicking on URLs at the end of the topic including the . in the URL
- The "copy" menu item is no longer displayed if there is no text selected
- Fixed exception when the client tries to send a message before its connected
- Fixed exception when closing server connections
- Servers no longer try to reconnect if theyre in the process of being closed