After far too long, Chax 1.4.6 is finally done. As I mentioned before, the source for Chax is now available. I’ll continue to release updated source along with new releases. The source is licensed under the MIT license, so that should give some flexibility to anyone interested in using parts of Chax in other projects. I’ll also work to merge in any good patches that I receive, provided they’re usable.

Changes from 1.4.5:

• (New) Tear-off tabs allow for quick separation of chats through drag-and-drop
• (New) Options to show the AIM/Jabber/Bonjour contact lists when clicking the iChat dock icon
• (New) Activity log data can now be exported as an HTML table
• (Feature improvement) Tab overflow menu now animates when a new message has been received that is not visible
• (New) Polish localization, thanks to Piotr Chyliński
• (Feature improvement) Activity log now periodically saves to disk every hour
• (Bug) Log search results now sort properly
• (Bug) Using nicknames while sorting by availability and first name now works properly
• (Bug) Tabs now close in the correct order after being rearranged
• (Bug) Fixed visual problems when disabling close buttons on tabs
• (Bug) Improved iChat quit speed
• (Preference change) Confirm quit option moved from the General preferences tab to the Chats tab
• (Removed) “Move to Window” and “Move to Tab” options removed in favor of tear-off tabs