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Posted on by hiden

Website updates + bug fixes, 0.6.0 development in progress

Hi buddies!



We now have a blog on our website! We'll post development information and updates, as well as some general rambling about topics loosely/directly related to CrossTalk.

0.6.0 (our next major update) is now in full development, and will have a lot of new things for you all to play around with (fleshed out AIM support, MySpaceIM support, the alias system, Yahoo! Messenger 9.0 support, and more). We are still very much in a transitonal period, going from a hobbyist project to a full, proper, scalable chat network, so there may still be speedbumps ahead, but we've come so far as things are now, and have built such an amazing community. Thank you all for using and enjoying CrossTalk!

Mentioning too: we also redesigned many of the site's pages, and fixed some bugs with CrossTalk. Here are the changes from the latest update (0.5.18):

  • Operations: We've updated our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, please take a look.
  • Website: Ongoing major refactor, many pages have been redesigned and the backend code is being significantly restructured
  • Website: Added a blog, where updates and deets will be published alongside the Discord server
  • Website: Added Diet Mode, a version of the site for old and/or basic browsers, accessible at diet.crosstalk.im
  • Website: INS-ized the password reset process
  • Website: Fixed Circle management and made it use the insclient library
  • Website: Re-instated Messenger Plus! downloads with a new patch (for the .xyz service domains) and a new archive password
  • Website: Templated the FAQ, TOS, Privacy Policy, and Client Compatibility pages to make updating them less tedious
  • Website: Moved Patching Guides link to the navbar (suggested UXtravaganza change)
  • User Management: Fixed being able to change your e-mail address or username to one that's already been taken post-registration
  • Yahoo: Group management should now work on Yahoo! Messenger 7.5+
  • Yahoo: Fixed an edge case with Yahoo! Messenger for Vista preventing it from progressing in the YMSG session (Does not log in yet, there are slight differences in it's auth process from Yahoo! Messenger 8.x that are not implemented yet)
  • MSN: Custom emoticons should now work
  • MSN: Fixed IMs on WLM 2011/2012 to/from other clients not working
  • MSN: Fixed edge cases with roaming profile pictures preventing them from updating
  • MSN: Fixed a bug in the Circle invite process that could cause it to fail
  • MSN: Removed the initial mail notification for MVPs


Happy chatting!