I just visited that page again,hoping that it may have changed,but it didn’t.
There’s a big fat blue button for logging in with Github and in the header bar there’s the same link again.
Clicking on one of the projects doesn’t allow me to translate it,but only redirects to the projects code repository.
I still couldn’t reproduce the crash related to it,but the fact that stuff entered using copy&paste isn’t properly recognized.
This is now fixed on the master branch and will be in the next release.
It’s interesting how BeAIM often uses custom solutions instead of what the BeAPI offers.
Maybe the possibility to hide stuff inside a BTextView by simply calling ->HideTyping(true) didn’t exist back when BeAIM was created,but today it does and it’s the better choice to simply make use of it.
The custom PassControl has been removed and replaced by a standard BTextControl.
Edit: The language error is now also fixed.
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It is mandatory.
That is not mandatory.
I suppose the best option would be to integrate with Haiku SSO, but I’m not sure if that is possible yet. ping: @kallisti5
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Integration with Haiku SSO would be great,then I could use it for my project 
Hi @nipos my BeAIM 1.6.0 after restaring it say cant connect to the serv. can anyone help me with that?
Hi again im fixit it works fine @nipos
Maybe it was only a little server hiccup.
The PhoenixIM website also shows less online users than usual.
I’ve just finished and released BeAIM 1.6.2.
The new release fixes a error message if BeAIM is not yet translated into your system language,instead it falls back to English now.
It also brings the fix around copy&pasting in the password input.
Another fix is done for the paths to the sound files (how could that have ever worked?),but it still doesn’t work due to a pending PR at Haiku itself.
After that’s merged,sounds will work on Haiku Nightly,but it’s extremely unlikely that it will ever work on Beta5.
Speaking of new features,BeAIM does now support displaying messages using different font families when sent from Windows devices.
Formatting messages you send in BeAIM is still not possible,but will be the next thing I’ll work on.
To ensure compatibility with Windows fonts,the msttcorefonts package is now required.
HPKGs for both x86 and x86_64 are available again at the Codeberg releases page.
If you prefer to build your own packages from source instead,BeAIM 1.6.2 makes that a lot easier since that can be automated by the Makefile now.
Simply run: make package
Older packages were handcrafted using BeSlys great HPKGCreator.
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Hey Nipos, I updated to 1.6.2 today and the login progress bar just freezes. I’m guessing that Iwarg is having some problems, or maybe it’s just me.
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Works fine for me right now,but it’s totally possible that the server was having issues when you tried that have been resolved since then.
Please retry and let me know if it still doesn’t work.
Hey Nipos, It works great now. Thanks for the response.
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heavy snow storms have been knocking out communications. pretty wild snow season.
Hi @nipos i can not login with BeAIM 1.6.2 it say Could not connect to the server,is it something wrong with server?
i can not login with BeAIM 1.6.2 it say Could not connect to the server,is it something wrong with server?
Are there any AIM servers just for Haiku? If not, it’s now possible to run your own: https://youtu.be/taDOa2zIhlo
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I don’t know of any Haiku-specific AIM servers.
In fact,I don’t know about any other AIM server that actually works.
I searched quite a while,as I thought it would be good to list a few options and don’t rely on a single instance,but I couldn’t find any alternative to PhoenixIM.
That being said,PhoenixIM is actually quite a good fit for Haiku since the admin is active here in the community,knows Haiku and could be helpful if I need to debug some network/protocol level stuff (I think).
Do you have any additional info on running own AIM servers?
I don’t click Youtube links,that platform is evil and awful.
Some project page of a server software or a tutorial in text-form would be cool.
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I don’t click Youtube links,that platform is evil and awful.
Your refusal to click YouTube links is not my problem. I took the time to post the link, and that’s as much as I care to do.
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Well, here’s the GitHub link to this open-source AIM server software: GitHub - mk6i/retro-aim-server: Open-source instant messaging server that makes classic AIM and ICQ clients work again.
It’s known as “Retro AIM Server” and is known to be compatible with many AIM and ICQ clients.
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That’s really an interesting project and it looks quite active,thanks
Unfortunately no public server to try (at least I didn’t find one),but if someone wants to host one,that’s now possible.
Also keep in mind that AIM/OSCAR,unlike XMPP and Matrix,doesn’t support federation,so if you use a custom server,all your contacts have to use the same one.