<s>
Adium	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
free	B-Application
and	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
instant	B-Application
messaging	I-Application
client	B-Protocol
for	O
macOS	B-Application
that	O
supports	O
multiple	O
IM	O
networks	O
,	O
including	O
Google	B-Application
Talk	I-Application
and	O
XMPP	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
past	O
,	O
it	O
has	O
also	O
supported	O
AIM	B-Protocol
,	O
ICQ	B-Protocol
,	O
Windows	B-Protocol
Live	I-Protocol
Messenger	I-Protocol
and	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	O
</s>
<s>
Messenger	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adium	B-Protocol
is	O
written	O
using	O
macOS	B-Application
's	O
Cocoa	B-Operating_System
API	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
it	O
is	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
GPL-2.0-or-later	I-License
and	O
many	O
other	O
licenses	O
for	O
components	O
that	O
are	O
distributed	O
with	O
Adium	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adium	B-Protocol
was	O
created	O
by	O
college	O
student	O
Adam	O
Iser	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
,	O
"	O
Adium	B-Protocol
1.0	O
"	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
September	O
2001	O
and	O
supported	O
only	O
AIM	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
version	O
numbers	O
of	O
Adium	B-Protocol
since	O
then	O
have	O
followed	O
a	O
somewhat	O
unusual	O
pattern	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
were	O
several	O
upgrades	O
to	O
Adium	B-Protocol
1.0	O
,	O
ending	O
with	O
Adium	B-Protocol
1.6.2c	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
this	O
point	O
,	O
the	O
Adium	B-Protocol
team	O
began	O
a	O
complete	O
rewrite	O
of	O
the	O
Adium	B-Protocol
code	O
,	O
expanding	O
it	O
into	O
a	O
multiprotocol	O
messaging	B-Protocol
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pidgin	B-Protocol
's	O
(	O
formerly	O
"	O
Gaim	B-Protocol
"	O
)	O
libpurple	B-Protocol
(	O
then	O
called	O
"	O
libgaim	B-Protocol
"	O
)	O
library	O
was	O
implemented	O
to	O
add	O
support	O
for	O
IM	O
protocols	O
other	O
than	O
AIM	B-Protocol
–	O
since	O
then	O
the	O
Adium	B-Protocol
team	O
has	O
mostly	O
been	O
working	O
on	O
the	O
GUI	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Adium	B-Protocol
team	O
originally	O
intended	O
to	O
release	O
these	O
changes	O
as	O
"	O
Adium	B-Protocol
2.0	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Adium	B-Protocol
was	O
eventually	O
renamed	O
to	O
"	O
Adium	B-Protocol
X	I-Protocol
"	O
and	O
released	O
at	O
version	O
0.50	O
,	O
being	O
considered	O
"	O
halfway	O
to	O
a	O
1.0	O
product	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adium	B-Protocol
X	I-Protocol
0.88	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
compiled	O
as	O
a	O
universal	B-Operating_System
binary	I-Operating_System
,	O
allowing	O
it	O
to	O
run	O
natively	O
on	O
Intel-based	O
Macs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2005	O
,	O
Adium	B-Protocol
received	O
a	O
"	O
Special	O
Mention	O
"	O
at	O
the	O
Apple	O
Design	O
Awards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
version	O
Adium	B-Protocol
X	I-Protocol
0.89.1	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
the	O
team	O
finally	O
decided	O
to	O
change	O
the	O
name	O
back	O
to	O
"	O
Adium	B-Protocol
"	O
,	O
and	O
,	O
as	O
such	O
,	O
"	O
Adium	B-Protocol
1.0	O
"	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
February	O
2	O
,	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	O
Inc	O
.	O
used	O
Adium	B-Protocol
X	I-Protocol
0.89.1	O
'	O
s	O
build	O
time	O
in	O
Xcode	B-Operating_System
2.3	O
as	O
a	O
benchmark	O
for	O
comparing	O
the	O
performance	O
of	O
the	O
Mac	B-Device
Pro	I-Device
and	O
Power	B-Device
Mac	I-Device
G5	I-Device
Quad	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Adium	B-Protocol
1.2	O
'	O
s	O
build	O
time	O
in	O
Xcode	B-Operating_System
3.0	O
as	O
a	O
benchmark	O
for	O
comparing	O
the	O
performance	O
of	O
the	O
eight-core	O
Mac	B-Device
Pro	I-Device
and	O
Power	B-Device
Mac	I-Device
G5	I-Device
Quad	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
4	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
Adium	B-Protocol
scored	O
6	O
out	O
of	O
7	O
points	O
on	O
the	O
Electronic	O
Frontier	O
Foundation	O
's	O
secure	O
messaging	B-Protocol
scorecard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
late	O
March	O
2019	O
,	O
Adium	B-Protocol
is	O
no	O
longer	O
able	O
to	O
support	O
the	O
ICQ	B-Protocol
plugin	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adium	B-Protocol
supports	O
a	O
wide	O
range	O
of	O
IM	O
networks	O
through	O
the	O
libraries	B-Library
libezv	O
(	O
for	O
Bonjour	B-Application
)	O
,	O
STTwitterEngine	O
(	O
for	O
Twitter	B-Application
)	O
,	O
and	O
libpurple	B-Protocol
(	O
for	O
all	O
other	O
protocols	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adium	B-Protocol
supports	O
the	O
following	O
protocols	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Adium	B-Protocol
makes	O
use	O
of	O
a	O
plugin	B-Application
architecture	O
;	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
program	O
's	O
essential	O
features	O
are	O
actually	O
provided	O
by	O
plugins	B-Application
bundled	O
inside	O
the	O
application	O
package	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
plugins	B-Application
include	O
functionality	O
such	O
as	O
file	O
transfer	O
,	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
Growl	B-Operating_System
notifications	I-Operating_System
system	O
,	O
Sparkle	B-Operating_System
for	O
program	O
updates	O
,	O
and	O
support	O
for	O
encrypted	O
messaging	B-Protocol
with	O
the	O
Off-the-Record	B-Protocol
Messaging	I-Protocol
library	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adium	B-Protocol
is	O
also	O
highly	O
customizable	O
through	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
resources	O
its	O
developers	O
call	O
"	O
Xtras	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	O
can	O
be	O
customized	O
by	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
hundreds	O
of	O
third-party	O
Xtras	O
that	O
alter	O
the	O
appearance	O
of	O
emoticons	B-Protocol
,	O
dock	O
icons	O
,	O
contact	B-Protocol
list	I-Protocol
styles	O
,	O
and	O
messages	O
styles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adium	B-Protocol
can	O
also	O
be	O
enhanced	O
through	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
different	O
sound	O
sets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AppleScripts	B-Application
can	O
also	O
be	O
utilized	O
to	O
automatically	O
alter	O
behavior	O
in	O
responses	O
to	O
certain	O
triggers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
icon	O
of	O
Adium	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
green	O
duck	O
named	O
Adiumy	O
.	O
</s>
