Editing Adium (section)

==History==
Adium was created by college student Adam Iser, and the first version, "Adium 1.0", was released in September 2001 and supported only [[AOL Instant Messenger|AIM]]. Since then, the version numbers of Adium have followed a somewhat unusual pattern. There were several upgrades to Adium 1.0, ending with Adium 1.6.2c.<ref name="adium1x" />

At this point, the Adium team began a complete rewrite of the Adium code, expanding it into a multiprotocol messaging program. [[Pidgin (software)|Pidgin]]'s (formerly "Gaim") [[libpurple]] (then called "libgaim") library was implemented to add support for IM protocols other than AIM – since then the Adium team has mostly been working on the [[graphical user interface|GUI]]. The Adium team originally intended to release these changes as "Adium 2.0". However, Adium was eventually renamed to "Adium X" and released at version 0.50, being considered "halfway to a 1.0 product".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://trac.adium.im/wiki/HistoryOfAdium | title=History Of Adium | publisher=The Adium Project | access-date=2009-01-31 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090806044202/http://trac.adium.im/wiki/HistoryOfAdium | archive-date=2009-08-06 }}</ref> Adium X 0.88 was the first version compiled as a [[universal binary]], allowing it to run natively on [[Intel-based Macs]].

In 2005, Adium received a "Special Mention" at the [[Apple Design Awards]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Cohen|first1=Peter|title=WWDC: Apple Design Award 2005 winners announced|url=http://www.macworld.com/article/1045262/design.html|access-date=5 September 2016|work=MacWorld|date=10 June 2005}}</ref>

After version Adium X 0.89.1, however, the team finally decided to change the name back to "Adium", and, as such, "Adium 1.0" was released on February 2, 2007.

[[Apple Inc.]] used Adium X 0.89.1's build time in [[Xcode]] 2.3 as a [[Benchmark (computing)|benchmark]] for comparing the performance of the [[Mac Pro]] and [[Power Mac G5 Quad]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.apple.com/macpro/performance.html | title = Mac Pro - Performance: Science and technical computing | publisher=[[Apple Inc.]] | access-date =2006-09-20| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060828171732/http://www.apple.com/macpro/performance.html| archive-date= 28 August 2006 | url-status= live}}</ref> and Adium 1.2's build time in Xcode 3.0 as a benchmark for comparing the performance of the eight-core Mac Pro and Power Mac G5 Quad.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.apple.com/macpro/performance.html | title = Mac Pro - Performance: Science and technical computing | publisher=[[Apple Inc.]] | access-date =2008-05-10| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080417175254/http://www.apple.com/macpro/performance.html| archive-date= 17 April 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref>

On November 4, 2014, Adium scored 6 out of 7 points on the [[Electronic Frontier Foundation]]'s secure messaging scorecard. It lost a point because there has not been a recent independent [[code audit]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eff.org/secure-messaging-scorecard|publisher=Electronic Frontier Foundation|title=Secure Messaging Scorecard. Which apps and tools actually keep your messages safe?|date=2014-11-04|access-date=2015-01-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161115054343/https://www.eff.org/secure-messaging-scorecard|archive-date=2016-11-15|url-status=dead}}</ref>

From March 2019, Adium is no longer able to support the [[ICQ]] plugin.{{Citation needed|date=November 2023|reason=The official website claims that the software still supports "ICQ Instant Messenger"}}