Current Version: 0.65 (16 Jul 2008)
PidgletPidglet is a Pidgin plugin/Sidebar Gadget combination that allows you to display your Pidgin buddy list in the Windows Vista Sidebar.
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The Pidglet buddy list.Pidglet settings.
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Version 0.65 (16 Jul 2008)
Pidglet is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License.

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v0.65 (16 Jul 2008)
  - Pidgin plugin
    - Added support for "idle" status
  - Gadget
    - New ability to indicate idle buddies with different color text
    - Hovering mouse over idle buddies shows idle time if available
    - Fixed bug that would cause buddy list to remain populated with
      some contacts even when Pidgin was quit, or user went offline

v0.61 (10 Jul 2008)
  - Pidgin plugin unchanged (still version 0.5)
  - Gadget
    - Optimized CPU usage
    - Added ability to specify custom .purple directory for people
      with non-standard Pidgin installations

v0.6 (10 Jul 2008)
  - Pidgin plugin unchanged (still version 0.5)
  - Gadget
    - Added settings panel
    - Added ability to customize colors
    - Added ability to specify a fixed size for the Gadget
      (buddy list will scroll up or down based on mouse positioning)
    - Replaced old copyright notice with online buddy count

v0.5 (09 Jul 2008)
  - Initial release