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Miranda NG-based universal internet pager, designed for comfortable and easy communication with almost any instant messaging network. Usual menu items order, fresh & optimized plugins usage, functional skins that are ideally suitable for any desktop theme, several types of predefined configurations and the unique set of musical events could satisfy both a professional and a beginner, and make Miranda HotCoffee one of the most recognizable clients of new generation.


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Installation recommendations

  • Please pay attention to the installation process… Mark only those components you need!
  • When choosing a name for Miranda HotCoffee's folder, please note the following:
    • it's not recommended to install and use this pack into the Program Files system folder if UAC is enabled;
    • the path to Miranda HotCoffee should contain only Latin characters;
    • it's strongly recommended that you enable font smoothing when using a handwriting font. Under Windows XP you can enable it in this way: right-click on the desktop → Properties → Appearance → Effects — select ClearType from the Use the following method to smooth edges of screen fonts drop-down list;
    • if the installation directory's name doesn't contain the word "miranda", IEView templates might not work correctly.


Update recommendations

  • If you have an older version of the assembly, and this installer includes the ability to upgrade this version, the assembly of course could be upgraded, but only on condition that the update will be installed by the installer. Otherwise, the assembly must be installed in a new folder and a new profile should be created.
  • Anyway moving or copying of the old profile is strictly prohibited!


Features

  • More than ten colourful themes with ability to change them from the main menu in a single click
  • Auto-updating of both normal and portable installation of the assembly
  • Database driver with encryption
  • Support for social networks
  • Checking for new mail on GTalk account
  • Authorization state icons in your contact list
  • Profile autobackups
  • Ability to set a password on the profile
  • IM clients that your buddies use are indicated by icons in the contact list and conversation window
  • Convenient history
  • Auto-connect on Miranda startup and after disconnection
  • Popup notifications about incoming messages and birthdays of your contacts
  • Support for smileys
  • Spam blocking
  • Informative tooltips when you hover a contact
  • Hiding Miranda by pressing Ctrl+F12
  • Database editor
  • and much more

VersionInfo


Protocols supported

Pseudo-protocols:


System requirements

  • Windows XP SP3 +
  • Internet Explorer 8 +


Appearance


Frequently Asked Questions

How do I remove the animation IEView?
1. During the installation of components in the dialog box: Resources → IEView — select the item 'No animation'.
2. Main menu → Appearance → IEView animation.

How do I make Miranda start only after the password?
Main menu → Profile → Set password.

How to save messages from contacts not on the list?
They are stored in the system history... Main Menu → History → System History.

How to turn off the tabs on the taskbar in Windows 7?
Options (classic options) → Message Sessions → tab Containers — remove the checkbox from the point Use Windows 7 task bar enhancements → restart.

How to add your city to display the weather?
Go to the Main menu → Advanced → Find/Add Contacts... → in the window menu Search: choose a Weather in the field City: enter the desired city in Latin, then click 'Search' button... To add cities to the contact list, right click on the found city → Add to list.

As in the dialog box during send/receive messages to disable automatic scrolling of the previous posts?
F12 key turns on/off auto-scrolling.


Useful to know

To appear in the contact list of contacts that a particular protocol, you need to squeezed Ctrl and left mouse button (LMB) on the desired protocol in the status bar contact list.

Remove this view you can click LMB on an empty space between protocols.


If you start typing in the wrong keyboard layout:

  • You can change the typed text with the key combination Ctrl+R.
  • Just when you press Ctrl+Y you change the registry typed text.
  • By pressing Ctrl+T text to be written in transliteration.
  • If instead of pressing Ctrl Knop press Alt, then all thumbnails operations will be performed only with the last word.

Note: requires component Keyboard Layout.


You can quickly send a screenshot of the screen to his companion. To do this, press the button on the keyboard Print' or Print Screen or PrtScr, put the cursor in the text field and press Ctrl+V. The result is a file transfer window (your screen shot) the other party.


If you hover the mouse on the contact appears a tooltip. From it you can easily copy the data you want by pressing the Ctrl+C and choosing an item.

Note: requires component Tipper.


Tabs can be switched when moving the mouse on them and spinning wheel. You can also drag and drop tabs with Ctrl+LMB and Alt+LMB. In the case of Ctrl location of the Contacts tab will be stored and it will always be located at this site. Pressing the scroll wheel on the tab closes it.


If you LMB click on the icon customer contact in the contact list, then opened his Personal detail.


If you press Ctrl+RMB click the contact in the contact list, the menu items will appears Authorization even to authorized contacts.

Note: Sometimes it helps with problems with authorization.


If you click LMB in a blank area of ​​the contact list and start typing (Nick or Name of contact), it will automatically search for a contact from the list and the allocation of the appropriate line.


To quickly delete, or move to another group of a large of number of contacts you need to call the module "Quick search" by pressing Alt+F3, where you can select contacts with the buttons Ctrl and Shift.

Note: requires installation component Quick search.


If you need to add the contact to the list, but now you do not have an internet connection, you can do without it. To do this, open the search window and add a contact, enter the ID of the desired contact and press the Search button while holding the Ctrl... After this contact will appear and you will only have to add it to him.

Note: works only with the protocol ICQ.


If you are using as the main message log IEView plugin, then change the font size box of correspondence by using the + and - buttons at the top right of correspondence.

If you are using as the main message log Internal message log, then you can change the font size of turning of the mouse wheel while holding Ctrl.

If you are using as the main message log History++ plugin, the size of the font can be changed only through Settings → Customize → Fonts and colors → History++.