BitWise is the first cross-platform, interoperable and secure IM service that offers the same features and interface on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. No matter what you consider a PC, there's a BitWise for you.

with BitWise you can send instant messages quickly and easily around the block or around the world.

No ads, no spam, no clutter, no excessive eye candy, but loaded with features: reliability, stability, file sharing, tabbed interface, automatic encryption, whiteboards, logging, invisibility, offline messaging, skinning and more.

What's New in This Release:

· New sounds, including sounds for some events that did not have a unique sound before.
· The steal focus preferences has been changed to default to off rather than on.
· Do not run the STUN protocol for UDP punching when both users are connected to the same router.
· Fixed whiteboard single line textbox placement when the whiteboard is scrolled.
· Modified translation strings for times (hours, minutes, seconds) to be more translation-friendly.
· Private key file updated when Store In File is already selected and you load new keys from files.
· Better IP address handling converting between strings and integers help prevent some slight pauses.
· Changed the "Cancel" button in the file transfer manager to "Stop."
· Whiteboard text paragraph dialog properly takes focused when it is opened.
· Removed duplicate/persistent first "Add 'name'" on Actions menu in conversations.
· Detached information window respects your conversation "steal focus" setting
· Detect local IP addresses directly from the interfaces rathan than using /etc/hosts.
· Improved handling of Enter/Return and Escape keys to control accepting or dismissing windows.
· Improvements to wxWidgets socket peek/read improve socket reliability for longer server comminiques.