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+This plugin for Pidgin aims to add new Windows 7 functionality to Pidgin, including jump lists, transfer progress and status indicators
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+To install, copy the dll into C:\Program Files\Pidgin\plugins (or C:\Program Files (x86)\Pidgin\plugins on 64-bit Windows).  If you've installed an older copy of the plugin before, make sure to remove the old copy from the plugins folder.
+After you've copied it, open up the plugins list (Tools->Plugins) and enable the 'Windows 7' plugin.  You can also click the 'Configure Plugin' button to enable/disable different features.
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+### Jumplist ###
+![https://raw.githubusercontent.com/EionRobb/pidgin-win7/master/pidgin-jumplist.png](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/EionRobb/pidgin-win7/master/pidgin-jumplist.png)
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+### File transfer progress ###
+![https://raw.githubusercontent.com/EionRobb/pidgin-win7/master/pidgin-jumplist2.png](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/EionRobb/pidgin-win7/master/pidgin-jumplist2.png)
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+### Status indicators ###
+![https://raw.githubusercontent.com/EionRobb/pidgin-win7/master/pidgin-jumplist3.png](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/EionRobb/pidgin-win7/master/pidgin-jumplist3.png)
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+### Separated conversation windows ###
+![https://raw.githubusercontent.com/EionRobb/pidgin-win7/master/pidgin-jumplist6.png](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/EionRobb/pidgin-win7/master/pidgin-jumplist6.png)
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+### Thumbnail previews/Aero peek ###
+![https://raw.githubusercontent.com/EionRobb/pidgin-win7/master/pidgin-jumplist5.png](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/EionRobb/pidgin-win7/master/pidgin-jumplist5.png)