From the developer: The Hotline Connect Client is a simple and elegant application that offers cutting-edge features. It is capable of resuming downloads, real-time chat (even while you are downloading), uploading, finding, and connecting to communities, delivering news, and browsing the Web with another application. The Hotline Client uses very little RAM, leaving your system resources free for multitasking. Version 1.9 reintroduces banner advertising :( Log of messages and chat, flat or threaded news, ban by IP range, online documentation, usability enhancements and critical security fix for server.