Next release will be coming out during June.
You can look forward to:

• Enabled connection via SSL.
• Introduced URL highlighting.
• Implemented capability to reside in system tray.
• Added support for user defined aliases.
• Added /exec command enabling user to invoke external shell commands from inside the client, redirecting their output either to the client window, or — using the -o option — sending it to the channel/query.
• Added /query command opening the query window with selected user.

Main changes:

• new startup option -l [FILE] and location for config file
• new command /connect
• ‘commands on connection’ added

Main changes:

• small issues fixed (tab and config).