I had been using the latest released version, simply because it has been rather inactive and didn't realize CVS development was continuing.

As far as other clients I've tried everything from gnut to gnubile... Gnubile wasn't far from decent, but since it's development is stopped, there's not much hope it will turn into a usable client anytime soon.

I have certainly looked for other clients. Nothing usable on sourceforge or freshmeat as mentioned. Searched on Google, and only turn up console-based clients.