We just pushed an update to alpha testers (Build 69, r24489) which implements many of the usability enhancements and you have recommended over the past week along with a bunch of bug fixes. As always, you can read the entire list of enhancements on our Change Log. Notable changes include:
Numerous Twitter Enhancements
Possibly fixed a crash when returning from hibernate
Possibly fixed a bug that caused AIM to disconnect a lot while sending IMs
We are close to pushing the release to all users so if you experience any issues please use “Help > Send Bug Report” in the main menu to submit a diagnostic log or email us at bugs@digsby.com.
If you would like to become an alpha tester and get new releases before everyone else, download this file and place it in the main program folder. Keep in mind that as an alpha tester you may get a release with a few bugs every now and then. We are looking for people who are proactive in reporting these issues so we can fix them before builds go out to all users.
Wow, what a week it’s been since our Twitter launch at DEMOfall 09. We just pushed a new release (Build 70, r24502 r24505) to all non-alpha users that incorporates much of your feedback. With your help, we’ve made several Twitter enhancements and fixed several bugs. As always, you can read the entire list of enhancements on our Change Log. Notable enhancements and fixes include:
- You can right click on a button in the top bar of the Twitter window and mark all as read in that view
- Directs and mentions now show up in the Infobox
- A new setting for the Twitter timeline to be “always on top”
- Clicking “Reply” or “Retweet” in a pop-up notification marks that tweet as read, along with clicking next or right clicking to dismiss
- Digsby will now know your last sent tweet even if it was sent from another client
- Fixed a bug that caused the “New Group” dialog in Twitter to not show everyone you follow
- Fixed a bug that caused Facebook to get stuck on login when it should have gone to “Failed to Connect”
- Possibly fixed a bug that caused AIM to disconnect a lot while sending IMs
- A fix for some Hotmail accounts that were unable to connect
We realize that our Twitter implementation is a bit different than other clients. Our goal is to make it easy to follow and interact with your friends and contacts on Twitter without missing a loop. So now that you’ve had a chance to play with Twitter for a few days, we’d like to know your thoughts.
If you run into any trouble, use “Help > Send Bug Report” to submit a diagnostic log or email us at bugs@digsby.com.
Let us know what you think in the comments and spread the word!
Update 1 (9/29/2009 3:56pm EST): You can now log into Twitter via your email address! The new build number is r24505.