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Build 76 – Private Alpha Release

January 29, 2010 @ 12:17 pm EST · Filed under Alpha Releases

It’s been almost two months since our last release so this one is jam packed with lots of goodness!  We just pushed an update to alpha testers (Build 76, r26081 r26136 r26183 r26272 r26307 r26321) which includes a large number of features, bug fixes and enhancements.  As always, you can read the entire list of enhancements on our Change Log. Notable changes include:

  • New Skins: The “Windows 7″ skin now has 8 new variants by @derekerdmann.  Access them via Preferences > Skins.
  • Windows 7 Support: Digsby takes advantage of jump lists for easy access to common tasks and top buddies (by log size).  We also use taskbar grouping to let you jump to conversations, see typing notifications and unread conversation counts.
  • Better Popups: Social networks will no longer show a separate popup for Alerts and the titles will no longer say “Facebook Newsfeed” with a generic Facebook icon.  Instead, you will see the friend’s picture and name with a small badge in the top right for each network. You can also comment/like Facebook items right from popups.
  • Trending News: We’ve partnered with the folks at OneRiot to bring the latest trending news stories to your social feeds.  You can enable/disable via Preferences > General & Profile.
  • Facebook Dislike: We’re amazed by how many people wanted to “Dislike” Facebook posts.  The Dislike Button Facebook page has over 3.2 million fans!  You asked for it, you got it.
  • MySpace Newsfeed: We’ve revamped the MySpace newsfeed to support their new APIs so it looks a lot more like the Facebook/Twitter feeds including the ability to comment on statuses.
  • MySpace Achievements: Back in September we introduced achievements for Facebook and the functionality is being ported over to MySpace.  You will be asked if you would like to enable or disable this functionality and you can turn it on/off by editing your MySpace account in Preferences.
  • Yahoo HTTP Support: Restrictive firewalls and proxies should no longer be an issue for Yahoo Messenger users.  Edit the account in preferences and set it to “Always use HTTP”

We’re excited to get this release solidified and pushed out 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.

Update 1 (2/1/2010 5:00pm EST): We just pushed out a patch fixing many of the issues you’ve been reporting.  The new release number is r26136.  We are still working to fix issues with the taskbar like it not obeying the don’t show preference and the phantom Digsby window.  We’ll push these out ASAP.  For now, here is what the new patch fixes.  Let us know if you run into new issues or continue to see these bugs:

  • Fixed a bug that caused the CPU to spike for some users
  • Fixed a bug that caused some Hotmail accounts to fail to connect
  • Fixed a bug that caused email actions to break for some Hotmail accounts
  • Fixed a bug that caused MySpace to show the login window instead of failing to connect when there are network issues
  • Fixed a bug that caused ICQ incoming messages to get cut off or lost in some cases
  • Fixed a few bugs that caused docking and auto-hide to break after double clicking the tray icon
  • Fixed a bug that caused MSN authentication request popups to show on login
  • Fixed a bug that caused IM unread counts to stick around if closing an IM window using the taskbar preview panels
  • Fixed a bug that caused Twitter to show an unread count even if all tweets were read
  • Ensure that at least the four main Facebook filters make it into the dropdown
  • Disabled the “top buddies” portion of the jump list for now while we optimize its performance

Update 2 (2/4/2010 12:00pm EST): We pushed out another build fixing most of the remaining issues in this alpha release.  The new release number is r26183.  MySpace login will still fail for some users and we’re working on that now along with final polish.  List of changes:

  • Fixed a bug that added a fake Digsby window to the taskbar previews
  • Fixed the “show in taskbar” preference on Windows 7
  • Fixed a bug that caused MSN authorization popups to show every time you log in
  • Brought back the top buddies position of the jump list
  • Improved performance for calculating log sizes so the jump list doesn’t slow Digsby down
  • Removed status icons from the jump list because once you pin a buddy we can no longer update the icon unfortunately
  • Fixed a bug that caused taskbar previews to show as black icons for some AIM buddies without a buddy icon
  • Fixed a bug that caused buddies to open in an IM window without a tab if you previously closed that tab using the taskbar previews
  • Fixed a bug that caused buddies to not show in the taskbar previews if you drag them out into their own window and then drag them back in
  • The folks at MySpace fixed a bug which prevented their set status API from working properly
  • The tab key now finishes a Twitter autocomplete (in addition to Enter)
  • Fixed a bug that caused Digsby to freeze when there’s an invalid JID on your Jabber buddy list

Update 3 (2/8/2010 6:30pm EST): This build patches up the rest of the known issues with this alpha release and introduces support for commenting on MySpace statuses.  MySpace login will still fail for some users but they should have this fixed by tomorrow.  Please let us know if any new issues were introduced or if any bugs remain which were new in this series of alphas.  List of changes:

  • Added support for commenting on MySpace statuses!
  • Fixed a bug with the new Yahoo HTTP support that caused it to disconnect regularly
  • Fixed a bug that caused buddies with underscores in their username to be ignored when making jump lists
  • Fixed a bug that caused Facebook Chat buddies to be ignored when making jump lists
  • Fixed a bug that caused Facebook popup notifications to break when clicking “Like” in some cases
  • Another attempt to fix a bug that caused MSN to get stuck in “loading contact list”
  • Fixed a bug that caused the “typing” badge to show on the wrong taskbar icon in Windows 7 if your tabs are not combined
  • Fixed a bug that caused taskbar previews to show out of order if you drag a tab out into its own window and then dragged it back in
  • Fixed a bug that caused status to get set incorrectly when returning from invisible
  • Optimized diagnostic logging to improve overall Digsby performance
  • Twitter popups will show your timeline tweets before search results
  • When clicking the taskbar icon if the buddy list is hidden, slide it back into view

Update 4 (2/10/2010 11:15am EST): This build fixes a few more issues, and includes the fix for Facebook that was applied to the public beta earlier today. Other fixes include:

  • Several problems related to the infobox for Facebook and MySpace accounts are now fixed
  • A bug which caused AIM self-status messages to display as HTML

Update 5 (2/11/2010 12:00pm EST): One last patch as we get ready to release this to all users later today.  Final release number will be r26321.

* Fixed a bug that caused some Hotmail accounts to fail to connect
* Fixed a bug that caused email actions to break for some Hotmail accounts
  • Simon
    Hello, I'm using build r26321 and for some reason the show on taskbar function doesn't work at all anymore. In the beginning (first build) we couldn't remove it, and now I can't use it.

    W7 x64 BTW.
  • Simon
    Nevermind, got it working.
  • FB still has intermittent connection problems in build 26307, not sure if the build actually fixed anything or not.
  • Eddie
    Is digsby going to have 'facebook notification' notifications. Like "so and so commented on your post" that kind of stuff?
  • Frenky
    I'm waiting for the public release of the new update. :>
  • tstrike
    Hey Digsby guys.... FB interface has been intermittment the last 3 alpha releases.... its up and its down...
  • Simon
    And it's wrong and it's right :)

    Sorry, just had to :D
  • Digsby
    It looks like they are having temporary issues with their servers. This should resolve itself.
  • tstrike
    Nope its STILL GOING.... Its absolutely Nutzy now
  • luis
    with the new facebook interface can not see the updates, what can i do to fix it ?
  • Does Digsby have a roadmap of planned features/fixes for the near future? I think it'd be more effective than having most of the blog questions asking "When will feature X be available?".
  • Hi..

    Do you have any plan to integrate Google Buzz? Any ETA?
  • sometimes digsby gets to 50-60% of CPU after this new update 26272, and it has happened just few times before it.

    it might be my pc, but i just want u guys to know every single problem i report while using digsby :)

    keep it real
  • Digsby
    ATTN Alpha Testers: MySpace just fixed the issue with their new API, which we switched to in this release, that was causing login to fail for some of you. If you had this issue, please restart Digsby. Did the fix work or are you still unable to log in and get your newsfeed? If you are still having trouble, please submit a bug report.
  • shunter
    Hi,

    I am using the groupfeature for multiple conversations. In previous versions, this meant that there is one icn in the taskbar I would lcik on and have a tabbed window present. Now there is a group so whenever I want to bring up a conversation, I have to hover the group and then click on the desired buddy just to bring up mentioned tabbed window. Is there any way to return that to the previous behavior? It was way more convinient.

    PS: Sorry for any mistakes in my comment but I'm flying blind. Commenting box is just a plain black frame.
  • anonymous
    you know what else would be great? if you staggered the messages from the each person. a la:
    person A:
    blah blah blah
    Person B:
    blargity blahs
    that would make it easier to read. just saying.
  • saurabhjha
    The fake Digsby icon that used to show up in Taskbar preview has now been removed - but infact it was quite useful since it bought up the buddy list - it did it fast, and it did it in one step.

    Now for example, if I have one chat session open - the previews show me just the chat window, and in order to bring up the buddy list, I need to right click the icon and click 'Digsby'... which is two steps to bring up the buddy list. I think it will be very helpful if the Digsby icon is pinned to taskbar with 'Show in Taskbar' as checked, the buddy list should always be available in the previews. Thats really helpful.

    Please consider.
  • Digsby
    You can right click it and choose Pin to Taskbar for it to always show.
  • saurabhjha
    It is pinned to the Taskbar... let me explain..steps to reproduce:

    1. Pin Digsby to taskbar
    2. Start a chat session
    3. Close the Buddy List window, and just keep the chat session open
    4. Hover over the Taskbar Icon... it shows the chat session but does not show the buddy list
    5. To open the buddy list, I now have to right click the taskbar icon and click 'Digsby'...

    Earlier, that fake Digsby Icon was the Buddy List, so even if I close the buddy list, and had the chat session open, I could hover over the pinned taskbar icon, and just click on the fake Digsby icon to bring up the buddy list... was much easier, one-step process and very convenient.

    Basically what I am requesting for is that if the Icon is pinned to taskbar and Digsby is running, one of the preview windows should always be of the buddy list, whether or not the buddy list window is active (ofcourse this could be optional with the 'Always show in Taskbar' option). As of now, when the icon is pinned to the taskbar, the 'Always show in Taskbar' option really does nothing.
  • anonymous
    I tried that and it didn't go away. I turned off all sounds.
  • I have another problem with one of my yahoo accounts that has 800+ contacts in its list. When I enable the "Always use HTTP" for this account, Digsby gets stuck at "Loading contact list...". Reconnect, restart Digsby, restart Windows... don't help at all.
  • Digsby
    Restart Digsby and get this to happen. Let it sit in this state for about 5 minutes. If it is still stuck or goes to a failed to connect state submit a bug report using the Help menu.
  • I love the new Win7 features. However for the top-log-size jump-list, it would be even nicer if all nicks that has been merged as a single contact is shown only once.
  • luigy
    Great! thanks for all the work, I believe that digsby is the best. Even better than adium (and I´m a mac user).
  • On any version of Digsby, will sending SMS messages to someone from my email account cost money on either my part or my contact's part? Even if my contact has free texting?
  • Digsby
    It costs you nothing. For them, it is just like any other SMS. If they have free texting, it won't cost anything. If they pay per SMS, it will be the standard rate.
  • When is Digsby for Mac coming? C'mon! I've been waiting forever for it!
  • Cuauhtemoc
    The one thing that i'm missing from Digsby is native video chat. Tokbox works allright, but I often have problems with it; the audio often cuts out, and sometimes it just crashes. Are you guys working on that?
  • Nolan
    Just tried out the newest alpha on my Windows 7 PC. I love it! I really like how incoming messages and unread messages are indicated on the main Digsby icon when chatting with someone. Keep up the great work!

    PS - I'm glad to hear that the word wrap problem is being worked on. I look forward to the fix.
  • Nick
    I really love Digsby, but the one game breaking feature you guys are still missing (that Trillian has BTW) is the ability to setup separate proxies by account, or at the very least specify specific accounts that don't use the proxy. The classic example is those of us who use a jabber client at work (only accessible on the LAN) but want to use a proxy server for everything else (msn, twitter, etc). I've seen the feature requested numerous times in the forums but it never seems to be on anybody's list. Any chance we'll see it soonish?
  • Digsby
    It likely won't make it on the to-do list for quite some time because it's something that a very tiny portion of users need (most likely less than 0.1%) but it is something that would clutter up the user interface for the remaining 99.9% of users. Our goal is to make a simple product for a wide audience rather than one that has every imaginable feature but is too complex for the average user to understand. In the future we'll hide an advanced preferences section somewhere and this would make it into there. For now, there are much bigger fish to fry (ie: group chat, per-character formatting, mac/linux builds).
  • Nick
    While I understand your logic there, it still makes me very, very sad. I wish you guys were either open source (I'm a programmer and could easily implement the feature in a weekend) or didn't have a client that was better than everyone else's. I would SO go somewhere else if there was an alternative.
  • Nolan
    I know this has been reported for quite some time now, but I was just wondering: Will we see a fix for the word-wrap issue in the chat notifications pop-ups? You know how after replying once or twice within the pop-up it cuts off text instead of wrapping it? If that were to be fixed in the near future, I would have to throw a large party in celebration.
  • Digsby
    Yup - there is a ticket for it in an upcoming milestone.
  • it wasnt enabled by default in firefox 3.6, you have to type about:config in your address bar and then double click on browser.taskbar.preview.enable. Its a little buggy and not perfect yet, i dont recommend using it yet, probably why its turned off at the moment
  • ahmed ahmadi
    how can i update to the latest version ?? i heard it should automatically update after i sign in digsby , but i cant see any difference , 25261 is digsy version that i have
  • Digsby
    You will get the update when it goes out to all users - this is an alpha release that we are cleaning up to make sure no bugs are introduced when it goes out to everyone. There are instructions in the blog post on how to become an alpha tester if you would like to become one.
  • Not to be pushy or anything, but are you guys going to merge Skype with Digsby? I'm just really anxious for Skype to be compatible with Digsby because Skype's interface is fugly.....
  • Definitely going to tackle that. The protocol is just a bit difficult to implement without actually having Skype open.
  • werkem
    Is the new feature going to have the option to set the state on different accounts like pidgin ?

    I like this chat program more than pidgin, but that feature alone keeps me from sticking with it
  • For some reason offline buddies are showing up in my Top Buddies list... I liked it when their status icons were posted, even if it didnt work when pinned... I never found it useful to pin a buddy.
  • i didnt get a thing about the new update, did u guys added the possibility to make digsby icon appear only on the jumplist?
  • Could you add an sign out and exit digsby option to the jumplist?
  • This is a powerful feature, Digsby team. Either implement this method, or make it so clicking the close button on the buddy list Signs out and closes the application (an optional preference). It's annoying, especially on a touch screen, to find the Digsby icon in the system tray and right click it to close
  • Simon
    Hello Digsby !
    I have found a bug, when I have the buddy icon ticked (to show buddy icon in taskbar) and I haven't pinned the program it's still just showing the Digsby icon, NOT the buddy icon. Also it doesn't show the status icon either.
    And one more thing, why is it that when I have the "Tab conversations to one window" ticked I get this awful thing that lets me choose which conversation I want to select from the taskbar (like ie8 does with the tabs) the point when tabbing is that I just want ONE Digsby icon for ALL conversations ?

    Thank You very much, please answer ! :)
  • Digsby
    That is how apps are suppose to use the taskbar preview functionality in Windows 7. IE implemented it. WLM has it. The new Firefox 3.6 has it. Other apps will implement it over time as well.
  • Brandito
    i'm running firefox 3.6 on both of my win7 machines and the tabs do not show in the preview area. is there something i'm missing or do you mean firefox 3.7 possibly?
  • Brandito
    this was not a digsby issue, but i was making a correction to the remark about firefox
  • Could you submit a bug report with more info? Help > Submit Bug Report
  • Simon
    I see, then I just need to get used to it :)

    Thank You VERY MUCH for the answer ! :D
  • How's everyone like the Windows 7 integration so far?
  • Couple of things wrong for my use case:

    1) I pinned the Digsby shortcut to my taskbar. Most programs (Chrome, Outlook, Tweetdeck, Yammer, ...anything, really) act in this way: I click the shortcut which is pinned to my taskbar. The application opens up, but uses the same exact icon in the taskbar when the application is open.

    Digsby seems to create another icon in the taskbar once it's opened so that there is one shortcut Digsby icon, and one taskbar item of Digsby. The point of the new taskbar was to combine the "quick launch" features with the taskbar features.

    Did that all make sense?

    2) When I click the close [X] button on my buddy list, I want it to kill the application and end the process. Instead, it minimizes it to the system tray. I then have to click the arrow in my system tray to expand it out, right click the Digsby icon, and click Exit. Some people like it that way, but I want the option. (Tweetdeck did it your way for the longest time, until recently they released a version that gives people the option in Preferences)

    3) Thanks for fixing the phantom Digsby icon window in the taskbar. My friend had to get out of the alpha version because she just hated that being there.
  • Digsby
    You may have the wrong shortcut pinned. When you launch Digsby, unpin the first one and pin the one that showed up when Digsby launched.
  • It killed the taskbar icon when I did that, but it worked.
  • Simon
    I don't like it, lucky for me you can remove it now :D
    What do you think ? :)
  • Michael
    With the latest alpha, the buddy list only shows up on the taskbar when it isn't docked.
    This may be the way the devs intended it to act, but I'd rather it show up even while docked.
  • Digsby
    This is by design - it is how it has always behaved. You don't need the icon to bring the buddy list into focus since it is always there. However, with Win7 jump lists it might make sense to let you place it there to have access to the jump list items
  • I would also like the tray icon to show up (I have it checked in the preferences so it would make sense that this is the case) even when it is docked. I don't want it to be completely invisible; if I want it out of the tray I can always disable the option, but I don't like how docking it seems to invalidate having this option checked.
  • Brandito
    i'd think such an option would make sense, i wouldn't mind having access to jump lists even with it docked.
  • How about a Dark Blue variant to the Windows 7 theme? the others are looking good - would be nice to have more!
  • Digsby
    We'll add more skins over time :)
  • BBBBB
    R u going to add a polish gadu-gadu protocol to digsby?
  • Digsby
    We will add support for more protocols in the future.
  • sreelakshmi_india
    Hi Digsby,
    Thank God I was waiting digsby to fix the bug about twitter Still expecting a "report spam" button beside users and need a way to delete direct msgs bcoz even if they wer deleted in twiiter they r staying in digsby
    Anyway guys you rock
    Digsby is so cute and cuddly
  • Antelmo
    Thinking of adding support for the Twitter list to the alpha?, also i try to use new adium's message styles and digsbyy just crashes, keep up the good work guys.
  • Tim
    I made a prefs.yaml file with the following code:

    buddylist:
    show_on_startup: no

    It has been working great for me for many months until this alpha was released. I have Digsby automatically sign in on Windows startup. Sometimes (but not always!) when Digsby starts, the buddylist window is open. Other times, it is closed like I asked it to. I'm running Windows 7 32-bit. I don't know what else there is to say.
  • Bliker
    jump lists do NOT work for me :(
  • Digsby
    They were disabled in this alpha while we optimize their performance (they were causing the CPU spin). They'll be back shortly.
  • Bliker
    ok, working now :)
  • hi all, new to the digsby testing forum, but I had a feature question. I am a student at the University of Phoenix Online, and all of our classwork is done via a forum. I am able to connect my email to it via newsfeeds, although it is a rather obscure process, but I am wondering what it would take to create a manual link via digsby. I know that tons of students would use it if available...
  • Hi
  • Seth
    Is it possible to set the duration for the notification windows? Usually they disappear before I can read the whole thing which can be somewhat annoying.

    thanks
  • starfx6464
    If you're in the process of reading them, you can hover your mouse over the notification to make it "stick" until you are done. When finished, either move your mouse away from the notification or right click on it to make it disappear immediately.
  • Seth
    Great, thanks!
  • mostrich
    In the last Alpha Digsby worked very,very slow and didn't really work good so I had to change it to the latest final...hope you'll fix the bug...cause otherwise it isn't productivity to work with;)
    but digsby's still my favourite messenger..good work guys
  • Digsby
    This has already been fixed - switch back to the alpha to confirm.
  • Is Digby an Internet-explorer based application? I because upon observing it's memory usage, it's quite high. In my opinion it's a lite application. I don't know why it eats so much memory. By the way, in the current release of Digsby, which is version 75, is there a way that I can set the notifications to disappear after XX seconds?
  • That would be nice. I'd like that notification feature as well.
  • Digsby
    We develop in Python but we use IE to open the login window for Facebook + MySpace. Opening the IE window does make RAM usage go up but you only need to log in to the social networks once.
  • copjon
    One request... Facebook integration into the Twitter timeline or a separate Facebook timeline.
  • Hey i have a problem, when i add my hotmail messenger to Digsby when i chat with mobiles it doesn't let me send things and it gets very confusing when It does.
  • Digsby
    Not sure what you mean. Can you email bugs@digsby.com with more details.
  • What is the approximate date that this new version will be released?
  • Digsby
    We will keep pushing out alpha releases until all the new bugs are fixed. Then it will go out to all users.
  • Tony
    Good luck! I think the Digsby could include Google Reader or other RSS feed!
  • hologos
    Hmm.. I wrote very long message and when I tried to post it, it asked me for register, so I did and then it deleted it... So I will write it shorly... Some sort of problems with charset when using digsby and chating with someone who uses another client.. For example "ěščřžýáíé" and I recieve "мšишžэбнй".. Sometimes it causes deletation of next (or previous) letters. Pls make it work. Its very annoying.. Thanks
  • Digsby
    This will only happen with people who use the old version of QIP because it does not send encoding info. If they upgrade to QIP Infium or any other IM client (like Digsby) it will fix the issue.
  • hologos
    Oh, I thought it was fault of Digsby. Well, sorry then. Now is the time to strike back and yell at those people who were saying that Digsby sux (because of that). :)
  • Yay! New update fixed my CPU spinning issue. Now it only seems to sorta spin up a bit as it tries to connect.

    Can we hold off on the unnecessary Win7 features? Or at least find a way to disable some of them? I'd rather change the conversation picker to more like a jump list or have it just bring up the IM window period.
  • Brandito
    how do you expect them to test it then? do you understand what being an alpha or beta tester is?
  • Zumarotap
    If Fb did have a dislike button, I'd 'dislike' anyone joining the "Dislike Button" group! :P
  • Digsby
    lol, we thought it would be more of an sympathy/empathy thing. So, if a friend posts that they broke their leg you would use it not because you don't like the status but because you don't like the event in an sympathetic way.
  • WantsToUseDigsby
    I want to use digsby but I can't stand the dinging noise it makes when you backspace and I would like to be able to chat while having music or the like.... can you make that something that can be turned on and off? PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE
  • Digsby
    You can change all sound options in Preferences > Notifications.
  • starfx6464
    While I don't mind the ads being streamed in through Twitter/Facebook, I would request that the backgrounds for these messages be different when viewed in both the "pop-up" list when hovering over Twitter/Facebook as well as when you double click Twitter to view the feed in a separate window. Maybe a grey or light light blue-ish tint? This would help them stand out more and make it easier to distinguish.
  • Continues to get better, but a couple of small glitches I've noticed
    - the taskbar and systray icon (I only want systray)
    - I have it docked right and auto-minimized but it's really hard in this release to get it to expand (the answer is double click the systray or taskbar)
    - there's a weird extra window appeared... floats top right, no close button, can't resize it or make it go away (and I don't want it!)
    - Twitter Direct messages no longer show sender and receivers icons, just mine (not obvious they are DMs any more)
    - Hotmail not logging in :(

    apart from that ... looks good ... just hope there's some fixes this week not in a month ;)
  • siyangqiu
    After my computer went to sleep, and i come back, Digsby gets all glitchy. Super slow, freezes, does not respond and such. Happened twice already with this new Alpha. I can't submit a bug report because it is too glitchy to go there.
  • MisterMooth
    Do your chat windows all appear black when this happens? I might be getting the same bug
  • siyangqiu
    Hi,
    It is so buggy that it has crashed before I can double-click on someone or
    try to do anything. It usually only connects to a few networks and gets
    stuck. Is there a log file that I can send you?
    Siyang
  • Tim
    I find it hard to believe that no one's had anything to comment about since yesterday, 8:13 AM. Additionally, my comment has not been "approved," I guess.
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