IMPORTANT - AIM Protocol Changed
We just noticed a change in the AIM protocol - a new family of features has been added (family 0×25) that we have never seen before. It hasn’t been added to all the AIM servers yet so some of you will still be able to connect without a problem and some of you might get stuck in the Authenticating state. We are working on a fix right now and will push an update very shortly. We will update this post after it is pushed.
Edit:
We just pushed an update (Build 16, r12552) that fixes the AIM login problem along with several bug fixes and enhancements. You should be able to log in to AIM without any issues now. The list of changes can be found on our Change Log. So, what just happened? When we were developing the AIM protocol we designed it to break if we ever got something we never saw before. This raised a red flag so we could implement it. Since AOL adds features every now and then to the AIM protocol, this should have been turned off when we released digsby. Earlier today we saw a new set of capabilities on the AIM protocol (family 0×25) and that prevented us from logging in. The fix we just pushed does what should have been done at launch - ignore new capabilities instead of raising a red flag.
Brandon Said,
February 22, 2008 @ 4:21 pm
You used the wrong “affect/effect”. It should be “effect”. But you guys are amazing, you roll out changes faster than any other program I have ever used. Keep up the good work
Troy Said,
February 22, 2008 @ 4:53 pm
I am now unable to connect to Y!im servers with any of my accounts. Y!Mail works fine.
Steve Said,
February 22, 2008 @ 5:13 pm
@Troy - sending you an email.
Troy Said,
February 22, 2008 @ 5:21 pm
Thanks for the email, Steve. It was evidently just a strange coincidence with the Yahoo auth servers. It just struck me as odd that it happened immediately after I restarted Digsby for the update. Everything is connecting fine now. Didn’t mean to cause alarm.
JR Said,
February 22, 2008 @ 5:41 pm
I love the fact that you guys send out an IM to let us know there’s a new version available. How about adding “Restart” as an option under the Digsby menu (next to Exit) to save us a click or two?
ajskhan Said,
February 22, 2008 @ 6:11 pm
Any chance for chatroom support any time soon?
Steve Said,
February 22, 2008 @ 6:50 pm
@JR - You can hit sign off instead of exit and that will take you back to the login screen
@ajskhan - We have it but disabled for now because there were bugs. We will bring it back in the near future
Diana Moon Said,
February 23, 2008 @ 1:04 pm
Hey thanks for the speedy update with AIM and notifying via IM. First time with an update though, something changed for me. I now cannot double click my digsby icon to hide the buddy list from the task bar nor does it go away when I select “Hide Buddy List”.
Question, will direct connecting to display images be coming any time soon?
Thanks again, you guys are awesome. ^_^