Build 24 - Bug Fixes FTW!
We just pushed an update (Build 23, r13703 r13706) that fixes many of the bugs reported since our public beta release! We had quite a busy week, knocking out 27 bugs and enhancements while laying groundwork for a better auto-update system and a more robust bug reporting system, which will both be pushed out as soon as we are done testing them. As always, you can read the entire list of new features, bug fixes, and enhancements on our Change Log. Most notably:
- Brought back the “Show in taskbar” preference for the buddy list - hopefully bug free this time
- Numerous fixes for the “Listening to” feature including showing both title and artist in iTunes now
- Numerous fixes for spell checker errors such as URLs, numbers, and hyphenated words
- More reliable full screen detection on Vista - XP fixes coming soon!
Our focus right now is on the remaining critical bugs and the auto-update system. After that you will see some profound improvements in performance and memory utilization. If you experience any bugs, please email us at bugs@digsby.com.
Lastly, we want to welcome to all our new users! We are glad to have you join us as we continue improving Digsby! Leave a comment to let us know how we are doing.
Update: Pushed a quick fix for a bug we introduced that prevented a few people from opening IM windows.
Matthew K Said,
March 26, 2008 @ 5:13 pm
You guys this application is great, it is the best gtalk app out there not to mention the twitter integration.
A pleasure using it - Thanks!
Sajan Parikh Said,
March 26, 2008 @ 5:13 pm
YAY! Thanks for the fixes and amazing product Digsby…
Not you just need to integrate Google Reader, and you are my new god.
Steven G. Said,
March 26, 2008 @ 5:14 pm
Great Job, Digsby’s become my main client as of a few weeks ago.
WizzKid Said,
March 26, 2008 @ 5:17 pm
Hello
Just downloaded Digsby and its now replaced my use of Pidgin, its incredible guys! This is the GOD for IM/Social Network Apps!
Love the way it updates aswell, really nice!
Take care,
Neil
Chris D Said,
March 26, 2008 @ 5:18 pm
my auto-hide doesn’t seem to be working anymore with this update… huh.
Steve Said,
March 26, 2008 @ 5:19 pm
@Chris - do you mean dock with autohide?
Steve Said,
March 26, 2008 @ 5:19 pm
All - follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/digsby
Abraham Estrada Said,
March 26, 2008 @ 5:22 pm
It’s the best ‘all-in-one’ messenger, now it’s mi main client. Thanks for the work!
Kai Said,
March 26, 2008 @ 5:23 pm
Keep up the great work!!!
Amit Said,
March 26, 2008 @ 5:23 pm
Awesome work guys..keep it up. Great application.
Stig Said,
March 26, 2008 @ 5:26 pm
Since updating to this release, I can’t open a new conversation window anymore. Neither by double clicking a contact, not by clicking on IM when viewing the profile, not by right clicking on a contact and pressing send IM.
Track Said,
March 26, 2008 @ 5:27 pm
I noticed the following under the Enhancements section of the changelog.
“Listening to” now shows as “Title - Artist” instead of the other way around
My preference in general is “Artist - Title”, maybe you can make it into a toggle to give everyone their favourite choice?
Great proggy, been using it for a few weeks now (since downloadsquad wrote about it) and it’s very nice, especially when you guys started optimizing the memory usage. Keep up the good work!
Steve Said,
March 26, 2008 @ 5:30 pm
@Stig - sending you an email to resolve your issue
@Track - the reason we did it is because so many IM clients show status message snippets right on the buddy list. If your playlist includes 50 songs by only 2-3 different artists, then your status message would always look the same to your buddies. That was our logic for the move… does it make sense?
kimster Said,
March 26, 2008 @ 5:30 pm
taskbar option back again equals much love
Carl Said,
March 26, 2008 @ 5:31 pm
Absolutely *love* this app. Connecting to social networks was something I didn’t put much stock into, until I tried it, and now I love it!
Thanks a lot to all you hard workers, it is much appreciated.
(and for the record, my experiences with digsby have been bug free thus far… very happy)
Donnie Said,
March 26, 2008 @ 5:32 pm
The “Listening to..” feature with itunes is much better but still seems a little buggy at times. Being as it sometimes will not update the song playing or will not pickup on the fact I’m listening to music at all.
Collude Said,
March 26, 2008 @ 5:35 pm
@Steve - I agree with changing the now playing to Artist - Track. It’s infinitesimally more intuitive despite some people having their buddy lists set too narrow.
Track Said,
March 26, 2008 @ 5:37 pm
@Steve: Thanks for the explanation, it makes sense when you put it like that. I can live with it, just found it weird because I really don’t know anyone that doesn’t name their mp3s “Artist - Title” (with the exception of people that don’t even name their mp3s *grin*).
Sajan Parikh Said,
March 26, 2008 @ 5:39 pm
Is the setup.exe for windows a cache on this site? I’ve downloaded and installed it 3 times and keep getting build 13522. Is there a mirror? Or is something else the problem?
Steve Said,
March 26, 2008 @ 5:41 pm
@All who use “Listening to” option: Let us know if it should be “Artist - Title” or “Title - Artist” here: http://forum.digsby.com/viewtopic.php?pid=2777
@Sajan - we forgot to upload the installer but it should auto-update as to the new version even if you download the old one. The new installer is now on the website.
Giacomololo Said,
March 26, 2008 @ 5:44 pm
I have update disgby, but when I reloaded it the IM window can’t be opened. This happend also to my friend
Chris D Said,
March 26, 2008 @ 5:52 pm
yes I mean dock with auto-hide. doesn’t seem to be working. i’ve tried all I can besides reinstalling. any suggestions before I try to reinstall?
jiggy Said,
March 26, 2008 @ 5:53 pm
@Chris - you have to re-dock it after the update. I was going to submit a bug for just that reason and thought I would give it a shot with a re-dock, and it worked.
Oh, great work on the latest updates and features. I used Digsby for about a week during the first private beta, but went back to the Google Talk client. With these most recent updates, I’ve switched over to Digsby completely.
Steve Said,
March 26, 2008 @ 5:56 pm
@Giacomololo - working on a fix right now and will push another update shortly.
VC Said,
March 26, 2008 @ 5:56 pm
It is awesome that you can push out automatic updates to the client in such a transparent way. Well done.
Giacomololo Said,
March 26, 2008 @ 6:02 pm
How much shortly?? Days or minutes? I can’t wait
Steve Said,
March 26, 2008 @ 6:04 pm
@Giacomololo - 15 minutes
Davide Said,
March 26, 2008 @ 6:10 pm
I can’t open a new conv window too, please someone help me!!!
billy Said,
March 26, 2008 @ 6:21 pm
@Steve: I’m interested to know how your company is protecting our information from EVERYBODY in your company? As your Privacy Policy states. I mean somebody has to have keys at some point in your organization. Right?
Steve Said,
March 26, 2008 @ 6:24 pm
@billy - We are 100% transparent about security and entire procedure is described at: http://wiki.digsby.com/doku.php?id=security
J.G. Said,
March 26, 2008 @ 6:24 pm
Just started using Digsby, and I’m really liking it. Have used Trillian for years, including Trillian Astra. Digsby is a much better user experience. Astra has become unsightly bloatware.
Steve Roberts Said,
March 26, 2008 @ 6:26 pm
You’ve created a fantastic app… getting all my mates to move over to Digsby now as it just so much better than all the other messenger apps out there.
A big big big thank you for the great work you are all doing.
Chris D Said,
March 26, 2008 @ 6:27 pm
wow, now I feel like an idiot. thanks, jiggy.
great application, thanks!
Davide Said,
March 26, 2008 @ 6:27 pm
how long we gotta wait to have this fix?
ps= greatnicefantastic work : D
Steve Said,
March 26, 2008 @ 6:29 pm
@Those who had IM window trouble - please restart Digsby and try now. If your version does not show r13706 in Help > About Digsby then download the latest installer form the website. The bug may have affected your ability to auto-update but it should only affect a few people.
Davide Said,
March 26, 2008 @ 6:33 pm
i can’t update, im reinstalling it, im gonna let u know if it works
Sajan Parikh Said,
March 26, 2008 @ 6:33 pm
Help! I’m still on build 13522. After I heard about the update, I waited about 15 minutes and reloaded…nothing.
After that I’ve done a full uninstall deleted residual files, and checked registry for any instances of Digsby.
Then re-installed via new installed from this site.
I’ve done the above process about 3 times….the installed on this site still installs 13522.
What are some tips to ensure that I get the auto-update?
I’m in love with digsby and am about to go crazy if I don’t have the latest version, :).
Stig Said,
March 26, 2008 @ 6:35 pm
It’s fixed. Thanks guys!
Davide Said,
March 26, 2008 @ 6:36 pm
it workssss!!!! nice job
Giacomololo Said,
March 26, 2008 @ 6:53 pm
Usually auto-upload works for me, from this release it stop to work, I’m tring to download it full.
ajskh Said,
March 26, 2008 @ 6:59 pm
anyone for chatroom support?
Mike Said,
March 26, 2008 @ 7:03 pm
@Sajan- I’ve noticed that Firefox caches the download sometimes (craziness!). When I test to see if the installer is working I download it in Firefox and Opera and make sure they are both the new one.
Maybe something similar is happening to you… Can you try downloading it with a different browser?
Mike Said,
March 26, 2008 @ 7:05 pm
dunno bout chatroom support but i really wanna see skype support
bangbang023 Said,
March 26, 2008 @ 7:09 pm
So glad to see listening to no longer sets you as away.
Steve Said,
March 26, 2008 @ 7:16 pm
@bangbang023 - it can if you want it to. Use the orb to toggle between the two. For those who haven’t realized this yet, you can always change your state between available/away just by clicking the orb at the top of the buddy list.
Dave Said,
March 26, 2008 @ 7:20 pm
Heya guys great work so far, i have a small problem with my contact list it’s pretty hard to explain but when i move the cursor on the contact list they all dissapear and some of the accounts go a little crazy screen shots can be sent privately if you require them.
Regards,
Dave
s1h6mfwe513 Said,
March 26, 2008 @ 7:28 pm
is the multiple-contact chat on msn ready?
Shawn Said,
March 26, 2008 @ 7:31 pm
I’m lovin’ Digsby since hearing about it on Download Squad last week. It incorporates damn near everything I use to communicate with people and looks really great. I have a few little requests and quibbles but overall a great great app that I’m sure I’ll use for years to come!
Davide Said,
March 26, 2008 @ 7:36 pm
not yet, but im sure theyre gonna add this feature
Garrett Said,
March 26, 2008 @ 7:46 pm
Wow… digsby is pretty awesome. I’m ditching Trillian astra for this. Now if it could support logging into xfire, I’d be complete.
theplaymaker62 Said,
March 26, 2008 @ 7:57 pm
LOVE digsby… still hoping you can get the memory usage down, but the constant bug fixes, and auto-updates are done beautifully and quickly. You guys seem to truly listen to your users. I was thinking that maybe you could offer (during the installation) the ability to pick and choose what programs and social services you use, so that the program might become less bloated.
Overall, I look forward to the development of this program!
Steve Said,
March 26, 2008 @ 8:10 pm
@theplaymaker - we will get it down significantly. We have not optimized yet. However, the different protocols are not loaded until you activate an account so that has no effect.
Chris Said,
March 26, 2008 @ 8:10 pm
I wish Digsby would incorporate the functionality of allowing individual words to have bold, italic, or underline attributes, and have those attributes applied by the customary hotkeys (CTRL+B, CTRL+I, CTRL+U respectively) instead of applying these attributes to the entire text in a message window as it is currently.
Morgan Said,
March 26, 2008 @ 8:17 pm
I wrote about you guys:
http://threeminds.organic.com/2008/03/digsby_finally_a_good_im_clien.html
Amazing!!!!
The auto update is very shiny too
congrats and keep up the great work
Shawn Said,
March 26, 2008 @ 8:25 pm
Six days since I downloaded, and I’m absolutely loving Digsby. Thanks to all of you for such a great app. I’ve happily replaced Pidgin on my work (Windows) laptop, and anticipate doing the same with Adium on my Mac once you release.
Danny Schuster Said,
March 26, 2008 @ 8:34 pm
Can I make love to somebody on your staff, please? Frickin best IM client EVAR. Thanks!
-danny
Steven G. Said,
March 26, 2008 @ 8:45 pm
I just had a 100% CPU issue, it sent a log or two… or so it said.
Happened not to long after I updated, does not seem to be a constant problem.
James Said,
March 26, 2008 @ 10:04 pm
On my XP machine, the app icon when alt tabbing is the windows default application icon when none is specified (i.e. the white box w/ a blue title bar).
Some other builds have exhibited the same problem, others had it fixed.. I’m wondering if it’s related to some of the work you’ve been doing w/ full screen and tray work.
carter Said,
March 26, 2008 @ 10:26 pm
i wish i could italicize one word or two rather than the entire statement either italicized or not.
Ravayne Said,
March 26, 2008 @ 10:38 pm
I’m liking Digsby so far — if it had chatroom support, I’d abandon Trillian entirely, but I do a lot of chatting that way.
Steve Said,
March 26, 2008 @ 10:39 pm
@chris + carter: we will definitely add this - just giving us a little trouble
Aasemoon Said,
March 27, 2008 @ 12:05 am
As it’s already been said, so far Digsby is quite great. I specially like the widget… but I also find the high mem usage a bit of a trouble which is what keeps me from using it all the time. I’ll be a permanent user after that’s fixed.
Jim Said,
March 27, 2008 @ 12:17 am
I like this, its great. Just found out about it via lifehacker.
I’m ditching Trillian for it. And its pretty stable to considering its still in the beta phase.
Sajan Parikh Said,
March 27, 2008 @ 12:20 am
@Mike at the following comment
http://blog.digsby.com/?p=25#comment-1045
Thanks for that, I cleared my browser cache and downloaded it again. All is well now and I have the latest released build, :).
Kyanges Said,
March 27, 2008 @ 12:43 am
Although I can choose to block an individual user alias from the buddy list, there is no such option for merged aliases.
I’m wondering is this is by design or not.
eDRoaCH Said,
March 27, 2008 @ 1:56 am
I posted last time with problems with digsby not loading, so i thought id update. i was waiting for a new build. when it still wouldnt load, i uninstalled and reinstalled with a new download. still didnt work.
finally i just rebooted, and after a bit of a legnthy start up time, it worked flawlessly all night! maybe you should set up a system to emulate people like me that reboot once a month if that ^^
as always- GREAT JOB- i love this client!
eDRoaCH Said,
March 27, 2008 @ 1:59 am
oh- whats the word on linux and mac support? i dont see a timeframe mentioned anywhere
Millenius Said,
March 27, 2008 @ 3:47 am
Hi,
I think the fullscreen app work, but, work too much !
A friend send me an IM, but i have not seen him.. and i can’t send an IM : i double click on his avatar, and NOTHING appens
eia Said,
March 27, 2008 @ 3:53 am
To all the new users: There’s a community maintained wish list for digsby over at http://wishlist.digsbies.org where you can vote on new features you’d like! Be sure to check it out
Liz Staley Said,
March 27, 2008 @ 6:18 am
I don’t know if it’s Digsby or MySpace, but for weeks I’ve had a “phantom MySpace Birthday”- Digsby keeps telling me there’s a new birthday alert when there really is nothing in my MySpace about it. Just thought I’d bring it up, not sure if it’s happening to others or not.
Digsby rocks! I have never liked an “all-in-one” messenger application until now!
Oolyctus Said,
March 27, 2008 @ 6:30 am
Since the update, i cannot start digsby
I’ve got this message
“L’application ou la DLL c:\program files\digsby\lib\wxmsw28uh_core_vc.dll n’est pas une image Windows valide. Vérifiez avec votre disquette d’installation.
blabla.dll not a valide windows image. check with your install disk.
Any clue ?
Steve Said,
March 27, 2008 @ 8:10 am
@Oolyctus - it looks like you got a partial update. Can you download and run the installer again. We have a more solid auto-update system coming in the next build which will hopefully fix this problem.
@Liz - the ghost myspace birthday alert was fixed in this build
@eDRoaCH - as soon as the windows version is stable
@Millenius - can you submit a diagnostic log using Help > Send Bug Report. You can then disable the preference in “Advanced” under preferences until we resolve the issue
@Kyanges - the option is in the sub-menu of each of the contacts in your merged contact
Hyte Said,
March 27, 2008 @ 8:40 am
Maybe you should install a bugtracking system like mantis (http://www.mantisbt.org) to give users the ability to search for already reported bugs.
Maybe i can host it (incl. traffic fees)
Lucy Said,
March 27, 2008 @ 8:46 am
the auto-update isn’t working..
now I’m tring to dowload it using IE because I had the same problem that Sajan had.
Anyways… love the app! I’m waiting for the linux version… any idea when it will be ready?
Drew Brown Said,
March 27, 2008 @ 9:14 am
I love it. I’m a proud RIT alumn and am excited to see the work you guys are doing.
One request: Please add LinkedIn to the social networks!!! With the growing number of young professionals using that network I think it’d be a great way to use your application.
Kyanges Said,
March 27, 2008 @ 3:12 pm
Ah, I was hoping to block them all at once. I guess I was a bit lazy. T_T . Thank you for the notice.
Indian Stallion Said,
March 27, 2008 @ 10:23 pm
So far this is amazing. Ability to delete mails was like wow. The little pop up when someone messages you instead of the whole window, wow again.
Just a couple of features I would like to see.
Blog comment management - Ability to get notified of comments on my blog and instant reply to them.
“Now playing” - Yes I am a music snob but my friends need to know what I am listening to!
Indian Stallion Said,
March 27, 2008 @ 10:36 pm
K ignore my now playing comment sorry, I am an idiot.
Liz Staley Said,
March 28, 2008 @ 6:28 am
@Steve: Thanks! I just started up again this morning and it downloaded the update again- MySpace error is gone!
Yay!
Karolis [Pocius.lt] Said,
March 28, 2008 @ 7:52 am
Two features I’d like to see:
1. Option to set e-mail notifications to stay till you click on it or maybe have an X button in the corner.
2. Reset the counter when you select “Open inbox”. Because now it takes some time before digsby understands there are no more unread messages.
Otherwise it’s a kickass application!
Immortal Monkey Said,
March 28, 2008 @ 7:53 am
Fantastic job, Digsby has the potential to take the lead in the Multi-IM market, just as soon as Digsby can go fully portable I’ll be able to switch over completely.
Junior Said,
March 28, 2008 @ 11:31 am
This is by far the best social networking program software I have ever used. I’ve been a loyal trillian user for quite some time now, but switching to Digsby was pretty much a no brainer decision. This is simply the best. If you guys could integrate wikipedia lookup into Digsby, as an optional component, I just might forget that trillian ever existed. Keep up the good work!
bubazoo Said,
March 28, 2008 @ 9:32 pm
hotmail and MSN are showing me as offline since this version was released, anyone else notice this?
Digsby shows me as being online, but people who are using Live messenger see me as offline, why is that?
kyleabaker Said,
March 29, 2008 @ 4:37 am
I was setting an away message and wanted to use a unique message for one account and just now realized that Digsby supports that! Fantastic. So I selected the account that I wanted a unique/different message on (check it and set it), but it didn’t set it any different than any of the other account. I just so happened to be a gtalk account, but I’m not sure if it just don’t work on gtalk or if it’s altogether messed up. I love this feature though! Just gotta get it working!
Mike Said,
March 29, 2008 @ 12:14 pm
Out of curiosity, where/how do I go about making suggestions? I want them to add a direct-connect feature, like old-AIM had, but I’m not sure how to go about it.
Trent Said,
March 30, 2008 @ 2:27 pm
I don’t use iTunes. I use Winamp. Will there be support for Winamp with the Listening To feature?
elitefreestyle13 Said,
March 31, 2008 @ 12:56 am
please add “i’m listening to….” (music) support to windows media player .. i know itunes is probably the most popular but still tons of us using WMP … probably lots using winamp too… oh yea and one more on the verge of being popular SongBird
keep up the great work, best IM program
maur Said,
March 31, 2008 @ 5:39 am
A friend told me about this neat application and I downloaded it at once.
I still can’t connect to my ICQ account though. I downloaded the latest client a couple of minutes ago, yet I’m still getting authentication errors. Maybe I need to use a port other than 5190? Keep up the good work guys.
Mike Said,
March 31, 2008 @ 9:00 am
@Mike - you can head over to the forums (forums.digsby.com) or check out the community-maintained wishlist at wishlist.digsbies.org
@Trent - we support winamp and some programs that implement the *complete* winamp IPC interface. There are some apps that partially implement the interface and we will be supporting them soon.
@elitefreestyle13 - More players are being supported soon, and winamp is already supported (as mentioned)
@maur - Send an email over to bugs@digsby.com and we can try to work out what the problem is.
droxey Said,
March 31, 2008 @ 6:07 pm
I also seem to be having issues opening message windows. I’m currently running r13706. I’ve uninstalled, deleted registry entries, and reinstalled with the current setup on the website. I also submitted a bug report.
What else should I do? After going back to pidgin for a day or so, I miss digsby!
Mike Said,
April 1, 2008 @ 5:40 am
Thanks a million, other Mike. =D
Mike Said,
April 1, 2008 @ 9:03 am
anything for another Mike
Ian Said,
April 1, 2008 @ 2:14 pm
Sorry, it is off-topic, but, is Digsby OpenSource? I didn’t find any information on this =P
Andre Said,
April 4, 2008 @ 2:32 pm
When will encryption be an option? OTR seems to be one that would be beneficial as there are OTR plugins for other clients as well.
Andre Said,
April 4, 2008 @ 2:34 pm
@elitefreestyle13 - I use Sharepod sometimes with my iPod, would be nice to have that one included as well.
James Said,
April 6, 2008 @ 3:33 am
I can’t delete Yahoo friends off Digsby says “YahooError: Could not remove buddy [name here]” and I can’t delete ANYONE on ANY messenger unless they are online. Why can you only delete people if they’re online? I also can’t move contacts into different categories unless they’re online also.
What gives?
Jason Said,
April 7, 2008 @ 3:22 pm
Recently, over the past few days, I’ve been receiving numbers SnacErrors. The error reads:
SnacError: ((19, ‘SSI’),(1, ‘Invalid SNAC header.’), (None, None))
I am using Digsby Build 13706 am signed in to the following IM Accounts, Social Networks:
Google, Yahoo, ICQ, MSN, Facebook and MySpace.
Lisaweb Said,
April 10, 2008 @ 12:23 am
My dock with autohide isn’t working after this update, either. I’ve tried checking and then unchecking it, but it will not work anymore.
Otherwise, everything is working great.
SteveC Said,
April 21, 2008 @ 11:03 pm
I am a new user with Digsby. So far , so Good ! I am impressed. I have only one question. Maybe it is something that I am doing, I dunno ! Why does my Yahoo mail account go to the older Yahoo Classic rather than the new Yahoo Mail ? I appreciate your input.