Digsby Nominated for About.com “IM Best Awards”
We are proud to announce that we have been nominated for the About.com 2008 IM Best Awards! We are nominated in five categories:
- Best Instant Messenger Experience (Digsby)
- Most Improved Instant Messenger (Digsby)
- Best Third-Party IM (Digsby)
- Best IM Feature (Social Networking and Email Integration)
- IM Developers of the Year (dotSyntax, LLC)
Please show your support by voting for us: http://im.about.com/od/imreviews/a/IMBest.htm
The results will be announced on April 21st and winners in each category will be given featured placement for one year on http://im.about.com.
Parth Said,
April 15, 2008 @ 2:02 pm
WOOT! =]
eia Said,
April 15, 2008 @ 3:49 pm
Done
SonicHedgehog Said,
April 15, 2008 @ 3:57 pm
I’ve voted (of course for Digbsy)!
SonicHedgehog Said,
April 15, 2008 @ 3:58 pm
As I saw Digsby is very good placed in the votings!
a.Shustov Said,
April 15, 2008 @ 5:45 pm
done
Dillon Said,
April 15, 2008 @ 8:18 pm
To be fair the list ought to include Trillian or Astra or something. What’s up with this? The results aren’t going to be very accurate or meaningful with this clear bias by omission.
Mike Said,
April 15, 2008 @ 8:48 pm
@Dillon-
The nominations were submitted by about.com readers. From the article: “In March 2008, we asked our readers to nominate their favorite instant messengers…”.
I agree that it is strange that neither Trillian 3.1 or Astra made the list, considering the brand has been around for almost 8 years.
I won’t complain about free publicity though. I’m amazed at how big of a turnout there was from Digsby fans (thanks guys!).
Dillon Said,
April 15, 2008 @ 8:54 pm
That’s a good point, thanks for pointing that out. I didn’t mean to come across as biased myself. I’m very excited about Digsby and how fast it is being developed and the features it already has.
Dillon Said,
April 15, 2008 @ 9:02 pm
Sorry for the double postage, I guess it took a while to update. Feel free to clean that up
Aithne Said,
April 15, 2008 @ 9:51 pm
@Dillon,
I’m sorry..but a nomination for a 2008 Best IM award for Trillian 3.1 is just insane. Sure its been around for years, but 3.1 is outdated and in alot of instances, broken. And I’m sure there are not that many Astra users as it may seem sometimes (closed Alpha and all). So it makes sense to me not to see Trillian up there, esp seeing the features that most of the ims that were in the poll, are not in Trillian 3.1.
Rick Said,
April 16, 2008 @ 10:56 am
Alright, I think I’ll go vote for Digsby, but only if a feature or two is promised to me soon: Smileys. Themes, disabled images, whatever. I can hardly stand the default…sorry. Same with sound notifications. As far as I can tell, you can’t browse to get new sounds…you’d probably just have to change the file in the folder (same with smileys), and that’s too much work, especially if I didn’t know how to do that (I do).
Great service, though. I recently switched from Pidgin (which I miss from time to time, I’ll admit). Until a few things get added here, I’ll probably still keep a copy of Pidgin on my compy.
Steve Said,
April 16, 2008 @ 11:05 am
@Rick - we will add this ability in the future. We will let you choose a smiley set, sound set, skin, conversation theme, etc. and give you the ability to download additional ones from our website.
Rick Said,
April 16, 2008 @ 11:08 am
@Steve - That’s great and super reassuring to hear. You can bet I’ll stick around.
Harel Said,
April 16, 2008 @ 3:34 pm
I recently started using Digsby but I definitely voted for you. I have been a Trillian user for quite sometime and I do have to say that as much as Trillian has going for them, they have become a resource hog.
Digsby has been the best alternative I could find. I cannot wait to see what you have up your sleeve for Digsby once it comes out of beta.
Digsby is here to stay and I am backing you up. You can count my vote.
Steve Said,
April 16, 2008 @ 4:10 pm
@Rick - glad to hear it. We just want to get the bugs and performance issues resolved before we move back to features.
Jack Said,
April 16, 2008 @ 5:44 pm
CNET just posted a video review of Digsby. Keep up the good work!
http://www.webware.com/8301-1_109-9920377-2.html
Steve Said,
April 17, 2008 @ 12:16 pm
@Jack - that was a wonderful review! Thanks for pointing it out.
getreignedon Said,
April 17, 2008 @ 2:29 pm
Just when you guys get the award i start having problems with my email app in digsby… No why is that
eDRoaCH Said,
April 19, 2008 @ 2:56 am
it is strange trillian is missing, but imho digsby puts trillian to shame
I cant wait for digsby mac and linux, i really think adium is going to have a run for its money. and it will be nice to use the same client everywhere
Raddy Said,
April 19, 2008 @ 3:35 am
Eventhough i voted for Digsby.
Why doesn’t Pidgin IM there in the list.
Aboset Gezahegn Said,
April 19, 2008 @ 6:06 am
continue I like it very much…………
Brandon Said,
April 19, 2008 @ 11:58 am
looks like someones bombed the results for best IM experience. yahoo suddenly gains 5k votes in less than a day. i’m calling shenanigans. yahoo a good im experience? more like the lesser of 3 evils!
Steven G. Said,
April 19, 2008 @ 2:31 pm
Digsby swept the competition.
Davide Said,
April 20, 2008 @ 4:38 pm
hey just wanting to ask when we’re going to have a new update?? : D
Clocky Said,
April 20, 2008 @ 4:59 pm
Hello.
Ive managed to make a short review of Digsby on my personal blog. Unfortunately for you it’s in Romanian but nevertheless i’m trying to put a good word for it. Because, i must admit, he’s worth it. I was amazed by the good and usefull features i discovered and was about time somebody challenge (for real) old YM
PS : I am willing to translate this program in Romanian so if it’s ok with you … you have my email
Best regards
Steve Said,
April 20, 2008 @ 11:12 pm
@Davide - tomorrow
@Clocky - thank you! In the future we will put up a wiki that will let our users translate Digsby into lots of languages. We will also add spell check in other languages at that time.
Syahid A. Said,
April 20, 2008 @ 11:34 pm
Just about time this fantastic team won something. Congratulations!
Mark Brouch Said,
April 21, 2008 @ 7:07 pm
I’m not surprised that Digsby won in almost every category. Three cheers for the developer team especially! Great job!!!
Vic Perotti Said,
April 22, 2008 @ 1:36 pm
Congratulations to the whole team! Well Deserved!
jessie Said,
May 20, 2008 @ 4:07 pm
I would like myspace IM on here