Build 28 - Facebook Chat In Digsby!
You asked for it, you got it! Build 28 (r14688) introduces Facebook Chat support! This is our first implementation so you can expect many improvements over the coming weeks. Please let us know if you run into any bugs so we can fix those too. There are several other important updates in this release. As always, you can read the entire list of new features, bug fixes, and enhancements on our Change Log. Notably:
- Facebook Chat: You can now chat with all your Facebook friends right from Digsby! This initial release includes all the basics - messaging, buddy icons, status, and status messages. We will add the ability to sync your IM status with your Facebook status and the ability to move Facebook buddies into other groups shortly! Facebook Chat is completely separate from the social network support we currently provide for Facebook so you need to add your Facebook account to the IM accounts list.
- Yahoo Mail: This build introduces an improved implementation of Yahoo Mail. Those who had trouble accessing their mail should now be able to get to it. If you use the New Yahoo Mail instead of Yahoo Mail Classic, the “Inbox”, “Compose”, and “Open” links will take you to the right interface. Lastly, international accounts now show the correct email address such as @yahoo.co.uk or @yahoo.es instead of @yahoo.com. Please let us know if the new implementation has any bugs.
- Proxy Support: All known bugs with proxy support are now resolved! We also have a suite of proxy tests now to simulate various environments before pushing new builds so it doesn’t break in the future. If you are behind a proxy you may not be able to get this auto-update but that will be a thing of the past after you download and run the latest installer from the website.
We are working diligently on finishing up the RAM optimizations, fixing the CPU spikes, and improving GUI responsiveness. We have a few highly reported bugs that we will tackle for the next build along with any that get reported about the new features. Thank you for all the feedback and enjoy the new build. If you experience any bugs please email us at bugs@digsby.com and send requests to features@digsby.com.
Sajan Parikh Said,
May 1, 2008 @ 4:03 pm
I love you guys!
Phil H Said,
May 1, 2008 @ 4:10 pm
if you guys keep this up, I will have to get a digsby tatoo.
plus the ladies love him.
Paul Said,
May 1, 2008 @ 4:10 pm
Fantastic guys!
Will Said,
May 1, 2008 @ 4:17 pm
Update didn’t quite work for me. Attempting to reinstall now…hopefully it’ll work.
Daniel Said,
May 1, 2008 @ 4:19 pm
I just upgraded (build 14361) and I don’t have the Facebook option under the IM accounts list.
Robert Anderson Said,
May 1, 2008 @ 4:21 pm
Keep this up, and I might actually be willing to pay for Digsby someday.
Dang.
Matt Said,
May 1, 2008 @ 4:23 pm
<3
Steve Said,
May 1, 2008 @ 4:26 pm
@Will + Daniel: One of two things happened.
1) Part of the download failed and it logged in with the old one. It will try again next time you restart
2) You are behind a proxy server and need to reinstall. Proxy support should be pretty solid now and auto-updates will go through your proxy without issues next time.
Brian C Said,
May 1, 2008 @ 4:31 pm
This new build fixed all of my Proxy Problems that were introduced in the last one. Way to go guys!!!
Will Said,
May 1, 2008 @ 4:33 pm
I went ahead and reinstalled from the installer.
Works perfect. Keep up the good work. This is why I stay with you guys instead of Pidgin.
Gal Said,
May 1, 2008 @ 4:42 pm
it just dowloaded the update and didnt update my digsby..when i closed digsby and opend it again it gave my an error message somthing about digsby.clone..??
Steve Said,
May 1, 2008 @ 4:44 pm
@Gal - that bug was fixed in this update but updating to this build used the old auto-updater. If you download and run the installer from our website it should not happen again.
wunderbar Said,
May 1, 2008 @ 5:06 pm
the auto update didnt’ work for me. I had to re-download the installer, after that the build updated.
Darshan Somashekar Said,
May 1, 2008 @ 5:24 pm
This is insanely cool. You guys are FAST.
James Said,
May 1, 2008 @ 5:24 pm
awesome! how do you add fb chat? or is it automatic?
James Said,
May 1, 2008 @ 5:25 pm
btw…i don’t see facebook as an option under the add IM account list.
Dave Said,
May 1, 2008 @ 5:28 pm
I’ve been haveing proxy problems at work, so I downloaded the latest installer and reinstalled. OI appear to still have the same problem - my gmail and MSN won’t connect (though facebook does) so I looked at the “about” dialog and it is still reading Build 14361.
Any ideas?
Steve Said,
May 1, 2008 @ 5:33 pm
@Dave - it must be cached in your browser. The latest installer on the site is 14688. Can you clear your cache and try again. Please let us know if the proxy issues are finally resolved!
Kana Said,
May 1, 2008 @ 5:41 pm
Holy crap you guys are fast. I originally used AIM, then Trillian for many years. When I got the email to RIT saying try this out, I did… needless to say, you guys have EVERYONE beat for the IM/social networking stuff. Goodbye Trillian. Not gonna miss you. Hello Digsby! Looking forward to seeing what you guys come up with next.
Keep up the incredible work!
Dave Said,
May 1, 2008 @ 5:48 pm
@Steve
That seems to have done it.
Brilliant - everything seems to be working around the proxy now - cheers!
alex Said,
May 1, 2008 @ 5:49 pm
LOL it works!
vnthota Said,
May 1, 2008 @ 5:52 pm
AWESOME GUYS! I knew you guys would work on this. I was waiting, spreadin the word to friends, asking when will Digsby put fb chat.
It is working perfectly, update was smooth. Quick question though, every time i update, previous user skin is reset. anyway to fix that?
Steve Said,
May 1, 2008 @ 5:59 pm
@vnthota - we haven’t released skin support which is why the update resets your skin. We will release this soon along with a website for you to download skins, conversation themes, emoticon sets, and sound sets.
CodeHtmAI Said,
May 1, 2008 @ 6:00 pm
It seems to me that I need to restart digsby twice in order for the update to take effect, although it only downloads it the first time.
Also, who uses Facebook IM? Doesn’t everyone with a facebook account already use one of the regular message protocols?
Great work on how fast the updates come out, though..
Steve Said,
May 1, 2008 @ 6:05 pm
@CodeHtmAI - If part of the update fails to download Digsby just logs in and tries again next time.
Paradise Said,
May 1, 2008 @ 6:13 pm
It’d be nice if you when you clicked on a new gmail email it didn’t just load the message but you also get the full gmail gui with the email opened. Are there plans for this?
Steve Said,
May 1, 2008 @ 6:19 pm
@Paradise - we would love to… haven’t figured out how yet
Ryan Said,
May 1, 2008 @ 6:35 pm
@Robert Anderson - Don’t give them any ideas…
David Said,
May 1, 2008 @ 6:49 pm
The update failed for me too. Restarting Digsby did not fix it. It did not detect a new update again. I’m downloading the installer and trying tha tnow.
leland Said,
May 1, 2008 @ 6:52 pm
Nice update. Would love to get some hotkeys more than anything else though.
Paradise Said,
May 1, 2008 @ 6:52 pm
@Steve: What’s the url you’re using now to autologin to gmail? The one I use that takes me to the inbox is https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLoginAuth?continue=http://mail.google.com/gmail&service=mail&Email=myemail&Passwd=mypassword&null=Sign+in
Steve Said,
May 1, 2008 @ 6:54 pm
@All - if the auto-update fails for you and you are behind a proxy download the installer. If you are not behind a proxy, it logs in using the old version if the update failed. A restart will make it try again. Amazon S3, which hosts the updates, is sucking right now.
Jason Kuter Said,
May 1, 2008 @ 7:05 pm
You guys are awesome!! When I logged on it said it updated but the update didn’t apply til I restarted the app. No matter, you guys are still awesome. Keep up the good work!
Cailin Said,
May 1, 2008 @ 7:05 pm
I downloaded the new installer and it installs and then says it is downloading updates the first time I run it. Unfortunately it only updates to 14361. I tried clearing my cache, completely uninstalling, and then reinstalling. Still doesn’t work.
Excited about getting FB chat though!
Anna Said,
May 1, 2008 @ 7:08 pm
Steve: I am having trouble getting facebook chat to connect. Everything else connects fine including my facebook account. Any suggestions?
David Said,
May 1, 2008 @ 7:11 pm
@Steve: Not behind a proxy. Restart didn’t make it try again. Cleared the cache and that didn’t help. The installer worked for me though.
David Said,
May 1, 2008 @ 7:14 pm
“We will add the ability to sync your IM status with your Facebook status”
This will be optional right?
Arshad Y. Khan Said,
May 1, 2008 @ 7:19 pm
After update, version still showed “Build 14361″. However, after a quick restart of Digsby, the update was successful and now shows “Build 14688″.
Facebook Chat works quite well. Excellent job!
Steve Said,
May 1, 2008 @ 7:21 pm
@Cailin - give it some time… we have a few logs submitted of failed auto-updates and it is definitely Amazon S3. A couple restart should solve this.
Shashank Said,
May 1, 2008 @ 7:34 pm
It is SO UNFAIR. I have been using IM for the last 10 years and you guys come now?? I have used Trillian, Meebo, Pidgin, individual IM clients but I never found IMing to be SUCH a great experience.
No doubt you got all the awards at the About.com poll!
Qouting
“Digsby’s win was guided by a strong base of believers–not just users–as can be attested by the multiple comments this site and a number of other blogs have received regarding the client…….. If there is one thing other IMs could learn, its adopting Digsby’s love of efficiency–from the way their product operates down to the very work ethic their developers use to make this client such a success.”
I am one of the believer now… Kudos for such an amazing software!
||dELm|| Said,
May 1, 2008 @ 8:15 pm
Thrilled by the facebook chat, but updated never worked even after 4 restarts, so I had to use the installer.
I’m a developer so i appreciate your work on this thing, and i know that many good things comes for digsby. Its just a great concept brought to reality. Thanks.
If you ever need developers, sing me in.
Trent Said,
May 1, 2008 @ 8:16 pm
You guys win so hard. No joke.
Excellent, guys.
B Said,
May 1, 2008 @ 8:30 pm
Dear sweet baby Jesus, let there be multiple-formattable messages soon.
I LOVE THIS THING.
David Said,
May 1, 2008 @ 8:55 pm
Steve,
Thanks for this feature.
You are so fast.
Hope you will make money with digsby soon cause you deserve it. :p
Kev Said,
May 1, 2008 @ 8:58 pm
Just wanted to say I’ve been IMing for years and years as well and as a few others have said, used Pidgin for awhile, but was never really satisfied with it. I also was a big fan of Trillian but ever since I saw this program featured on Lifehacker I’ve been sold! The ONLY complaint I have so far is the memory usage but you guys are on it!
Awesome work - I mean that! Keep it up! You have a huge fan here!
kyleabaker Said,
May 1, 2008 @ 9:16 pm
Wow, so I guessed the surprise last week! What did I win.
I hope the optimizations are as impressive as the rate you all are adding services to this messenger and new features!
Thanks guys, but a surprise linux build (even packaged for Ubuntu) would be like the best build ever! When are you guys going to start the linux builds? “Soon” is wearing thin.
Why don’t you let some of use linux users beta test or alpha test the linux builds? I’d volunteer and keep quiet about it!
Paul Said,
May 1, 2008 @ 9:25 pm
When I start the digsby my screen flashes black then back to normal.
Also, have problems connecting, but I think thats just me!
ross Said,
May 1, 2008 @ 9:28 pm
ok, it’s great…great feature set, everything is nice. it’s just /incredibly/ slow on my laptop w/ 2 gigs of ram and a 2.4 ghz core 2 duo, and it takes up over 100 mb of ram–pidgin, running the same services (except facebook) takes up around 15 mb.
Amber S Said,
May 1, 2008 @ 9:36 pm
You guys are awesome! This works so great, I can’t wait to get to work tomorrow and see how it does with the proxy. Thanks for all the hard work!
Michael Said,
May 1, 2008 @ 9:46 pm
I just heard about Digsby today and downloaded it at work for the PC and loved it. I saw there was a link to download for Mac and it was the first thing I tried to do when I got home…
Only to find out there is no OSX version!
Any idea when it’ll be out? I’d love to switch to it over adium. I really think its the best IM client out there.
Steve Said,
May 1, 2008 @ 10:04 pm
@kyleabaker + Michael: The reason we are getting the bugs knocked out so quickly is because we are able to focus on the Windows build. If we released all three then we would have three half finished products and our resources would be split three ways. We want to concentrate on getting the Windows build solidified and getting the RAM usage way down. After that we will release the mac and linux builds. Some of our hours are already dedicated to getting them ready for release but we don’t want to sacrifice the speed at which we can respond to issues of current users in order to acquire new ones.
Once the bug reports on Windows begin to die down we will release for Mac + Linux. I hope the above explanation makes sense and you understand our priorities.
Manuel Said,
May 1, 2008 @ 10:10 pm
Great job, love the entire program and Facebook Chat put it over the top. Once RAM goes down and they adopt updated MSN protocols to fix a weird bug that occurs in all multi-IMs then I will have no more need for any other program but Digsby.
Anna Said,
May 1, 2008 @ 10:16 pm
Steve - I can’t seem to get fb chat to work. It keeps trying to authenticate but it will never connect. Can you help me? Everything else works fine including facebook.
Michael Said,
May 1, 2008 @ 10:35 pm
Thanks Steve. I understand and thanks for taking the time to write back and explain. Good luck with development. I wasn’t so much complaining as I was jealous that Windows users have this and I don’t
Steve Said,
May 1, 2008 @ 10:39 pm
@Anna - disable all your accounts and restart Digsby. After that enable just the FB Chat account (not facebook in the social network account list) and after it is stuck for a few minutes use Help > Send Bug Report to submit a diagnostic log.
Roshelle Said,
May 1, 2008 @ 11:20 pm
Is it just me, or has this build reverted back to crashing Winamp? I find that after a while Winamp goes crazy and crashes, while Digsby becomes unresponsive.
Kyle Said,
May 1, 2008 @ 11:33 pm
This is awesome! Thanks for releasing facebook chat so quickly. Just to let you know–for facebook chat only, in the header in my conversation window it says ‘chatting with’ and then my name instead of theirs. It isn’t exactly a big deal, I just thought I would let you know.
Other than that everything else seems to be working fine. Great work!!
Steve Said,
May 1, 2008 @ 11:43 pm
@kyle - good catch. We will fix that one in the morning so it can go out in the next build.
Kev Said,
May 2, 2008 @ 12:12 am
Steve,
Just did a bunch of chats with facebook friends over the last few hours - works great! I didn’t notice anything buggy or anything.
I have noticed something since I’ve used Digsby that you could put an option to turn on and off maybe? When you have your chat window open and are chatting with someone it seems to still put the notification bubble in whatever corner you have selected - any way to turn that off if the window is active and not minimized?
Does that make sense?
Robert Anderson Said,
May 2, 2008 @ 12:33 am
@Roshelle
You still use winamp? Wow. I haven’t used it much myself (I use Zune Pass, so I’m tied to it), but I hear foobar2000 (with the correct plugins) is quite nice, and much more stable.
johnchan Said,
May 2, 2008 @ 1:01 am
I’m having a problem after the update.
I get a popup window saying:
=========================
Digsby PreUpdater.exe - Unable To Locate DLL
The dynamic link library credui.dll could not be found in the specified path c:\docu…..application data\digsby; c:\winnt\system32;blahblahblah;c:\program files\digsby\lib
OK
=========================
I’m on Windows 2000 Pro.
It seems the updater has forgotten to download the new DLL into the c:\program files\digsby\lib?
You would imagine the important libraries that Digsby requires would be shipped with it?
johnchan Said,
May 2, 2008 @ 1:05 am
This is terrible… I download the DLL it was missing (the credui.dll file) from:
http://www.dlldump.com/download-dll-files_new.php/dllfiles/C/credui.dll/5.1.2600.2180/download.html
and now the popup says:
================================
Digsby PreUpdater.exe - Entry Point Not Found
The procedure entry point CredpConvertTargetInfo could not be located in the dynamic link library ADVAPI32.dll
================================
Now what… :-/
johnchan Said,
May 2, 2008 @ 1:33 am
Just so you guys know, I had to re-downoload the whole setup file from Digsby.com and re-install Digsby (I did not have to re-do the settings, they were the same, what I mean is I had to re-install it only).
After that, it is working again.
Hope that helps with debugging the auto-updater. Obviously the auto-updater misses some files… either they did not get updated and they were older incompatible versions that do not work with the new version Digsby, OR (more likely) the auto-updater forgot to download certain DLL files and other important files, but the full installer has those files included.
Hope that helps you guys with debugging the auto-updater.
johnchan Said,
May 2, 2008 @ 1:45 am
Just thought I’d also let you guys know… the “popup notifications” do not work on my system with 2 monitors. I’ve never been able to get the popups to go on monitor 1… or any monitor properly. I was hoping this update might fix that, but no go yet.
Anyway, its not a deal breaker. I hear the notifications, but would be nice to get a visual as well. I know it does work on a single monitor (laptop) XP and Vista though, so single monitor certainly works.
Joe Said,
May 2, 2008 @ 1:54 am
i love digsby… but it has not been cooperating the past 2 days… i log on and my aim contact list doesnt show up… but msn does… maybe an aim thing? and the facebook chat is not showing for me and ive restarted 5 times.. looking forward to the next build
.. i love digsby
Joe Said,
May 2, 2008 @ 2:21 am
NEVERMIND! everything is all good now… just waited a while longer and started it up again.. you gotta make sure it has the splash screen that says “Update Successful”.. almost forgot about that part… if you dont remember it doing that then its not complete… little bit of patience and it will work.. great job digsby
XGhozt Said,
May 2, 2008 @ 4:54 am
I’m still waiting for IRC before I switch from Pidgin..
Sven Said,
May 2, 2008 @ 7:40 am
Hi Steve,
with today’s update I found my Digsby back again in the infinite loop of starting and displaying the message “Digsby needs to restart” after 15 seconds. I downloaded the latest installation package from the Website and this solved the problem as restarting several times (as suggested above) did not.
Downloading more than 18 MB each time is really not what I want to do after each update to get the software working again (as you know I ran into the same problem the last 3-4 updates) as the update itself is much smaller.
Therefore I’d like to know if there is any way to
a) download the update files manually (e.g. with the browser, or let Digsby download the files but do no installation)
b) do a manual installation by copying the files to the right places by hand?
Can you give us a little help here?
Thanks,
Sven
Gil Said,
May 2, 2008 @ 8:13 am
Re: getting facebook chat working so quickly: amazing. I’m impressed.
Something that I assume you’re aware of: the Past Chat browser shows Facebook user’s IDs instead of their names. Not a big deal, honestly.
Mike Said,
May 2, 2008 @ 8:47 am
I can’t get it to update to r14688. I uninstalled, cleared the cache, registry, and all settings I could find, rebooted and did a proper download. The install file I got from the website is 18,356,264 bytes big. Running it installs Digby which goes into automatic update downloading another ~1.5mb but there is no Facebook option under Add IM Account. Even after multiple Digsby restart and reboots Help -> About Digsby reports the version to be r14361.
I am in South Africa and not behind a proxy server.
Anybody run into something similar?
Steve Said,
May 2, 2008 @ 9:28 am
@Mike - It sounds like you are on a campus or corporate environment that has the file which tells Digsby what the latest version is cached so it reverts back after you install the latest build. The cache should clear and Digsby will update. We also have a good ideas on how to avoid that and will put it in the next build.
@Gil - It is on the to-do list
@Sven - We fixed a few bugs in the updater that will prevent this from happening in German XP (I’m assuming that is what you are running). After the next update goes out email us at bugs@digsby.com and let us know if it went smoothly. A reinstall will fix the issue this time around.
@johnchan - We don’t officially support windows 2000 even though Digsby runs on it. The popups had to be turned off completely to prevent crashing and the auto-updater is not windows 2000 compatible but we will try to fix that.
@Kev - the option is in the “Notifications” part of preferences. By default, the popups only show when the conversation is out of focus so if you have multiple tabs open and get an IM from a tab that is not in focus it will fire the popup. You can turn them off, however,
Hugh Said,
May 2, 2008 @ 10:21 am
What about getting Myspace IM too?
Nat Said,
May 2, 2008 @ 10:50 am
There are good IM clients, there are the best IM clients, and then there is Digsby. You guys rock. You should make some standard “I use Digsby. You should too” 125×125 banners. I would gladly display them on my websites. The fixes are flawless and the changes are extraordinary. Be blessed in all that you do.
-One satisfied customer
samuel sutter Said,
May 2, 2008 @ 11:03 am
this is soo awesome… it was just researching this yesterday, and today it’s a feature - thanks guys!
Lewis Said,
May 2, 2008 @ 11:19 am
The facebook feature works, but the facebook CHAT feature doesn’t….
It keeps saying ‘connection failed’. And I’m providing the correct login details… and have authorised the digsby thingy on facebook, done all that. But ‘connection failed’.
What should I do?
Steve Said,
May 2, 2008 @ 11:36 am
@Lewis - email us at bugs@digsby.com and we will try to figure out what’s wrong. Make sure your firewall isn’t blocking the facebook.com servers.
Gil Said,
May 2, 2008 @ 12:31 pm
So I have to know: did you guys reverse-engineer the Facebook chat? Or is there actually an API?
Jacob Parker Said,
May 2, 2008 @ 12:35 pm
You should make it so you can view offline contacts.
Kev Said,
May 2, 2008 @ 12:42 pm
Steve,
Appreciate the response! Thank you! However, you might have a bug then - I had one window open, no tabs, was chatting with a friend and as he sent me messages each time it would pop the notification in the corner even though the window was right in front of me and not in the background or minimized.
In other words I was getting double messages even though the message window was open and the current window that I was typing in.
Does that make sense?
Steve Said,
May 2, 2008 @ 1:29 pm
@Kev - ye, that is strange. If it continues to happen email bugs@digsby.com
@Jakob - Agreed. Unfortunately, that data isn’t available via Facebook… it only provides a list of those online.
Jay Said,
May 2, 2008 @ 2:05 pm
I gotta say. I used to use Trillian and I don’t want to go back. I’ve enjoyed my experience with Digsby to the fullest. I have two questions, though.
Will AIM be getting Direct Connect support?
Sometimes I can’t send files to people (AIM) but I can with the standalone AIM. Is there a setting I need to change?
Steve Said,
May 2, 2008 @ 2:24 pm
@Jay - we will add DC support and we just haven’t gotten to the file transfer bugs yet. We will very soon though
Steven G Said,
May 2, 2008 @ 2:29 pm
Great release, please focus on cutting down on hdd activity when client is active also.
Nice Job with Facebook
v01 Said,
May 2, 2008 @ 5:37 pm
Great update.
Thanks for the awesome work.
diego Said,
May 2, 2008 @ 5:43 pm
hey there
i really appreciate your work and i really love digsby.
however i found something that annoyed me a little bit:
facebook contacts are shown in the standard “contacts” group in the main window and i cant move them to a custom group, either cant i add facebook contacts to a individual group. since i like to sort all my contacts i would love if you add that feature in a future update.
another thing i noticed: if i go to the desktop over the shortcut (windows key+D) the main digsby window wont fade in from the border of the screen anymore. until now i only could fix that with a restart of digsby, maybe there is another way?!
thanks for your great support and the nice facebook features.
greets from switzerland
Steve Said,
May 2, 2008 @ 5:58 pm
@diego - we are adding the ability to drag them to other groups in the next update. As for the win key + D issue email bugs@digsby.com and we will help you out.
Jay Said,
May 2, 2008 @ 6:08 pm
Just wanted to stop by and say that you guys are doing an amazing job!! This is one of the best desktop application that has come out in a very long time.
johnchan Said,
May 3, 2008 @ 1:00 am
@Steve:
Thanks for continuing to support Windows 2000 Pro. A lot of corporate environments still run the older Windows 2000 and did not go to consumer orientated XP or Vista (ugh).
Thing is, I run XP at home on my own computers, and Win2000 at the office (I can’t just upgrade, work is work). I would love to be able to continue using Digsby unified across 2000-Vista, as it’s a real bonus!!! And a boon for Digsby in both the home and pro environment!
Pill Said,
May 3, 2008 @ 1:17 pm
Hi.
I am finding myself emailing people from Digsby quite a bit and I think it will be nice if you guys could expand the features and functionality for email.
Attaching files, email anyone not in our buddy list, display images on the email preview if wanted, cc, bcc, etc
Thank you for Digsby!
Chris Said,
May 3, 2008 @ 4:23 pm
I love this IM! It’s like Facebook of the IM world, constantly adding new functionality. I am wondering if there are any plans to be able to auto-respond to a particular contact in the future. I notice that when you right-click on a contact you have the “Alert me when…” option, but it brings you to the notifications section of preferences for all users. I think it would be great if you could truly set those alerts that you currently have in that section on an individual basis - per contact. Anyway, thats my two cents worth…I love the application and will continue to use it either way. Great job!!
Sinestro Said,
May 3, 2008 @ 6:52 pm
Besides still waiting on the ability to selectively italicize/underline/bold words, it’d be nice to have a hyperlink button in IMs.
Charles Said,
May 3, 2008 @ 7:51 pm
While I am enjoy Digsby, I only use it every so often — and it seems like every time I open it, there’s a new update being pushed out to me without me requesting it. Perhaps I missed it, but is there a way to turn this auto-update auto-download feature off?
Personally I’m not a big fan of things happening on my computer without my permission. Perhaps in a future build you could have an option to turn off auto-updates (if it isn’t already built in)?
Having a program automatically check for updates and alerting me to their presence doesn’t really bother me (although I would much rather check for updates myself), but downloading them without me authorizing it doesn’t make me particularly happy. Seems like a big security breach if you ask me…
Other than that I am really enjoying the program.
bubazoo Said,
May 3, 2008 @ 8:20 pm
I can’t believe hardly anybody said Pownce in that survey!
Pownce is BETTER then Twitter guys, give me a break! hehe
I am glad facebook IM made its way into digsby, I use nothing but facebook anymoore, and pownce
Woody56292 Said,
May 3, 2008 @ 10:17 pm
I got the update, and everything was working fine, but once I restarted my computer, digsby no longer signs in. it gets stuck on “loading skin”. Any idea how to fix this? I have tried rebooting, reinstalled multiple times, even tried deleting all the other skin files.
getreignedon Said,
May 4, 2008 @ 2:18 am
It doesnt tell me when i have a new email And it still wont work for hotmail =/
Shan A Said,
May 4, 2008 @ 6:46 am
I must say I’m very impressed by this program. I’ve tried just about every IM there was out there, was stuck on pidgin for a while but looks like I’m a Digsby convert now.
Shai Manor Said,
May 4, 2008 @ 8:51 am
Steve, when I return from standby, digsby, which is docked on the right hand side of the screen appears and disappears continuously when i put my mouse on the contact list. I then have to close digsby and restart it in order for it to dock properly.
Kyanges Said,
May 4, 2008 @ 4:59 pm
I agree with what “Charles” mentioned. There really should be an option to opt out of automatic updates.
Matthew Said,
May 4, 2008 @ 5:25 pm
Wow, just wow.
Digsby is simply the best IM I have ever used. Hands down. I bow to digsby.
Steve Said,
May 5, 2008 @ 9:27 am
@Kyanges + Charles: We will likely make it optional after we leave beta but for now it really helps us get bugs solved more quickly and prevents reporting of bugs that were already fixed.
@Shai Manor: This should be fixed with the next update. We were in the middle of fixing all the docking-related bugs with the last release.
@Woody56292: Email bugs@digsby.com and we will figure out what went wrong.
Jason law Said,
May 5, 2008 @ 10:09 am
after this update i’m seeing that twitter updates are not showing up
Steve Said,
May 5, 2008 @ 11:20 am
@Jason law: Make sure you don’t have more than one twitter client running or you will hit rate limits in both. If that is not the issue then it is most likely server-related issues on their end that will clear themselves up.
Audrey Said,
May 5, 2008 @ 6:43 pm
So my facebook has said “connecting…” for a couple of days now…
Mike Said,
May 5, 2008 @ 6:56 pm
@Audrey
If you haven’t submitted a bug report yet (via Help -> Submit Bug Report), please do so. We’ll get it figured out =)
Will Said,
May 6, 2008 @ 9:22 am
Is it just me or is this latest build REALLY bad on resources? Freezing, slowing down Windows, all kinds of things…
I had to uninstall it and revert back to Pidgin…sorry, guys :(.
I’ll reinstall once you get the memory issues fixed as I really hate Pidgin.
Roshelle Said,
May 6, 2008 @ 10:01 am
@ Robert, sorry that I got back so late. Thank you very much for the suggestion. I’ll check out Foobar.
ospring87 Said,
May 6, 2008 @ 3:32 pm
Could we PLEASE have AIM chatrooms?
Steve Said,
May 6, 2008 @ 9:09 pm
@osprint87: Yes - we will add group chat in the near future.
Mike Said,
May 7, 2008 @ 4:05 am
@Steve
Are you 100% sure it’s r14688 that’s available on the download site? I connect to the Internet via 3G, no proxy anywhere that I am aware of. I had a friend in London download it and the filesize was identical to mine.
Is there anyway other way I could get a copy of r14688 - Rapidshare / e-mail / mirror? Or can you at least let me know what the size of the r14688 installer is?
Thanks,
Mike
Mike Said,
May 7, 2008 @ 5:05 am
@Steve
I got it working!
Thank you so much for such an awesome product
Pill Said,
May 7, 2008 @ 1:22 pm
When I delete messages from Digsby, they still appear on my inbox in Gmail.. is that normal?
And yes, to have IRC would be great.
Steve Said,
May 7, 2008 @ 1:52 pm
@Pill: Not at all. Click “Inbox” in Gmail to refresh it. The message should be gone.
Pill Said,
May 7, 2008 @ 2:11 pm
My bad, you are right. Thank you for the clarification:)
Brad Ball Said,
May 7, 2008 @ 2:32 pm
Amen to that … Digsby is clearly the best ever. Too bad I can’t use it cause it doesn’t support group chats for yahoo or msn.
Please oh please oh please add this soon!
Steve Said,
May 7, 2008 @ 4:36 pm
@Brad Ball - in the pipeline
Umer Khan Said,
May 7, 2008 @ 8:36 pm
Wow. The Yahoo mail buttons are SO much faster now. Thank you!
Showman29 Said,
May 8, 2008 @ 4:34 am
Hallow
I just sow a clip no cnet.com ebout the program and looks greate but if cud someone adapt to Polish most popular Mi Gadu-Gadu it will by sweet good luck to you all admire your work.
Davide Said,
May 8, 2008 @ 5:21 pm
when is the new update coming?
Gygaxis Said,
May 9, 2008 @ 2:48 am
Tried to send this in with Suggest a Feature in client but it didn’t do anything when I selected the option. Anyway, I couldn’t find a place in the settings to set this, but it would be really nice, especially for twitter, if the time a popup notification remained could be adjusted, I find myself just missing the last 5-10 words of posts constantly with current duration, and I imagine there are speed reading people that wish it would just bugger off since they’re done with it already.
ed Said,
May 9, 2008 @ 6:53 am
http://blog.digsby.com/?feed=rss2 doesn’t work! produces no rss-feed
tariq Said,
May 9, 2008 @ 9:45 am
my issues list
1. i cannot see full URLs in buddy info, nor can i click on them
2. msn file transfer doesnt work (at least i cannot receive files)
3. 62 MB of ram without being signed on.
Steve Said,
May 9, 2008 @ 9:46 am
@Gygaxis - if you mouse over it that will stop it from going away
@ed - Seems to work fine. Anyone else have this issue?
Brad Ball Said,
May 9, 2008 @ 11:07 am
RSS seems to be working fine for me. No need to spend any more time on this … back to adding multi person conferences in Yahoo and MSN (and Aim) …
Brad Ball Said,
May 9, 2008 @ 11:11 am
Actually I take that back … the blog feed works fine in a browser. I get an “unknown error” though when I try to pull it up in my RSS reader application.
mark Said,
May 9, 2008 @ 9:50 pm
hey steve,
will there be a version where you can log on to networks without using the digsby server? i don’t want to register here, but i would like to use digsby. i know it’s save and everything… but will it be possible one day for users like me to use digsby?
Munim Said,
May 10, 2008 @ 3:39 am
Just started using Digsby.. love at first sight.
this app is totally amazing!
Jonathan Said,
May 11, 2008 @ 2:57 am
you guys rock. you should allow us to add rss feeds to it. or consider making a digsby browser
Goff256 Said,
May 12, 2008 @ 1:07 am
I don’t think they’ll make a browser, and I really don’t think they should. We have enough choices out there (and we only need one GOOD browser anyway). Anyway, just wanted to say it’s an awesome app. ^_^ Sure, it uses 63MB of ram, but I use a browser that can spike to over 300MB, so I’m used to having things take a portion of it.
sshdgihd Said,
May 13, 2008 @ 10:18 am
Please repair you RSS-Feed!
http://blog.digsby.com/?feed=rss2
Thunderbird says it’s not valid… if opening this url with FireFox not RSS appear but only this site here .-(
djnutz Said,
May 13, 2008 @ 1:22 pm
Can’t FLIPPIN wait until they get some proxy support so I can use this full time @ work. Until then I’m stuck with Pidgin…rawr.
Good job though on the development though. Keep it up!!! And if you guys want, give me an ETA on the proxy lol so I can make it a corporate holiday from here on out.
Timothy Wiggin Said,
May 13, 2008 @ 9:10 pm
hey, I’m loving this program! I run everything, myspace, facebook, aim, google, yahoo, msn, the only thing i can ask for is MyspaceIM, is there any hope for this soon? I don’t like running myspace im next to digsby, but some people just don’t want to switch to aim or something! Awesome program though, I love it!
herisson Said,
May 14, 2008 @ 4:38 am
linux+1
Agodi Okechukwu Said,
May 14, 2008 @ 6:10 am
It just wonderful…beautiful…i love it
Senyorcito Ninja Said,
May 20, 2008 @ 3:50 pm
Im having a problem with the Facebook chat.
I click connect and it tries to connect for 5 seconds and then it says “connection failed”. I checked the Firewall and it’s not that.
In the others IM’s, Digsby rules.
yassin Hassen Said,
June 15, 2008 @ 2:26 am
i have agreat interest in face book
yassin Hassen Said,
June 15, 2008 @ 2:27 am
good