Progress Report
After getting everyone used to a rapid cycle with new builds every 2-7 days since our beta launch, it has been 6 weeks since we pushed the last update. WTF? Such a slow development cycle is unlike us so we wanted to give you a quick update on what’s going on. I’m sure you are all eager for the new build, as we are! The upcoming release is taking longer to wrap up because it is a pretty major release. Since our public beta launch on March 20th, the #1 complaint we have heard about Digsby is that it uses too much RAM. Our explanation has always been that we released the beta without optimizing and that we would take some time to do it once the major bugs were fixed.
When the last build was pushed we decided that it was time to buckle down and get to work on the optimizations we’ve been promising! The goal was to significantly lowering RAM usage and also to improve the responsiveness of the GUI. Many people have reported that Digsby is taking 70MB - 110MB during normal use. If you leave Digsby running for several days without restarting, the memory leaks caused RAM usage to climb to 150MB+ on some systems. That is completely unacceptable by our standards!
This has been a massive undertaking and we finally have the new version built. We are testing it internally. Because this was such a major change in architecture we introduced some new bugs. We are pushing as fast as we can to fix these so we can get it out to you guys. We don’t have an exact ETA since there is a lot of uncertainty in guessing how long it will take to fix a particular bug and we are still finding new ones. However, rest assured that we are working as hard as we can to finish as quickly as possible!
RAM and performance are not the only things we have been working on. This build also introduces a ton of bug fixes and enhancements. If you have been experiencing a bug, chances are that the upcoming build will fix it. We closed over 100 tickets in our project management system since the last build! As always, we will list all the changes in the Change Log when the update goes live. For those of you who are new to Digsby, it will update the next time you launch it after an update goes live. You don’t need to download or run anything.
On another note, we added a Getting Started guide and a section for FAQ and Common Issues to the documentation wiki to help new users get started. We want to thank you for all your support so far. We will keep pushing to make Digsby even better and greatly appreciate all your feedback and words of encouragement!
Sean Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 3:17 pm
First post.
Malachi Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 3:19 pm
Hey, thanks for the progress report! It’s really nice to know what you guys are up to when such large improvements are being made, and I appreciate it. Keep up the good work; I’ll be eagerly awaiting the next update.
By the way, does this address the startup time as well? On my computer, it takes quite a while for the starting app to come up when starting my computer. However, it’s quite a slow computer (only 256mb of RAM), so that may just be the problem for me.
Chris Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 3:20 pm
I was just complaining about RAM usage the other day and went back to Pidgin and the facebook plugin.
I’ll definitely give Digsby another shot when the update comes out!
Steve Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 3:33 pm
@Malachi - Yes, it does. When Digsby is starting up it loads a few things that aren’t needed for the login screen. We changed the order of events so that the login screen shows and then it loads other things in the background.
Tulha Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 3:35 pm
Great news! I’m very excited for this release. I was actually just hearing some complaints from a friend I recommended Digsby to. I have a lot of ram, so it isn’t much of a problem!
CG Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 3:43 pm
I love these updates. I love how you’re using the status message on startup to raise awareness about these updates (and the twitter sitchmo a little while back). Thanks for building in these user-focused features and using them.
CG
http://greacen.com
http://twitter.com/greacen
Azzy Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 3:47 pm
..Great. Another month. I’ll wait through it.
Idris Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 3:47 pm
Hey all,
I’m new, and am loving Digsby. I think you have done a great job so far. The only problem I have is that sometimes Digsby gets slow (like when opening a new tab, it stalls for a second), and sometimes even crashes completely. Other than that, keep up the good work!
Also.. you guys should release an iPhone app! AIM did their app pretty well, so something like that with the multi-accounts of Digsby would be awesome
-Idris
Jon Prall Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 3:48 pm
Re-architecting can be a lot of work, thanks for working that angle. It does use a fair amount of RAM but definitely something I can (and do) live with.
What I would really like to see is group chat support. Is that something that is possible? Something that is on the roadmap? Something that is in the next release?
Also, The ability to kill skype with voice support that doesn’t have a terrible echo problem would be fantastic.
Killer product though. Huge hit at the office.
thanks
jp
Justin Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 3:48 pm
Awesome news. I love, no LOVE, your product and recommend it to everyone I can. I can’t wait for the new update. Looking forward to seeing what you have done.
X Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 3:52 pm
Good stuff guys I have been using Digsby since its early closed stages, the ram usage was a small problem but it was a small price to pay. Keep up the good work guys. Hope you add IRC to Digsby soon.
Jon Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 3:54 pm
Regarding the start-up time comment: Not all of that is likely to be Digsby. I’ve recently switched from Trillan Pro and can say that it did the same thing during start-up on my machine. If, however, you disable auto-start and start either Trillian or Digsby after you have been in your login session for a minute or so, they start fairly quickly. So, I would suspect that there is still system start-up processing holding the IM clients back a bit during initial client start-up (especially after a reboot). A stripped-down Miranda might start up more quickly, but I’ve never been able to get used to the some-assembly-required nature of that client.
GJ Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 3:55 pm
Hey guys great work. I’ve been using digsby for a long time now. Probably I’m one of the earliest digsby users. So it’s really great to hear such a good news. Keep up the good work. Best of luck.
DM Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 4:01 pm
Thanks for the update, an also its a great change to have Digsby , I was happy to get away from trillian. I cant wait to see all the new features an it will be nice to use less ram , I have a desktop which dont have much as it is ,but its no problem on the new laptop.
najah najah Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 4:02 pm
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Aithne Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 4:08 pm
Whoohooo! Thanks for the progress report you guys! You seriously rock!
Steve Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 4:11 pm
@X - We will add IRC in the future
@Jon Prall - Skype and group chat are on the todo list too
@Azzy - It won’t take that long
Anupam Shriwatri Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 4:12 pm
I loved Digsby. The look is cute and great. And its has nice features too. Tried it recently and just loved it. Would be waiting eagerly for the new major release. Wish u guys all the best.
Dan Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 4:13 pm
Yay! I love your program guys, and it seems like the next update will fix the few things I’ve disliked about the program. (RAM and GUI responsiveness, but these two problems aren’t a deal breaker for me when this program is so good!)
Thanks a bunch!
-Dan
Kevin Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 4:22 pm
How about Myspace IM? It seems you have everything set up for it, just not the IM service itself.
waleed Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 4:24 pm
i have nothing to say it only this is wonderful program
Waleed
Steve Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 4:25 pm
@Kevin - Yes. We wanted to fix the existing bugs before we started adding new services. As the bug reports are dying down we are now focusing on adding features and getting the Mac/Linux versions ready.
Bob Albert Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 4:28 pm
When using Yahoo IM I can transfer files in batches. Can’t do it under Digsby. What’s going on?
Keith Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 4:28 pm
Hey, First i just wanted to let you guys know i absolutely love digsby. Best IM program in a long time in my honest opinion. The only one that can compare is pidgin, and you guys are well on your way to completely kicking pidgins butt (Your already better an so many aspects than most IM programs, including pidgin)
My main reason for writing this comment aside from saying I love you guys and all the hard work your doing for us, is to ask…Will you add support for MyspaceIM anytime in the future?
Thanks!
-Keith
tvjames Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 4:31 pm
How about a screenshot or the short-name of the 100 tickets closed? Something to get us all really exited.
I am happily using Digsby on four computers ranging from a 1.0 MHz Windows NT machine with 256MB ram to an 1.66 Mhz XP Pro with 2 GB ram, all flawlessly.
So whatever improvements you add will surely be cake for me.
Jonah Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 4:31 pm
I’m pfretty excited at the updating of the GUI, because one of the things I have found myself frustrated with in the past is the Interface.
One thing I think needs to be addressed is making it easier to IM contacts… especially offline contacts. People with many many contacts don’t want to sort throught their offline contacts to figure out who they are trying to IM.
I myself have a friend who I know is invisible at all times. When I was using YIM, I was able to type his name into a search bar, which would then provide a drop down menu of all possible contacts I might be talking about, and I could select from this list.
In Digsby, if I need to IM him, I have to type his complete SN after selecting Ctrl+N or File>New.
D Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 4:35 pm
Good news. I figured no news was good news. Bug fixes are welcome. And less Ram is great.
Yawg Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 4:41 pm
Great! I’ve only been using Digsby since today and I’m already loving it. It’s great to have so much features into one coherent program.
And yes I also noticed the big usage of ram (right now it’s at 64Megs) but I’m having 3GB of ram in my system, so it’s not that bad, but still the performance could be better; especially the responsiveness of the GUI. But other than that I’m really liking everything so far and I’m taking some closer looks into editing the skin, because I like my IM to be as clean as possible. I’m a former Miranda user with a very very very basic graphical setup.
Keep it up!
Manuel Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 4:43 pm
I’ve been having problems with msn , I get the messege than the network is too busy, then I get out of digsby and I enter with msn messenger.
Other problem I have is with Gtalk, I have three acount in gmail and I check my emails with Digsby, but for Gtalk I have just an account and when I connect to Gtalk I do not see my contacts, I see no one.
Bye.
Steve Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 4:44 pm
@Jonah - Just start typing a contacts name. It will find them. Right now it only searches in collapsed groups but we will add that functionality. I think we also need to make it more obvious that search is there. We don’t want to clutter the GUI with a search box you only use some of the time though.
@Keith - We will add MySpaceIM.
@Bob - We have not implemented batch file transfers yet
Steve Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 4:46 pm
@Manuel - This happens if you log in as Invisible. Gtalk doesn’t have an invisible state so we tried to hack one in by setting you to offline after login. The side effect is that their servers don’t send buddy list updates. This is fixed in the next update and Gtalk will just ignore the Invisible state.
Josh Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 4:49 pm
Thanks for the Report!
I have temporarily stopped using Digsy because of it was because of this particular issue. I will definitely go back to it once you guys have the new build released!
Robin Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 4:49 pm
I’ve used Miranda for over 4 years, and when a friend of mine told me about Digsby and I was reinstalling my laptop anyway, I tried it out.
The result? I’m going to migrate my other system from Miranda to Digsby soon.
Take your time, boys. As long as it doesn’t get slower and/or worse, I’m a fan.
Deacon John Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 4:49 pm
Thanks, we love Digsby, especially that it alerts me to new e-mails. I’m using it on my Laptop too!
Violet Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 4:54 pm
Crossing my fingers that MSN is finally usable. That’s the only think keeping me from deleting Pidgin!
Curt Tweedle Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 4:55 pm
Hi,
I just want to say thank you for the progress report. I applaud the fact that you guys own up to the problems and don’t try to say that it isn’t your product that is the problem which I see so many other companies do. You take ownership of the problem and address it directly. Very rare. You have raised the bar.
Also, I have to say that Digsby rocks.
It will be interesting to see where Digsby evolves into.
TecnoFury Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 4:57 pm
Hola! me parece genial el reporte que han hecho, y espero que puedan integrar IRC tambien a digsby seria muy util para los que chateamos ahi.
una pregunta, que paso con la visualización del correo relacionado con hotmail , solo puedo ver mi correo desde digsby de yahoo y de gmail. pero hotmail?? esta con problemas?
Amar Panjwani Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 5:07 pm
I think my main problem with Digsby is that it takes so long to startup after clicking on it. Sometimes I’ll click on it and have no idea whether it’s starting or not. For RAM it takes about 50-60 mb, which isnt too unreasonable. I’m excited to see what the update will bring, because I still think Digsby is my favorite IM client.
gabriel Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 5:11 pm
i was just wondering if the update will fix the issue where when digsby is running, explorer.exe uses 10-20% of processor all the time.
Dan Hubel Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 5:16 pm
@steve on chat find, would a more Mozilla like approach be better? have the auto find but if a user hits ctrl+f have a little box slide up with a search bar, maybe even take it a step further since you only have a limited amount of results have it auto fill in with contacts as you type?
Chris Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 5:16 pm
this is awesome guys! I cannot wait. I’ve only been using it for 2 and a half weeks now - and, have had only 1 problem..and, that wasn’t even on Digsby’s end! I’ve actually had NO problem with the RAM usage, even when i leave the computer up for 2 weeks and then do a restart (I hardly ever do a cold OR warm boot unless i need to) Digsby has always been the one program that uses less memory than any of my other programs.
The ONLY thing i can “complain” about is the invisible feature. Doesn’t seem to work the way i want it to - sometimes ya are, sometimes ya aren’t. And, if ya do end up going invisible, ya can’t send messages over MSN (Couldn’t tell ya about yahoo, aim, etc…cause, i barely use those lol) But, it would be nice to appear offline automatically when ya sign in, AND be able to send messages to other users like ya can with Live Messenger.
Other than that Guys, Keep up the GREAT work! And, hey….if ya want, put me on the beta list! LOL
young wing Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 5:20 pm
Glad to hear its being worked on. I have turned 3 people onto Digsby in the past month or so.
Look forward to the new release!
Will there be a Linux version?
young wing Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 5:21 pm
oh there is!! ahaaa nevermind. ^^
spoonfed Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 5:24 pm
Ditto… As a career IT guy I find the regular startup message updates a breath of fresh air. Keep up the awesome work!
robot Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 5:24 pm
Great job guys. Digsby works great despite the mem leaks. Even still, digsby surpasses every chat client on the market today…by light years.
Steve Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 5:27 pm
@Violet - If you have problems after the update submit a bug report from the Help menu and we will take a look.
@Amar - Check the above comments. Startup time will improve but if you have it start with Windows it also depends on the order of things the operating system chooses.
@gabriel - If explorer is using CPU I don’t really know how we can fix that. Explorer is the desktop you see on windows and its performance is out of our hands.
@Dan - That sounds good. And maybe a menu item too so people can learn the Ctrl + F shortcut!
@Chris - If you are having trouble going invisible email bugs@digsby.com with steps to reproduce. As for messaging while invisible, it’s not working yet but it is close to the top of the todo list.
Stefan Constantinescu Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 5:31 pm
Installed Digsby 3 days ago after being a long time Pidgin user, love it! What I would like to see in future releases is notifications of certain users signing on. I would like to be notified if my girlfriend signs on, or my mom, etc. and be able to set that per screen name instead of on for everyone or off.
Steve Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 5:32 pm
@Stefan - that is certainly on the todo list.
EerFoolWVU Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 5:34 pm
Anybody else seen the Digsby ads on trashcans in NYC? I’m headed back there Sunday, I’ll try to remember to take some pics.
Since digsby is advertising in NYC (albeit on trashcans) does this mean in the future the client will either be ad-supported or fee-based?
I like the guy who had to point out how early on he started using this client, I guess that makes him cool or somethin’.
I started using this when lifehacker had it on their site with the invite code, haven’t gone back to anything else since. How many others this because of LifeHacker?
alex n Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 5:37 pm
good luck
dravekx Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 5:44 pm
I dunno. I have a monster machine and digsby doesnt use jack for ram on my laptop. It runs smooth as silk… I just wish there was a MyspaceIM plugin and not just FACEBOOK.
Trillian had myspace, but no facebook. “someday the force will be one and complete… on that day, i will be digsby or trillian” Who will win? 
Mike Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 5:44 pm
You guys rule!
dravekx Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 5:50 pm
DOUBLE POST: Oh yeah! And Im a DIE HARD TRILLIAN ASTRA BETA-TEST FAN who is currently enjoying the luxury of Digsby. WTG Guys.. Just do me a favor and dont screw the little guys on support.
Sarah Lambert Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 5:50 pm
I love Digsby, but I agree about hoping for interface tweaks.
I notice that when I change font type (to bold, italic, and so forth), I can only do an entire line, not a single word.
There also seems to be no easy way to export logs, and copying and pasting from a log window usually leaves lots of white space and markup.
I think the one that gets me the most, though, is that I haven’t been able to find a way to turn off graphical emoticons. That’s a big one for me, since I just don’t like them.
I very much want to promote the client to everybody I know, as the “Adium for Windows”, but it’s hard to explain to them why they can’t do things that (in my opinion) should have been included first.
Steve Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 5:53 pm
@dravekx - We try to stand out from the crowd with unmatched support. Emails and bug reports all get a personal reply… usually within a day.
@EerFoolWVU - There are pictures on the Facebook fan group. You should all join
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=7665694302&ref=ts
Stefan Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 5:53 pm
Guys, you’re the best!
Just add more smileys, this are beautiful, but there are only 25 of them.
I was surprised when you replied to report for bug, just don’t stop it when you get more famous.
Steve Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 5:56 pm
@Sarah - Every one of those is actually on our todo list
Jared Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 5:59 pm
Hey Steve,
Wasn’t sure if this bug was reported, but just wanted to let you know that frequently when highlighting names, if u minimize Digsby, the buddy info (about the highlighted friend) box will stay-up sometimes, on top of all the windows, even when the buddy list is minimized!
Keep up the good work though
An awesome project.
MikeyK Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 6:01 pm
I love Digsby. It’s awesome and it has a very nice interface. So far I have not had substantial problems like other have had, like crashing completely, but I’m sure there are bugs that exist(I haven’t come in contact with any). Can’t wait for the update and keep up the good work!
Xander Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 6:02 pm
That’s awesome!
I really am pleased that you guys care enough to give detailed updates about development progress. I really like Digsby, overall, and am very excited about the optimization. It wouldn’t be possible to add Steam chat into it, would it? I know that’s a little silly, and perhaps quite unnecessary, but having Steam and Digsby open does use a bunch of resources, though I guess the new update should deal with that sufficiently.
Thanks!
Sarah Lambert Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 6:04 pm
@Steve - Cool, thanks for the reply. Sorry to complain so much, I say all that but the truth of the matter is that I haven’t used anything other than Digsby in a while now.
Rubens Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 6:15 pm
I’ve only been using Digsby for a week or so now and I think it is absolutely fantastic. When you consider how far you’ve come in such a short time (as I’ve been reading in a lot of articles), I can only imagine how much better it will be in a few more months, weeks, and years!
Love the way you deploy software and alert users of changes. Keep up the good work!
Rubens
P.S. Are there any plans to allow us to sign in initially as invisible? Sometimes I like to see who is online instead of signing in and having to change my status.
Iain Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 6:23 pm
I’m sticking with Digsby because of the major UI benefits over other messaging apps - growl notifications that allow you to quickly respond are great, as is the ability to dock the buddy list to the side of the screen and show it by moving the pointer over there.
However, I’m not sure it’s going to last - I still find Digsby unreliable in the utmost basic function of sending messages, to MSN users. Sometimes they get them. Sometimes they don’t. I hope you iron out these bugs as well as doing your rearchitecting.
Good luck.
Thiago Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 6:26 pm
Take your time, don’t need to hurry up! Digsby is already a great thing. Just keep with this great work you’re doing.
Thanks from a satisfied user.
Tanya Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 6:27 pm
I love Digsby! I’m only hoping that we get batch file transferrs and better file transferrs. A lot of the time when I’m trying to send files over 50 MB to friends they crap out for some unknown reason. Both my friend and I use Digsby too, so i’m not sure what the problem is.
I’m another person who can testify to the long wait for startup. It would be really nice if that gets fixed in the next version.
In short: Keep up the great work and I look forward to all the updates!
Jake Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 6:29 pm
I tried using digsby when I accidentally browsing the internet for new gizmos. Yeah aside from large ram usage, its great and I have been using it ever since.
I know it will get better that why I did not removed it even though I only have a small ram on my pc.
Waiting for the next release! Good work and thanks for sharing!!!
Chris Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 6:33 pm
I think Digsby is great, and am looking forward to the new version that uses less memory.
One thing that I would love to see in a future version may sound silly, but would be a major convenience feature (for me at least). Often, I get careless and move the mouse pointer a little bit too far to the right when heading for the upper-right corner to grab the vertical scrollbar slider of a maximized window, or to click its Close or Restore title bar buttons. When this happens, Digsby dutifully notices that the mouse is at the right side of the screen (regardless of the fact that it’s still moving rapidly upward), and slides the Digsby window out to the left, thus covering the area that I was attempting to access. It would be great if there were an option under auto-hide that avoids unhiding the Digsby window until the mouse has “quieted down” and not moved significantly for a reasonable amount of time (and remains at the right side of the screen after it stops moving of course). I believe something in the range of 0.25 to 0.50 seconds would probably be ideal.
I understand that this isn’t a high-priority enhancement request, but please take it under consideration at least. Thanks.
DavidTan Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 6:37 pm
No problem with RAM here though.
Is Skype integration in the list?
http://twitter.com/davidtanth
Leon Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 6:38 pm
Excellent program guys! Just commenting to say I love Digsby. I was sceptical as I was a big Trillian Astra user, but Digsby’s email and social networking capabilities totally won me over. Plus you guys seem to be serious about improving your program for your users. Reminds me of how Ceruelean Studios was like back in the day. Anyway, about the RAM issue. I have 1GB of RAM, so it isn’t too much of an issue, except when I’m running demanding programs like Photoshop. Looking forward to loving Digsby even more!
Lance Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 6:38 pm
awesome steve good job with the update! You are 100% right, your support is uncanny compared to other IM services. Trust me on that one.
Operator Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 6:47 pm
Thanks a lot for the Status Report. I am really looking forward to the new release! Thank you all for your hard work, Digsby is great and I enjoy it everyday!
Doug Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 6:49 pm
Good to hear, I’m getting about a 10 second start-up, and then it loads the skin and connects, and I have 2 gbs of ram.
Aaron Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 7:00 pm
For some reason, changing the font or the font style is really slow. Sometimes I do it accidentally and i think my system has frozen up, and then i see I just changed the font to times.
Fabian Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 7:00 pm
This is great news! I was a little concerned about the lack of updates recently but I’m glad to hear the progress that’s been made so far.
Can’t wait for the next release!
Jason Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 7:00 pm
Will there ever be a portable version of digsby?
(something that can be run from a usb drive from any computer that stores all log files to the local usb drive?)
Damage.Inc Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 7:09 pm
I totally love Digsby despite its bugs its still the best alternative for me and i tried many before, cant wait for the upcoming huge patch! Thanks for everything guys!
Steve Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 7:12 pm
@Jason - There will be a portable version. That’s close to the top of the to-do list.
@Aaron - We do need to optimize that dropdown. It takes it really long if you have a lot of fonts.
@Tanya - Sending you an email to get some more info.
@Chris - We built a small delay into the return from auto-hide for that reason. We’ll look into whether it should be a little longer or if we should change the algorithm. I like the idea of not just checking how long the mouse has been on the border but checking how long it has been on the border without movement (or with little movement).
Phil Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 7:16 pm
Oh digsby, I’d wait forever for you
Keep up the great work, all.
Charles Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 7:17 pm
Sounds great
I can only use Digsby on one computer as it is painfully slow on the other with less ram 
Thanks for the report! And best of luck with the ongoing development
Steve Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 7:19 pm
@Rubens - If you set the invisible status before logging in to your IM accounts it logs on as invisible. Unfortunately this doesn’t really work if you have your accounts set to auto-login but we will make this easier in the future.
@Iain - emailing you for more info about the bug
@Jared - We have had a few reports of this but no idea how to reproduce it. If you can get it to happen reliably that would really help us in fixing it.
dkasper Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 7:27 pm
First off, keep up the great work guys, Digsby is the best!
Two questions:
1. How are the Linux and Mac versions coming?
2. How big of an improvement in RAM usage are we going to see in the next update? (Surprised no one has asked that one yet)
ZeeZ Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 7:29 pm
you’re amazing buddies
RT Wolf Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 7:37 pm
I hope this is a place I can put this:
During the installation when it asks you whether you want to create a new account or are an existing user, I was confused the first time, becuase I didn’t realize that I need a special digsby account to access (I thought it was asking me if I had an existing MSN, etc account). Perhaps a short explanation added there?
Really do appreciate the great work you’ve all put in. Truly a triumph of intuitive design versus strictly rational design.
Good work! I’m definitely a convert.
Steve Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 7:42 pm
@dkasper - Just started on the mac build. Linux will come after that. The improvement depends on what it was running at before… it’s different on every operating system and on every computer.
@RT Wolf - That’s a great point. Added a ticket right now. It should probably explain why you need a Digsby account (preferences synchronization, single login, etc).
Alex Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 7:49 pm
Digsby rocks!!
Now iv said the important part, it would be nice to see alot more designs in gigsby need more themes for the main contact list. Id be happy to chuck designs your way i worked on Camfrog Video Chat for a year! Transparency would be nice too. Overall i have had no problems the odd NOT RESPONDING moment but thats it. Look forward to the leak fix im lucky i have my Quad Core my partner not so lucky lol so look forward to that!
I wait excited for the next version!
ziying Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 7:54 pm
this digsby is cool….
but how 2 put my picture?
i mean on digsby…..
MichaelK Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 7:55 pm
So, how about Plurk support in addition to Twitter?
Steve Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 7:55 pm
@ziying - Preferences > General & Profile
MichaelK Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 8:09 pm
And speaking of user icons, I’d like to be able to have different icons for my different accounts like in Pidgin.
Alex Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 8:10 pm
o and before i forget transfers of files is deadly slow, needs work
NicK Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 8:29 pm
Hey guys..great app!
Hopefully the contacts display bug will be fixed in the new release
I have trouble scrolling down on my msn account i have 50+ contacts online most of the time and the text with their msn names dissapears whenever i scroll down then reappears again after i move the mouse over the text..not sure if that’s a bug only on Vista but i hope it gets fixed soon!
brwyatt Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 8:30 pm
I was wondering if you guys were going to add your own messaging service to the list. I see that the widget seems to go through your digsby account, but what about from one digsby user to another? Is that something you guys have planned? Not that it is an issue (after all, you guys support most (if not all) chat services, and I’m sure that digsby users can find SOME way to communicate to each other), but just something I wonder out of curriosity)
bqm Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 8:36 pm
RAM issues under 150MB was a serious issue? Really? I bought 8GB of RAM for under $100… Why spend all of that time and money on something so trivial?
Bochulain Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 8:44 pm
Hey, I’ve been using it since open beta, when I’d stumbled on it by mistake. Since then, never looked back. It’s great even as just an e-mail client, which is oddly enough what I use it for most. As an IM client, it’s still more professional and user friendly than AIM or other clients I’ve tried. Even on my slow laptop, the dent in my RAM is seldom problematic. I’ve got a high end desktop, but use my laptop most, and after running so many other apps on 512m, the slow load is not worth crying over. All in all, great app, and once there’s a Linux version, I’ll have a reason to use Linux =P
dabbner Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 8:46 pm
“Steve Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 4:25 pm
@Kevin - Yes. We wanted to fix the existing bugs before we started adding new services. As the bug reports are dying down we are now focusing on adding features and getting the Mac/Linux versions ready.”
I LOVE YOU GUYS!!!! been waiting a long time for the linux version!
“Steve Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 4:44 pm
@Jonah - Just start typing a contacts name. It will find them. Right now it only searches in collapsed groups but we will add that functionality. I think we also need to make it more obvious that search is there. We don’t want to clutter the GUI with a search box you only use some of the time though.”
I can’t seem to make this work. What am I doing wrong?
All I can say is I’m a cross-platform IT consultant. I used to love Linux & Mac, but not having Digsby makes me hate them both! Can’t wait to have those versions!
Steve Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 8:49 pm
@Dabbner - Just click on the buddies area and type a name. Remember that it only looks in expanded groups right now. Click “Ctrl + Right Arrow” to expand all groups.
gerry Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 8:50 pm
Thanks for the update…i think if you guys can get these bugs ironed out and ram usage down, Digsby will spread faster and more than it has…If you can manage to setup the themes and stuff like adium did with the Xtras then that will be all the better. Even as it stands now, i would rather use Digsby than MSN or Yahoo! Keep up the great work!
Luke Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 8:57 pm
I can’t get my MSN emails notification in Digsby. I am logged in with 2 accounts but no notifications appears when an email comes in. Gmail is fine. Maybe it is too much to ask, but if you get Skype on Digsby, then it is the ultimate application for me! Thanks for the good work.
CP Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 9:01 pm
Not sure if the current version does this, or if it will even be applicable by the time the next update is out, but I was interested in support for the MSN/Windows Live i’m Initiative. In Digsby, if I put the special codes in my MSN display name, will Microsoft know to pay up?
Adam Moro Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 9:02 pm
Just reiterating MichaelK’s question about Plurk. Twitter obviously has been having its problems and it appears now those problems have enabled Plurk to come in and take a large portion of their user-base. I think Digsby would be very wise to add Plurk support at this time as there are no current desktop clients for managing plurk accounts (to my knowledge). Anyway, I love Digsby! Thanks for the update!
david Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 9:37 pm
do hope the upcoming update will have better or totally new set of smiley, cost that is something that tis application can’t match with pidgen or something.thks.
Dave Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 9:51 pm
Could you give us a ballpark for the next release? Are we talking days or weeks?
Artem Russakovskii Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 9:57 pm
Looking forward to the next build. Any desires to make it open source yet, so that we can build ourselves?
theqat Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 10:26 pm
Thanks so much for all your hard work on this program. Digsby beats the heck out of Pidgin and everything else on the “market!”
Jay Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 10:27 pm
You guys are simply amazing. I’ve never seen such a superior level of support and rapid bug fixing for any product so far. This is how you make software and handle your user base. Brilliant!! Keep up the good work!
Travis Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 10:36 pm
If you guys are complaining because Digsby uses too much ram, then throw away the piece of crap your trying to run it on and get a new pc with more ram. Lol jk.
Can’t wait til the new one comes out.
Jake Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 11:01 pm
I’m surprised I’m only the second person to mention this but you Digsby is getting mature in many areas but I still cannot give type treatment to individual words or sentences. This is something support in AIM 1.0. Come on guys!
cK Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 11:40 pm
Hi, very big thanks to developer team. It would be good next release have Skype enabled
Steve Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 11:41 pm
I’ve turned most of my friends on to Digsby, its the best IM client by far. And this is coming from a paid-for trillian pro user.
Is there any plans to limit or customize the number of blinks a new IM will do? If i’m right in the middle of something its very distracting to have a window blinking forever, I’d love it if it just blinked three times, or once or maybe gracefully changed color or something.
thats just small potatoes though… thanks!!!
Joey Said,
July 11, 2008 @ 11:46 pm
New user, joined about two weeks ago. I tried everything before trying this and this was absolutely the best on the market. Thanks for the notifications and hard work.
What would i love to have next release?
- Digsby on the iPHONE. WOW!
- Skype support. YES YES PLZ!!!
- IRC for digsby!
- Multi user chat/audio/video conferences
- Bigger contact photos ( even bigger than you largest option right now! ) on the INFO page maybe??
- Automatic sign into MSN account
- Ability to easily enable, disable channels from the UI
Okay that’s way too much for one release!
Hope this helps at all
Dewey Said,
July 12, 2008 @ 12:02 am
I am looking forward to the faster startup. Sometimes, I click on digsby and it takes so long, i thought i didn’t double click or just missed it. so i open another instance of it. Then msn and gtalk says someone signed in at another place. I click connect. that makes the other instance lose connection and jump to the front. i would repeat until i noticed i had two instances of digsby. lol!
bubazoo Said,
July 12, 2008 @ 12:20 am
maybe someone can explain this to me. Say you want to chat with someone on myspaceIM, in digsby. For one thing, I’ve noticed all my buddies in myspaceIM don’t show up in digsby at all even though it says I’m connected to myspace, and the same with facebook, so my first question is, whats adding myspace and facebook to digsby supposed to be for anyway? because all digsby tells me about myspace and facebook, is when I have new alarts. I don’t care about that, digsby is supposed to be an instant messaging client above all else right? so where are myspace and facebook contacts then?
I’ve been wondering about that since I first started using digsby
bubazoo Said,
July 12, 2008 @ 12:27 am
second, I’m still having problems adding new yahoo contacts to digsby. Right now, I have to close out digsby, run yahoo messenger and add them that way, otherwise digsby gives me a popup error adding the contact.
also if someone I don’t know messages me out of the blue, on yahoo, ICQ, msn, etc, I have noticed there is no menu option within that contact window to add that person to your contact list. there should be, otherwise you have to add that person manually which is a pain if the name is kinda a challenge to spell correctly. lol I would suggest adding that to the contact windows right-click menu, or under “info” perhaps, but you get the idea.
bubazoo Said,
July 12, 2008 @ 12:32 am
but anyway with the myspaceIM and facebook thing, whats happening, is my friends on myspace and facebook are getting mad at me becauce those two places show me as online, but my friends aren’t able to chat with me, so when that happens I have to close out digsby and run myspaceIM and facebook so I can chat with them, otherwise my friends are getting mad at me for not responding to their messages. I’m like, well there not showing up in digsby I’m sorry. lol
Andrew Said,
July 12, 2008 @ 1:18 am
Good to know that its still being worked on.
And I really hate that ram problem.
Hope the update is pushed soon!
thanks guys!
Ranhiru Said,
July 12, 2008 @ 1:23 am
Awesome!!!! Cant wait for the new release…and i hope there will be @ least some features from the wish list included in the new release
:D
samuel Said,
July 12, 2008 @ 1:38 am
thanks guys for the update.ram is a concern but on the whole the experience has been great.eagerly waiting for the new release.one more thing are u planning anytime to integrate orkut into digsby.everybody in india uses only orkut for social networking.
thanks again.
Rifat Nabi Said,
July 12, 2008 @ 1:47 am
Is there any chance to add mig33 [mig33.com]?
Joe Said,
July 12, 2008 @ 2:44 am
Thanks for the updates and hardwork digsby..
can we get a progress report on Mac version?
Hemal Mewada Said,
July 12, 2008 @ 2:50 am
Hello… Just thought to let u know guys with a problem that i notice. I have my yahoo and msn running on Digsby. Now I have saved nicknames for my contacts on both the messengers. Now when running on Digsby my MSN contacts are visible with the nicknames i have assigned them. But on Yahoo messenger its not visible. I see the actual yahoo userid instead of the nicknames i saved.
Plz check guys if its possible for you to fix the problem. As i have numerous contacts on yahoo and its painful to assign nicknames all over again.
Digsby is a dream messenger and have taken care for all my messenging needs with a great combination. Thanks to Digsby team…. Cheers Digsby keep up the good work…..
Igor Said,
July 12, 2008 @ 2:56 am
Thanks for your user-friendliness! Keep going on!
Issy Said,
July 12, 2008 @ 3:00 am
I Love Digsby and besides the random crashes that happen after it has been open for awhile its been great
uses less ram then having all the other IMs and Websites open at once 
also ease of checking everything at once
is there going to be a percentage decrease approximately on ram usage?
and whats with is the little box that shows up every time before a song title when your status is listening to X? (i use winamp for music)
other than those (which are nothing really in the grand scheme)
i love digsby
tried pidgin once and just about killed my laptop cause i couldnt stand it so i thought digsby might be the same and low and behold i found it was one of the most useful tools around 
not to mention my sister and dad love it now too
Koste Asi Said,
July 12, 2008 @ 3:05 am
Really appreciating the progress, I admire your enthusiasm….but please, do launch it quickly….’cause other programs aren’t being able to run….I’m all out of RAM here…. :’(
Nite Said,
July 12, 2008 @ 3:13 am
Hey, I absolutely love Digsby for so many reasons and I’m continually impressed by your aforementioned unparalleled support. I’ve gotten several of my friends on-board.
Anyway, have there been any bug reports about the “Show last # lines of history in conversation window” somehow de-syncing with your conversation history? For some reason I now see weeks-old chat in the 5-lines. I checked my conversation history at that appears to be updating normally but my latest lines are no longer showing up in the last 5 anymore.
Stanley Said,
July 12, 2008 @ 3:22 am
Steve, it’d be great if we could hide groups with no online users.
Would that be difficult to add?
Thanks for the great software!
Juarez Said,
July 12, 2008 @ 3:39 am
Hi,
the RAM thing sounds great, it is cool you are working on Skype integration. I just wanted to ask, if you are considering gg support? This is the main reason, why I can not use it as my main IM - I have lots of Polish friends and contacts, EVERYONE in Poland uses it. And it is quite a big nation, you know
Regards!
Mads Skipper Said,
July 12, 2008 @ 3:50 am
Is it possible to make Digsby not minimize whatever your doing if you get a new message?
and not make it show when people you chat with are idle and not?
Steven G Said,
July 12, 2008 @ 4:31 am
looking forward to overhauled release =]
shiham Said,
July 12, 2008 @ 4:41 am
the sync is working very slow.
stihia Said,
July 12, 2008 @ 5:13 am
Congratulations for this awesome software, about the fast development of it, and, above all, about the care you have to inform all users about all the Digby aspects (good or bad ones)!
Robin Winslow Said,
July 12, 2008 @ 7:40 am
Digsby is awesome. And you guys seem to work really fast. And I’m lovin’ how you keep us in the loop.
You mentioned how you are working on a Linux version - when you do have you considered making it open-source? I mean, it’s already free - you wouldn’t exactly lose anything. And it’s way better than Pidgin IMHO, so it could very easily replace Pidgin as the default IM client for Ubuntu.
Also, about Skype, you said it’s in the pipeline - do you mean IM support for Skype? Or voice also?
Vasanthan Said,
July 12, 2008 @ 8:51 am
There are some flaws in the window maximization and minimization. double clicking on the task bar does not minimise a conversarion windown. if digsby is on, i cannot navigate directly to another window, i have to minimise digsby to open another window (if manin window was up the conversation window cannot be minimised) the main windoe had to be minimised first before i could minimise other conversation windows. this is unline any other windows program. it is slightly annoying have made to click in the minimise button.
btw i am using vista business.
mark ad Said,
July 12, 2008 @ 8:56 am
Just started usage 1 wk now. My thing is about webcam and voice app. Are those two available or to come? That apart its pretty neat to have all my accounts in one place for access.Muchas Gracias!!!!
marcus
Bárbara Said,
July 12, 2008 @ 9:19 am
Me gusta mucho.. aunq seria genial una version en español.. ^^
robbo Said,
July 12, 2008 @ 10:12 am
All interesting stuff. Will the new version also incorporate the use of SIMP??
zuard Said,
July 12, 2008 @ 10:25 am
It would be nice to have a dropdown list in chat windows from which you can choose between different emoticons you may have installed.
it could also be usefull to have a section witch checkboxes in the prefferences where you can select which of the emoticons (emoticon packs) should be used.
scott squillante Said,
July 12, 2008 @ 11:00 am
not too complain but ive been experiencing something odd. some of my contacts show status:unknown but fall under “away”? i dont understand y. i know im not a great computer user or understander but it seems starnge to me, any thoughts or suggestions? also, maybe a buzz button on chats like yahoo has. skins are cool, lots too choose from, how bout some more sounds to choose? just some ideas
daslife Said,
July 12, 2008 @ 11:28 am
@Steve,
I hope that someone has mentioned this… and honestly, too many posts for me to read right now to find out if someone has… but you should be commended for responding consistently here. NICE… and then I post this long message
I have been a HUGE Miranda fan, and honestly thought that it was the best messenger out there. Small footprint and extensive customization.
Problem is, it takes far too much work to get it to where u want it… and then some. And if u check out their forum, you will realize the team in general is rude to users.
So, I decided to try Digsby. I rest my case by saying, I am now stuck with Digsby…. and you guys have only just begun.
Keep up the good works and keep working on the memory footprint…. And the eternally flashing status bar notification
Steve Said,
July 12, 2008 @ 11:29 am
@Luke - The “no previews” for Hotmail accounts issue was caused by a small change in the Hotmail protocol. This is now fixed and will go out in the next update. We typically push fixes like this same day but because of the major changes in architecture, Digsby wasn’t in any shape to be pushed out. Sorry for the delay.
@CP - If you put the code in they will pay up
@David - We will add more smilies, skins, conversation themes, sounds packs… in the future. However, there have been a lot of complaints about the smilies so we will probably add those first and give you the option to disable them fully.
@Jake - Agreed. That is answered in the FAQ.
@Steve - Definitely. And also the option to just blink the tray icon instead of opening an IM window
@bubazoo - Digsby doesn’t support MySpaceIM yet. As for Facebook, you can add it as both a social network and as an IM account. The two are separate. The bug for adding Yahoo buddies has been fixed in the upcoming build.
@Hemal - Yes! We will add the capability to pull nicknames fro mthe Yahoo servers within 1-2 builds.
@Issy - The next build will include a crash reporter so you can send us a diagnostic log when a crash happens. There are not many crash causing bugs and they are not easy to reproduce so it hasn’t been easy to hunt down the causes. The crash reporter will help a lot! As for the little box, that happens if your fonts don’t support the music note character. we will figure out a better way to show it.
@Nite - Please email bugs@digsby.com and we can help you out.
@Stanley - That option is in the View menu. However, it will not hide groups with (0/0) since those should either be deleted or you should add some buddies to them
@Mads Skipper - Sure. Preferences > Conversations > uncheck the New Conversations Take Focus option
@Robin - I don’t know. Help us figure out how to integrate skype by giving us your feedback here: http://forum.digsby.com/viewtopic.php?id=290
@Vasanthan - Use Help > Send Bug Report to submit a diagnostic log and we will take a look
@marj - Sure, click the “Call” button on the IM window.
@Barbara - Si! We will add a Spanish version very soon.
@scorr - Use Help > Send Bug Report and include a screenshot. We’ll figure out what is going wrong.
carlos Said,
July 12, 2008 @ 11:36 am
Is Plurk in the future plans too? That w ould makes Digsby ideal for me
daslife Said,
July 12, 2008 @ 11:46 am
Looks like i posted the same time u were responding
BMinFC Said,
July 12, 2008 @ 1:08 pm
I gave up on Trillian years ago, because it was so incredibly slow to load. I’ve tried just about everything since then, and was never, never happy at all. Then I found Digsby a couple of weeks ago, and there’s no question it’s the best thing out there. I am so glad to know that the “can’t add yahoo buddies” glitch is about to be resolved. That is definitely a biggie in my book. In fact, it’s the ONLY biggie in my book. Everything else is minor.
One comment about this update notice, though. It really is beneath you guys to resort to the crude “WTF” terminology. I’m sure it was a temporary oversight, considering how top-notch you have been throughout the rest of this entry. I look forward to future updates!
Vikram Said,
July 12, 2008 @ 1:10 pm
Hi,
I have been a regular user of digsby from the 1st week it launched. And have been using it ever since. Absolutelt love the interface and speed of loading the UI. My only complaint so far has been, unable to search for contacts from a search bar. This is one feature I always loved in Y! messenger and G-talk, where u need not scroll down the entire list of offline contacts or expand the groups and do it manually. So it would be great if u can include a search box in ur upcominng release.
Great work guys
Yoshi Matrix Said,
July 12, 2008 @ 1:24 pm
Good Job guys, I love the app, the only problems I have and they may be related to the memory issue of which you speak, is that I will be using the app and then get an error msg and that Digsby needs to close, and then it goes belly up. Keep yp the good work!!
Adam Moro Said,
July 12, 2008 @ 2:16 pm
So is that a no, Steve?
Stanley Said,
July 12, 2008 @ 2:40 pm
Steve, thanks for pointing that out (I’m new to Digsby, as you can tell)
One other request - could you make it possible to modify the number of times a window flashes when a new IM comes in? It’s very distracting, and at the same time, I’d hate to turn it off completely.
Thanks again,
Stanley
Zarcu Said,
July 12, 2008 @ 2:48 pm
I have four gigs worth of ram in my computer so I haven’t worried all that much about the memory issues. But still, I’m glad to see change. I noticed that it took a lot of ram up, wasn’t really sure if you were going to do anything about it.
L.Rawlins Said,
July 12, 2008 @ 3:00 pm
I find that the most difficult thing in promoting the idea of Digsby is that when they see the mascot of a booger in a hat, it discourages them from taking either my sales pitch or the softwares potency seriously.
Then they laugh at me and my novelty app. and fire up Messenger.
…
No, I’m not even joking.
Chris Said,
July 12, 2008 @ 3:33 pm
You guys are the best! I can’t wait to see the new build.
JustinW Said,
July 12, 2008 @ 4:23 pm
I just want to say “Digsby is awesome, and I am happy that It has such a great support team. Thank you, and keep up the excellent work!!”
sandrina Said,
July 12, 2008 @ 4:29 pm
Hey,that all sounds great
my problem is that when you pinch an email notice it does not open a new page but opens on an already opened explorer page which is a bind as I am in gogle and looking for something and I lose it ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh can you sort that one out
its really agavating
thanks
cheers
sandrina Said,
July 12, 2008 @ 4:30 pm
happy to gear that you will also have it in spanish , tho english is good for practicing
Richard Said,
July 12, 2008 @ 4:39 pm
Digsby is sooo amazing! Thank you for your effort…
PLeasse make a port of it for the iphone, that would be genious!!
bubazoo Said,
July 12, 2008 @ 5:46 pm
oh, another suggestion, a portableapps version! yeah! yeah!
vsk Said,
July 12, 2008 @ 6:04 pm
Hello!,
Excellent work!!!
Now that that’s been said, I have to beg the Digsby dev team to release some sort of bleeding build for Linux. Even if it’s just text-based!
(Let me explain.)
e.g: Pidgin is split up into several parts. One is the actual IM ‘engine’, one is the ‘GUI’, etc. The ‘parts’ *can* work independently of each other, hence, Finch! I’m not sure if Digsby works like that (and I don’t pretend to understand how you guys write it), but us Linux users wouldn’t mind testing a text-based Digsby for you.
From what I’ve seen, Digsby uses a LOT of Python, so how come porting it is taking so long?
Regards
Green Said,
July 12, 2008 @ 7:56 pm
I hope the links are no longer displayed in this next release. It’s annoying to have links show the actual code.
Other than small things like that, love Digsby.
And glad to hear the memory fixed.
Tylak Said,
July 12, 2008 @ 8:16 pm
I was looking for a new IM client today and a friend suggested Digsby. I installed it but was surprised by the RAM usage. Good to know the next version will address this.
Can’t wait to try it out.
Juarez Said,
July 12, 2008 @ 9:00 pm
My question was not answered, so I guess that gg (GaduGadu) is not in your plans?
Davu! Said,
July 12, 2008 @ 11:46 pm
where i can buy a digsby shirt or a card or anything about digsby?
Ankit Said,
July 13, 2008 @ 12:28 am
I love digsby! Its everything Trillian should have been, but will never be…
I was wondering is there any keyboard shortcut for toggling between chat tabs some thing like Ctrl + Tab in Firefox. that should come in really handy…
I also reinstate on Plurk compatibility. that would make it cool
good work guys
paldo9 Said,
July 13, 2008 @ 12:49 am
Hey, great news about the upcoming release. But I was wondering if the new release will feature a fix for sound issues. I am having issues with sound on my program. If I am away, are my sounds activated? I was also wondering if you guys were going to add an option to leave the pop up message on top of all windows.
Thanks for the best IM client.
arabella moinet Said,
July 13, 2008 @ 2:36 am
i love didjkshkjit gOOd ork you have done
well done
=)
codehtmai Said,
July 13, 2008 @ 3:03 am
Digsby has been great so far. Its a shame that so many people are apparantly running computers that struggle with applications that use more than 60 mb of ram; one can easily buy 2 or 3 gb for under $100 these days.
I also find it disappointing (from the user base, that is) how many people want useless protocols like MyspaceIM. Who uses myspace that doesn’t already have aim/msn/yahoo messenger? We should be helping the developers focus on protocols that will help attract larger amounts of users, such as IRC, not obscure clients that creepy 40 year old men use to hit on 12 year old girls.
Also, I think about 50% of us are waiting for a Last.Fm addition like kids in a candy shop. This should be easier than ever with the addition of their new API.
Keep up the good work on the development!
aidanwang Said,
July 13, 2008 @ 8:02 am
when Digsby can support QQ, am a Chinese user and if it’ll be so great that Digsby can support QQ. Is there any plan?
anter Said,
July 13, 2008 @ 10:51 am
Digsby is sooo amazing! Thank you for your effort, can we have Arabic version.
Regards
Kisho Said,
July 13, 2008 @ 11:14 am
yes soo good but arabic not working goood
kyleabaker Said,
July 13, 2008 @ 11:21 am
@Steve
About the searching in the contact list. I really like how in Gnome (maybe others) when you start typing the name of a folder or file it will pop-up a little box at the bottom of the window with your search string as you type it. It’s a good visual way to show that a search is going on as the user types and it’s also not cluttering the GUI since it is only there when you are searching and disappears after focus is lost.
Joey Said,
July 13, 2008 @ 11:59 am
Just wanted to add to that list…a firefox extension that does things like the skype one! that’s awesome!
Steve Said,
July 13, 2008 @ 12:08 pm
@carlos + Adam - We will add more microblogging networks and the ability to set status on multiple networks more easily.
@Stanley - That’s a good idea. We have had a few requests for this but didn’t want to turn it off completely. Limiting the number of blinks is a good compromise.
@sandrina - That is a browser setting. It should be opening in a new window or tab. Email bugs@digsby.com if you need help.
@bubazoo - Portable version is on the way
@vsk - It’s not that it is taking so long to port it to Linux. Digsby was designed from the ground up to be cross-platform. We are launching for one operating system at a time so we can respond to bug reports more quickly. We don’t want to spread ourselves thin trying to manage three product launches when we can focus on making one solid as quickly as possible and then launching the next.
@Juarez - We will add more IM protocols in the future including Skype, IRC, and GaduGadu
@Ankit - Ctrl + Tab to move forward and Ctrl + Shift + Tab to move backward
@Paldo9 - No reports of issues with sound. Email bugs@digsby.com if you are having trouble. There is a preference to disable sounds while away. You might have that checked.
@codehtmai - Last.fm has been highly requested and we will be adding it. As for MySpaceIM, I don’t think there are any useless protocols. A protocol is useful if your friends use it and useless if they don’t. There are many people who request MySpaceIM because that is what all their friends happen to use.
@aidanwang - We will add QQ in the future
@anter + Kisho - We will fix the bug with Arabic in the IM window soon and release a translated version.
@kyleabaker - I will check that out. Thanks for the tip.
Anthony Said,
July 13, 2008 @ 12:26 pm
I was asking three times on different blog comments, if digsby will have icq xstatus support. Can someone please answer me? You are not planning to add this feature?
Elham Said,