Build 32 - Better than Ever!
The new Digsby is here! We just released Build 32 (r17926) which is the culmination of a massive effort to improve performance, improve connectivity, fix most of the remaining bugs, and add some new functionality to boot. Major changes in this release include:
- RAM Usage: We optimized from the ground up and fixed memory leaks to lower RAM usage by almost 75%. This has been the number one complaint since our launch and we are proud to introduce this massive improvement.
- Performance: User interface elements draw twice as fast for better performance. We have made changes to the architecture that will improve GUI responsiveness and CPU utilization across the board.
- Connectivity: Every IM protocol automatically tries multiple connection methods and ports to improve the odds of getting through restrictive firewalls and proxy servers.
- LinkedIn: Digsby now supports LinkedIn in addition to the other social networks. Functionality includes a full newsfeed, alerts when new messages arrive, and the ability to set status right from Digsby.
- Bug Fixes: We have fixed hundreds of bugs, making Digsby more stable than ever. There have been almost 3,000 revisions in our codebase since the last release so there are too many fixes to list in our changelog.
We will keep pushing to make Digsby even better and want to thank all of you for your continued feedback and support. If you want to tell the world about the new Digsby, here are some ways you can help:
Jason Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 3:55 pm
Great build guys - keep up the good work!
Mike Mayer Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 3:56 pm
Dugg and way to go guys!
Nick F Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 3:56 pm
Awesome! Great work everyone. Thanks to everyone who contributed in BETA testing… looking forward to future enhancements! Thanks again! Digsby FTW!
Paul Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 3:57 pm
Good job gang, I know you guys worked quite a bit on this release. Well done.
Andreas Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 3:57 pm
Hi, could you please give a link to a changelog, or quote the newest part please? I’m always interested in reading which bugs have actually been found and fixed. thanks a lot
Salmanu J Bala Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 4:01 pm
starter
Steve Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 4:01 pm
@Andreas: It is at http://changelog.digsby.com as always. We didn’t list every bug fix this time though. There were too many revisions to sift through to make the list. The next revision will have a full list again though.
Bill Greenberg - Good Computer Guy Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 4:04 pm
Very nice! I’ve been a convert for only a short time after using another product for years. In the brief time you guys have been around you’ve definitely overtaken the pack!
Operator Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 4:07 pm
Congratulations on the new “official” release. I already tested the Beta-releases and haven’t had any great problems with them.
Thank you guys for all your hard work. As you may know, I was a Miranda IM user for years, but since I discoverd Digsby, I really fell in love with it and doesn’t need Miranda IM anymore.
Keep up that good work!
Ryan Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 4:09 pm
Why wasn’t this automatically downloaded?
Kim Siever Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 4:09 pm
Very nice. Just installed it on my work PC. Can’t wait to install it on my home Mac.
rob Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 4:09 pm
Awesome it is now running at <100 mb of ram with 5 emails, facebook, twitter, myspace, and a half dozen im clients.
Interface is definitely snappier.
Jeremy Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 4:13 pm
Awesome. How was I ever content with AIM Triton? Or, hell, even Pidgin?
Still would like it if I could italicize/bold individual words in an IM line (not just the entire line). RAM usage is more important though.
We appreciate the consistent work and support!
Mike Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 4:14 pm
@Ryan
The update size is bigger than the installer, and there are bugs with the previously released updater component that would cause it to fail.
Steve Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 4:15 pm
@Jeremy: That and group chat are pretty close to the top of the priority list along with a few more social networks and then the mac/linux launches.
Josh B. Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 4:15 pm
hmmm… it downloads as digsby_setup.download and i can’t figure how to open a .download file… any help?
buzz Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 4:15 pm
Finally! MSN works through my corporate proxy servers! Using ISA & the firewall client .. woot! Keep up the awesome work, guys.
Steve Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 4:16 pm
@Josh: It’s a Google Chrome bug. Rename it to .exe and it will install fine.
Aithne Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 4:17 pm
Awesome work guys! Thanks for the LinkedIn support! Now my networking is getting more and more streamlined!!
SonicHedgehog Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 4:21 pm
Hmm, Chrome
b2t: A great build! Now all my contacts are displayed. And MSN tries to reconnect, simply a good build for me.
I hope there will be a build with new functions and not optimizations (this build is not bad, but …)
Mohd Firuz Fahmi Yusoff Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 4:22 pm
Good job guys..ever since using digsby i’m in love with it.it has make my life more up to date with 10 different email,facebook,ym,gtalk..
keep up the good work
someone Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 4:22 pm
when will it become available for everyone who don’t want to register in order to use it?
i just want to try it out. you didn’t even put a portable version for it…
Adam Hirsch Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 4:25 pm
WOOT!!! CONGRATS! I’m excited!
Check out the Mashable coverage: http://mashable.com/2008/09/24/digsby-linkedin/
rob Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 4:26 pm
@rob
Lost my train of thought earlier it’s now running at <40 mb down from 100 before.
bradley Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 4:33 pm
Incredible.
A great improvement to an outstanding product!
Jeremy Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 4:35 pm
I’m running at 49mb now with Facebook, Twitter, Gmail, gchat, AIM, and yahoo. It was only around 80mb before. What’s that 75% based on?
Steve Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 4:43 pm
It will be 50% - 75% less. Prior to the release we had reports of 70MB - 110MB and with memory leaks it would climb to 150MB+ after running for 24 hours. It should hover at 10MB - 50MB depending on how many accounts you have running and what you are doing at the moment.
tal Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 4:44 pm
now if it only had myyearbook.com it would be the best ever.
Craig Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 4:46 pm
Steve and the team, you are awesome. Loving this release. I just hope Skype gets integrated, even if just for the IM chat, that would make this the most awesome thing ever! Maybe even better than sliced bread
Jeff Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 4:50 pm
Yeah, amazing improvement! From ~80 mb to 30 mb for me
@Jeremy, they probably measured it at bootup, with no chat windows or anything (just the buddy list) since at boot I was using only 16 mb.
Ola Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 4:51 pm
Thanks guys!
Is there any roadmap for mac support? I feel a bit handicapped on my mac without Digsby hehe.
And Jaiku would be good also!
Ola Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 4:52 pm
Ohh forgot. Skype ( only chat is ok ) would be awsome .. and Craig, it would be better then sliced bread
nostrzak Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 4:55 pm
Hey, great work, love LinkedIn support
Do you have any roadmap? So after deserved vacation now 
what you’ll be out to?
Thanks!
nazir Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 4:55 pm
i love digsby
caschy Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 5:01 pm
Manual Trackback:
http://stadt-bremerhaven.de/2008/09/24/digsby-wird-immer-besser/
Aeon Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 5:04 pm
You just made my day! I love Digsby, but I was hating the slow down my CPU experienced. Digsby is the greatest!
Forbes Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 5:11 pm
This is way better than sliced bread (and I rate sliced bread very highly)
Support for Skype would be fantastic
Steven G Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 5:12 pm
Epic, nice job Digsby Team
Matt Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 5:19 pm
Thanks for the update !
guille Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 5:34 pm
great!
Kyle Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 5:39 pm
Wow! I’ve always used pidgin, until just now. I love it! Especially the widgets, makes it much easier for my friends.
Pwntastic Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 5:39 pm
The Amazon links for the “Listening To…” feature are pretty annoying. There needs to be a way to turn them off.
Stefan Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 5:42 pm
Nice release.
Did you talked already with that guy that we had to vote for you?
When you’ll make MySpyceIM available?
Can you add something like Nudge in MSN?
Can you add some icons for Digsby that you use in forum?
Pogrzeb Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 5:54 pm
Gr8!!
When you will add gadu-gadu network available?
sharkyo Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 5:57 pm
Are the links to “make google powered digsby my home page” etc new? I *hate* software that tries to change my search/home page defaults… don’t do it Digsby - you’re better than that!
will Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 6:10 pm
Nice release, but I think the biggest change I’m hoping for is a vamped-up searching function. For example, the ability to search ALL conversations I’ve had with a certain person–not having to select a single day and searching within that day’s conversation.
fatihturan Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 6:16 pm
I’m waiting for Friendfeed support for Digsby.
zach Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 6:26 pm
Awesome…I’ll give this another shot at home (had issues with AIM constantly disconnecting).
John Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 6:28 pm
I’ve been waiting for this for weeks! Yeah! Only wish I could make it portable so I can run it at work. Damn admin lockdown.
brooke Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 6:32 pm
Glad to have the finalized version! Good work.
Diana B Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 6:43 pm
Quisiera que incluyeran a HI5 en este grandioso programa y recibir guiños al igual que en el msn… lo demas esta super chevere
Dobes Vandermeer Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 6:58 pm
It seems like when I download this in Google Chrome the file is named digsby_setup.download instead of digsby_setup.exe. A minor annoyance, but I wonder if only Chrome does this, or if you’ve got a group of users who won’t be able to figure out how to open the installer?
Mike Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 7:01 pm
Hell yeah! Pidgin who?
John Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 7:02 pm
On Windows 2000, seeing better RAM usage already
Just need MSN group chat function, and this will have everything!
Brian Taylor Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 7:09 pm
Thanks - You guys are rockin!
–Brian
Kymberlee Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 7:09 pm
Everytime I try to DL it, it freezes at 99%
Kymberlee Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 7:09 pm
NM, it finally did it.
Freetagger Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 7:11 pm
Yes
I like digsby and some days ago I wrote some sentence at my Blog about digsby. So i hope the new Version is much better.
Ahmad Sharman Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 7:18 pm
Brilliant Work, I love it,,,
Regards
John Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 7:42 pm
Amazing! down to 8-25MB from 75, great work!
Only two things that need improvements. Better themes & a new logo. The trayicon looks like a green semla with a red feather. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semla)
Many thanks to the developers, loving Digsby!
M Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 7:51 pm
Great release! Also, I don’t care if you put the “make google my homepage” option in the installer, as long as it is noticeable and not adware, because it is better than the ads that some other clients display in the program.
Finally, is there any talk about adding IRC support or anything?
Thanks.
benzrad Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 7:56 pm
i love it. hope digsby in future support orkut socail networks and qq, a Chinese im.
Wendy Merritt Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 8:00 pm
I have completely loved using Digsby! I can’t wait to begin experiencing the new release. Thanks for keeping things fresh
You all are awesome!
blessings,
Wendy Merritt
P.S. I wish you would add Skype, MySpace Messenger and FriendFeed
Thanks!
Geeky Pete Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 8:01 pm
Nice update! Congrats! Got it up and running now and I will post about it on my own blog later.
http://www.geekypete.com
Zach Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 8:01 pm
Wow! This is a nice improvement. Great work guys.
Alysia Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 8:16 pm
I love Digsby, and this new release makes it even better. Now all that Digsby would need to add that cherry on the cake would be group chatting. That’s all. Then I’d be in love.
Jared Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 8:17 pm
The only thing I want is a minimize to tray! If I had that it would make me feel warm and fuzzy inside…
Jonathan Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 8:24 pm
Thanks guys. But can you PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE give us the option to turn off the info screen when hovering over a username?
David Catalano Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 8:25 pm
LinkedIn support as well? You guys are NUTS!
Kelly Cox Semple Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 8:26 pm
Yes, but will it allow me to choose which browser to open when I click something? I don’t use IE anymore. Firefox or Chrome, please.
Mounty Bat Palin Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 8:29 pm
Yay I have hotmail previews again! Thanks team Digsby for all your hard work!
Steve Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 8:32 pm
@Kelly: Digsby opens your default browser. Double check the preference in your browser to make sure it is set as the default.
@Jonathan: We will add a long list of advanced prefs hidden away somewhere and that will be one of them
@Jared: Click the “X” on the buddy list to minimize to tray.
ChanHan Hy Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 8:44 pm
Great!! I just got it this morning. :p
Good works.
Dotkito Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 8:45 pm
Wow, this program is useful for my new HTML Scratch project and Myspace! Thanks for this!
E. Javier Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 8:54 pm
Thanx a million, I’m spreading the word here in Puerto Rico!!!
Budji Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 9:00 pm
Big thanks! but… uhm.. still no buzz/nudge feature?
James Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 9:02 pm
Yo! Thanks for the new up-date-Digsby upgrade! I have one question. ‘-’ ( I’m sorry if It’s stupid also ) Which download button do we click? The top one or bottom one? Thanks if you answer it!! Thanks again!
Steve Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 9:17 pm
@James: Either one
paul Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 9:32 pm
Congratulations, you guys did work hard. Thank you.
danilloOc Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 9:36 pm
That’s great!
The only thing that still have problems is the file transfer that is ultra slow. I hope it get’s updated when possible.
Vin Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 10:40 pm
Working great! Running Facebook, LinkedIn, gMail, two AIM accounts, one YIM account…memory is stuck at 21,684kb
…..sickness
Vin Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 10:45 pm
any chance we could get an on.mouse.hover = show linkedIn profile in floating window just like on their site?
this would give quick access to network updates and profiles.
great work
Kiran Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 10:56 pm
IS anybody else’s CPU% spiking above all possible reason?
ben Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 11:34 pm
I’m really liking how this client is progressing and I like following the beta progress. I’m not currently using it since i use video in each of the clients on their own. Maybe im beating a dead horse here but I’m curious about the possibility of native video being implemented across the board. You guys would leave all other messengers behind.
Kalana Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 11:35 pm
Great work..and very useful.
keep up the good work.
Thanks.
lito Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 11:46 pm
thanks for this highly commendable application, i need to ask favor from you guys, can you chikka messaging, it will benefit million of people accross the world without pc on the other side of the line. thanks.
coolnerd9 Said,
September 25, 2008 @ 12:10 am
great job guys….
ever since I used Digsby I am hooked, I reported couple of bugs, support was great.
I take this oppertunity to say a big THANK YOU. And congratulations on the latest version.
Installing it just now…hope it has the mac support so I could one of my friends too.
Tanmay Said,
September 25, 2008 @ 12:20 am
Good work guys! Are you working by any chance on supporting Orkut?
Srinivasan S Said,
September 25, 2008 @ 12:21 am
Great Release. You guys will zoom like rocket if Skype is added
Srini
Andrew Said,
September 25, 2008 @ 12:23 am
Hey awesome. I have been using the testing release so I’ve been benefiting from all these enhancements from the get-go but I just wanted to say you guys are doing an awesome job and can’t wait to see what’s in store next!
I also dugg the story! Again great job guys!
Brad Said,
September 25, 2008 @ 12:25 am
Was there an update to the skin architecture as well? Seems code such as $MyBlack does not render properly in Aero Glass-Like
http://digsbies.org/site/node/210
look forward to your response!
Steve Said,
September 25, 2008 @ 12:26 am
Just installed, my RAM usage went down from 116 to 18!!!
Thats beyond fantastic here!
P.M. Said,
September 25, 2008 @ 12:27 am
Now all it needs is the ability to manually assign/change icons for contacts, and better echoing of status changes inside conversation windows and it’d be perfect
Alexander Zlobin Said,
September 25, 2008 @ 2:20 am
Hi guys! Great job! Thanks from Russia!
JC Said,
September 25, 2008 @ 2:25 am
AWESOME Job guys!!! I’ve re-invited all the rocket scientists that didn’t add Digsby the first time I invited them
Nongsdagreat Said,
September 25, 2008 @ 2:34 am
well done! i like it..but when digsby can update or link with new emoticon?
Chieze Said,
September 25, 2008 @ 3:14 am
You weren’t kidding. This is waaaay better than the previous versions! Great job guys!!!
Fire Said,
September 25, 2008 @ 3:22 am
I love u guys! That’s fantastic…
baldo Said,
September 25, 2008 @ 3:28 am
good job!
Petter Said,
September 25, 2008 @ 3:39 am
I really liked that also the MSN accounts can be previewed - in addition to the other improvements. Thanks, guys!
Digsby is perhaps the most useful tool I have on my PC’s.
User Said,
September 25, 2008 @ 3:44 am
Hi. I like digsby, i use digsby. Here is my blog. Glad to update it.
http://digsby-messenger.blogspot.com/
Penny Said,
September 25, 2008 @ 3:49 am
1) Can you just install it over the top of your existing install or do you have to uninstall old one first?
2) If you uninstall prev, and then run new setup, will it keep the current database - will we need to re-enter all the details?
Just wondering before I do the wrong thing
Samuel Said,
September 25, 2008 @ 4:43 am
I’ve just started using Digsby a month ago and it is heaven sent. Just what I needed and now you integreate LinkedIn and with all the other improvements?
AWESOME, keep up the great work! I will fan the flames on my blog!
-sam
Katarina Said,
September 25, 2008 @ 5:01 am
Sounds great, can’t wait to test it.
I know youtube doesn’t qualify as social network, but if updates for it could be provided, it would be great.
Also, if you ever decide to add buzz/nudge feature please, please, please, make sure it can be easily disabled, as I hate it more than anything.
Thanks
Zwer Said,
September 25, 2008 @ 5:14 am
Installed it (on XP SP2) and it just hangs when connecting. Previous release was working fine and dandy, now it wont even start… That’s what you get when you don’t listen to the old one - if it aint broke, don’t fix it…
Philip Arthur Moore Said,
September 25, 2008 @ 5:18 am
I’m downloading the update now. Thanks a ton for this - my big beef with Digsby has been how awfully slow it runs on my system (1.5G RAM, Vista Ultimate, AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual-Core 1.80 GHz) even when nothing else is running. I love the program and thank you for putting in the work on this!
stihia Said,
September 25, 2008 @ 5:28 am
GREAT JOB!!!!
After 5 years as a trillian basic user, Digsby converted me!
I’m running here between 4-18 MB RAM with 4 IM and 4 e-mail accounts.
Congratulations!
Schmurtz Said,
September 25, 2008 @ 5:35 am
thanks a lot for this great product !
Really new “must have” on computer :p
Laurie Ashton Said,
September 25, 2008 @ 5:47 am
Yeah, so much for that theory of reducing RAM usage by 75%. On my system, it’s dropped closer to 10%, perhaps 15% if I’m lucky. Sure, the improvement is nice, but it would be even nicer if I got the RAM improvement as advertised.
mae Said,
September 25, 2008 @ 5:48 am
digsby…. d besst
Naruto Said,
September 25, 2008 @ 5:52 am
good work I really enjoy it
Daniel Said,
September 25, 2008 @ 7:27 am
I love this program! Beatiful, functional, fast!
Faster than Pidgin which is what I used before, certainly more polished. My only quirk is that if you instal this build over the last one, it deletes your skins, but that’s a minor error.
Overall, THANK YOU! =]
kcg Said,
September 25, 2008 @ 7:35 am
good built guys, B U T…. big fat bug prob…..you cannot change the message style!!!!! i put the style into the folder and everything like ever and restarted digsby….but you can’t select it. so what’s wrong with that?????????
Ankl Said,
September 25, 2008 @ 7:52 am
great work!!!
Awesome the ram reduction!!!!
But when will you support Studi/MeinVz.net?
It’s the leading social network in germany!
It’s nearly similar with facebook!
Best regards!
Aditya Said,
September 25, 2008 @ 7:53 am
Awsome work, folks…
Digsby easily beats any, repeat, ANY IM client…
Though there are some features of Yahoo! messenger (the next best, in my view), that I miss, especially the IMVironment, the BUZZ!!! and the large pool of animated smileys.
And i also wish you guys add Orkut soon to the added to the supported Social Networking Sites enabled… That done, I guess I wouldn’t ever need to open up a browser ever again!!!
Good job Team Digsby!!!
Stephen Said,
September 25, 2008 @ 8:04 am
Awesome! Downloading now. Thanks, guys.
Nunes Said,
September 25, 2008 @ 8:15 am
Congratulations, very very good upgrade ^-^
Steve Said,
September 25, 2008 @ 8:22 am
@Aditya - We will be adding more protocol-specific features such as BUZZ in the future for sure.
@kcg - Take a look at the instructions at digsbies.org
@Laurie - Were you already running the test release? The reduction is about 50% - 75% from the old stable release that everyone was running and the test release already had most of the improvements
@Zwer - Sending you an email to see if we can figure out what went wrong
Dave Said,
September 25, 2008 @ 8:27 am
Awesome.. Love updates.. BTW..did you guys know that Felcia Day uses Digsby??
http://twitter.com/feliciaday/statuses/933606548
Neato..
Misty Said,
September 25, 2008 @ 8:37 am
Great update! I still have to have two clients open however since I use chat rooms - I’d love to see this feature next!
Gregor Said,
September 25, 2008 @ 8:49 am
Dear Digsby developers!
My memmory usage from Digsby dropped from 59k to 26k! Oh my god! I love you even more!
Really, keep up the good work!
Toni Said,
September 25, 2008 @ 8:55 am
YAY! I’ve been waiting for the new update, and I LOVE that you included LinkedIn with this one. You guys are well on your way to pretty much being the one console I can run my entire life from. Now all I need is OTR support and Google Calendars, and I’ll be all set. WHOO HOO! Great job!
Rizon Said,
September 25, 2008 @ 9:16 am
Nice! Uses about 8MB of RAM with no chat windows open, and goes higher when I have a few open, and then once I close them, the RAM usage goes back down!
Wonderful update!
Prasanna Said,
September 25, 2008 @ 9:21 am
Thanks for the beautiful software
Brad Ball Said,
September 25, 2008 @ 9:21 am
Agreed Misty…
Hopefully by “group chat are pretty close to the top of the priority list”, steve meant that it IS at the top of the list, and will come in the next build.
Hey Steve, with this new build released, can we expect things to return to a quicker build cycle, with new releases every week or so?
~SAI~ Said,
September 25, 2008 @ 9:24 am
This is a good release but I still have a small request. There’s still no option to sign on as invisible. That is one of the only reasons I use Pidgin (that and Pidgin is portable but idc about portability as much)…
Other than that, great release for a great program
Hector Said,
September 25, 2008 @ 9:24 am
Where is the Sametime support folks? Been asking for this for months now!
Adam Said,
September 25, 2008 @ 9:34 am
Now all we need is to be able to alphabetize the away message list and we will be golden.
Chris Said,
September 25, 2008 @ 10:05 am
This is great! But I’m still missing some funcions: a webcam-feature, and “automatically accept file requests”
Tyler Said,
September 25, 2008 @ 10:41 am
Great job. I must, though, again press for the ability to vary the formatting of a profile or away message. That is, it remains that either the whole thing is, for example, bold or none of it is. I would hope this would be fairly easy to add.
Cheers.
Ninju Said,
September 25, 2008 @ 10:43 am
Songbird 0.7 does not work with the ‘Listening to Music’ feature. 0.6 did work. Could we get a quick fix?
Peter Said,
September 25, 2008 @ 10:53 am
Great job dev team! My mem usage went from almost 80k yesterday to about 17k after the install today!
Thanks for the great program.
Petar Smilajkov Said,
September 25, 2008 @ 11:00 am
You guys rock! This is by far the best app I’ve ever used!
THANKS!
Petar
http://iBetaTest.com
Carlo Said,
September 25, 2008 @ 11:01 am
Any thoughts on using the invisibility feature that “Pidgin” has?
Shlomi Bazel Said,
September 25, 2008 @ 11:03 am
I’ve been using Disgby for a few month’s, waited for this upgrade.
Thanks alot! good job!
Smubeht Said,
September 25, 2008 @ 11:31 am
Now all that is needed is IRC support and I’m 100% sold. Any updates on when we can expect IRC?
Keep up the good work.
Doug Said,
September 25, 2008 @ 11:37 am
Looks good. A few things for the next version;
1 Skype IM integration(Voice and Video if possible)
2 Search across history of chats with a friend, better yet, search across history of a filterable list of friends. Sometimes friends have more than one IM account.
3 The ability to hide the list of offline buddies. This would shorten up the buddy list for those of us with huge buddy lists.
Great job with the new stuff.
-Doug
San Francico Hypnotherapy Said,
September 25, 2008 @ 12:22 pm
How do you I see how much RAM is it using? It like to see before I install the new version.
Carbonize Said,
September 25, 2008 @ 12:24 pm
Any chance of adding an anti spam bot challenge now? Spam on the MSN network is increasing.
Steve Said,
September 25, 2008 @ 12:45 pm
@Carbonize: Preferences > Privacy. Set it to allow messages from those on your buddy list only. That is actually the new default starting this release.
@San Franciso Hypnotherpy: “Ctrl + Shift + Esc” and choose processes.
raj Said,
September 25, 2008 @ 12:50 pm
nice update, thanx. Looking fwd for orkut support
Neil Said,
September 25, 2008 @ 1:42 pm
Wow LENGENDARY! This is like…. firefox >>>> GOOGLE CHROME!!!!! I would leave Digsby on all day long and it’d hike up to about 100mb’s! Now that i leave it on all day it’s reduced to about 32mb! Now i can play world of warcraft in ultimate peace! Thanks Digsby you guys are awesome!
Cai Dingyan Said,
September 25, 2008 @ 1:53 pm
is offline messaging supported for the MSN Protocol?
Martin Said,
September 25, 2008 @ 4:23 pm
Am I the only one with a problem with the new build????
Digsby didn’t show my ICQ contacts!
HELP!!
Melanippe Said,
September 25, 2008 @ 4:40 pm
Hi again, uninstalled, redownloaded, reinstalled… same as before.
I’m flabbergasted :-O
A thing like this has NEVER, EVER happened to me before, with any program I used. Usually either you have error messages or just cannot install, or the program freezes… but a program that just sits there sleeping and doesn’t allow you to do anything, not even closing it, in no way, ehr, well… a bit shocking, isn’t it
Now I’m VERY curious to see if this happened to someone else, or if you manage to understand what happened
By for now
Melanippe Said,
September 25, 2008 @ 4:43 pm
LOL Martin, I’d say you’re lucky… look at what’s happened to me LOL
Melanippe Said,
September 25, 2008 @ 4:45 pm
Bye, I meant Bye
Deed Said,
September 25, 2008 @ 4:45 pm
Before it was using just over 8MB, plus Facebook without any conversation windows. I had to make sure it was even showing in Task Manager.
Currently using 17.6MB, which is already a noticeably vast improvement. Still hikes while skinning it, but still, this feels so much better to use already.
Roshelle Said,
September 25, 2008 @ 4:51 pm
Is there a problem with Google Chat or is it just me?
Richard Busjahn Said,
September 25, 2008 @ 5:44 pm
Awesome updates So far =) Ram usage is down considerably now if Firefox would not memory leak so damn much =/
one bug/glitch i seem to have run across in the new version was MSN well still connected glitch when making a Conversation connect and then wouldnt let me disconnect from MSN untill i closed and restarted Digsby other than that its been Amazing =)
i am finally joining sites that i have been asked to join but havnt till digsby supports them =)
Daniel Said,
September 25, 2008 @ 6:38 pm
Hey, I know this isn’t the proper forum for this, but I have a feature suggestion: Send Message to All. It’s a great trilly thing I used to send out my Hello’s and Goodbyes, after all, they don’t really vary from person to person.
calvin6 Said,
September 25, 2008 @ 6:53 pm
i’m still having trouble with incoming file transfers. i just get connecting to “screenname” but it never actually connects. it works when I send them files but not the other way around. any idea how to fix this or know what’s wrong?
GoodThings2Life Said,
September 25, 2008 @ 8:48 pm
Just heard about this program today, and I’m trying it out now. I’ve been using Trillian for a while, but Digsby is much better already.
Just one question– any plans for MySpace Messenger and Skype support?
Stephen Said,
September 25, 2008 @ 10:45 pm
hey do I have to set up Digsby all over again after downloading the new version ?
Stephan H. Wissel Said,
September 25, 2008 @ 11:09 pm
Excellent!
Next stops (on my whishlist):
- Linux version
- Mac version (for SWMBO)
- Sametime support (We can help here)
trung Said,
September 25, 2008 @ 11:09 pm
You should add a function same as yahoo messenger which alows send a message to multi buddies. thats is a very useful function.
Aaron Said,
September 26, 2008 @ 1:48 am
I’m at about 60MB with AIM, MSN, Yahoo, GChat, and Facebook Chat as my chatting networks. I have my Gmail account on there and have no social networks.
Does 60MB for that seem right?? Seems high to me…
Idaho Said,
September 26, 2008 @ 2:59 am
The day I am going to use Digsby will come when messaging with diacritics will work correctly with all the other clients. Currently massages containing diacritics sent by QIP users I get as Cyrillic. When I send a massage containing diacritics to ICQ 2001 users, they get something indescribable…
Oh man, how I wish to change from Miranda to some better client which Digsby just could be.
men Said,
September 26, 2008 @ 10:01 am
when i used x@yahoo.com, there is a bug that my status is never displayed well to my friend, i can change it to ‘busy’, ‘listen to music’,etc… , but only shown in myself and it won’t show like that to my buddy (always show ‘available’), but when i used y@yahoo.com the status is well..(i can change it to busy, listen to music, etc.. and show well to my buddy) i don’t know what’s wrong…
is it because wrong digsby setting or my email setting?
but if i use yahoo messenger, both of them is ok..
anyone know about this problem..?
(i used the newest digsby version, build 17926)
g0dFather Said,
September 26, 2008 @ 10:41 am
Penny,
1. I installed it over my old version and it took just fine.
2. All your settings are stored on Digsby including skins, position, etc.
Thanks Digsby crew for a great release.
eia Said,
September 26, 2008 @ 11:24 am
There is a poll on digsbies.org (the community website) asking how much RAM digsby is using for you now:
http://digsbies.org/site/node/362
Amit Said,
September 26, 2008 @ 12:35 pm
I was the memory uses issue for some times which was really annoying. But, this release fixed that issue completely. Thanks all of you of Digsby’s Developer Team.
Thanks Again,
Amit
http://blog.amitbd.com
Basheer Kadir Said,
September 26, 2008 @ 1:04 pm
Nice job. Keep it up. Expecting more in future. Thanks & Regards.
Foxdie Said,
September 26, 2008 @ 1:10 pm
@Doug:
“3 The ability to hide the list of offline buddies. This would shorten up the buddy list for those of us with huge buddy lists.”
You can do that. Click the View menu item and you should see it there with a few other options.
Good update!
However, after Digsby updated (over the previous version) it started up fine. But then after I closed it, and tried to reopen it later it wouldn’t open at all. I saw no process for it running. I uninstalled Digsby and reinstalled it and it works on first run now. I’ll post again if it fails to start again.
Francesco Esposito Said,
September 26, 2008 @ 3:26 pm
This application is awsome. I have started pimping it out to all of my friends, several people have switched just in the last couple hours and they all LOVE IT! As a Microsoft employee, I just wish we had put this together
I also posted the app to one of our Internal employee “Cool Stuff” links. I’ve started to see a positive response already!
Just one ask - a feature request: Have one “Status Update” field in the Buddy List window that updates your status automaticaly across all IM clients and Social Networks you are logged in to (A batch process that would update your status across all apps and post a tweet). That would seal the deal for me, for sure.
Brant K Said,
September 26, 2008 @ 4:02 pm
Love the work your team has done with the program. One problem though. I’ve noticed that while my memory usage is now around 52MB, I get random cpu spikes when trying to open a new chat window or switch to a different tab within a single chat windows.
Just wanted to let you know. If you need any more information, please let me know. Thanks.
Tony Said,
September 26, 2008 @ 5:59 pm
I tried this a while back and it just ran slowly and poorly for me. I could tell it was what I was hoping for (namely something that reminded me of Adium X on Windows), but I wound up uninstalling it.
I have to say this is a HUGE improvement. It runs better, it’s faster and it doesn’t really hog RAM at all. I get about 12 MBs according to WTM and that’s with a few conversations going.
Nice job.
Juarez Said,
September 26, 2008 @ 7:48 pm
Everything works great so far! I have just one feature request (beside - as always - Skype and gadu-gadu supoort). Could you please add status settings for facebook - all of my friends see me online, but when they try to chat with me, it blocks them and informs them that I am offline. When I write to them first, I suddenly appear as online and they are able to chat.
pankaj Said,
September 27, 2008 @ 12:46 am
Mac support please.
afnan Said,
September 27, 2008 @ 4:58 am
hi
Alen Said,
September 27, 2008 @ 1:30 pm
digsby rocks for sure. I am a big fan from africa and i have atleast 20+ people to my credit whom i’ve introduced to the application and the’ve not complained one bit. just makes my life so easy….. (i also featured you on my blog for free…. send that check … lol.) but honestly, great work!
Daniel Henriquez Said,
September 27, 2008 @ 2:14 pm
MAC version!!!!!!!!
Ryan N. Said,
September 27, 2008 @ 3:01 pm
Just wanted to congratulate you guys on this new version. Ive been holding off recommending it to friends and family members purely due to the poor resource handling and memory leaks. This new version seems to be greatly improved and I have now been telling everyone to give your software a try. Thank you again for providing ad-free and cost free IM software!!
Silver Said,
September 27, 2008 @ 8:48 pm
Wow…. this is just amazing. I remember when I first used it. The ram was extremely high but now.. amazing. Thanks for the awesome work!!
Brand Eks Said,
September 28, 2008 @ 1:27 am
I absolutely LOVE Digsby… but one question: when will you add Windows Media Player support for the “Listening to music” status message?
Even if you never do I’ll always cherish the day I dropped Trillian like a hot potato for Digsby!
suezy1969 Said,
September 28, 2008 @ 5:00 am
I really like Digsby and hope some of these features will be added soon; being able to have our own picture to display, a enter button in chat box, fix the smilies(can hardly make out what they r) a link to friends profiles, web cam usage. i love the spell checker!!
Gahgah Said,
September 28, 2008 @ 7:31 am
still takes to much ram for a chat application…trillian is much more ressource friendly!
medj Said,
September 28, 2008 @ 1:41 pm
This new build is definitely the best one yet in terms of performance.
I have 2 features request:
1. To be able to start Digsby when Windows starts minimized in the system tray.
2. One problem I have with Digsby starting with Windows is that it tends to load up before my wireless adapter does and every time I get a “Failed to connect” error because I haven’t even connected to the internet yet. Maybe there could be an option to delay trying to connect Digsby for 10 seconds or so.
Lastly, the only thing to me that could make Digsby the ultimate software is to include IRC support. That way, I wouldn’t even have to use MIRC anymore. Thanks again!
David C Said,
September 28, 2008 @ 2:48 pm
Roshelle: I’m having trouble with Google Chat too. I got disconnected, and by the time I looked at the Digsby window, it said “Connecting in -5s” and the time kept incrementing negatively. Also, when I right-clicked on the tray icon to close Digsby, I got a menu with just “Add Group.”
Antonio Montana Said,
September 28, 2008 @ 6:20 pm
hi, i’m toni montana! you probably know me from the movie SCARFACE. whatever, i tested this digsby stuff, this is great sh*t! i love it! i’m gonna tell all my homies that digsby rocks the internet.
thank you, and call me when you’re in miami.
montana
asklbeba Said,
September 28, 2008 @ 10:03 pm
it is great program really i like it thanks
but the problem I think that the program do not support Arabic language while chatting thee is no thing the program cant show Arabic characters
Steve Said,
September 28, 2008 @ 10:55 pm
Thank you all for the wonderful comments and the warm reception of the new release. We are hard at work getting the next release ready, which will be a small set of bug fixes and performance optimizations. We also fixed a few crashes thanks to the new crash reporter we introduced.
Mr.FLIP Said,
September 28, 2008 @ 10:59 pm
I Luv digsby its nice program the best multi-protocol chat program out by far but its missing one thing………support for MyspaceIM yes it has support for alerts on myspace but it would be the next best thing since slice bread if it had MyspaceIM
Anna! Said,
September 29, 2008 @ 12:53 am
hallelujah, the day has come!
Mike Said,
September 29, 2008 @ 3:15 am
very nice work guys! it rocks, thats for sure.. cant wait for the *nix version.. when is this due? - also is it possible to password protect the directory where chats are saved? i.e C:\Documents and Settings\Mike\My Documents\Digsby Logs\*.*
But still its awesome work and I love it. thanx guys
Brandon Said,
September 29, 2008 @ 3:16 am
I’m loving the new release… it’s working wonders for me…
down from 150MB ram usage to about 70… but I do have 6 IM accounts, 5 Email, and 3 Social Networking sites linked… so… it works wonders… and no more worries about it crashing while I sleep… or the laptop sleeps and wakes
Carbonize Said,
September 29, 2008 @ 3:33 am
@Steve - I can’t really do that as I offer support for the users of my script. Surely a challenge/answer system wouldn’t be to hard to set up?
Taha Said,
September 29, 2008 @ 7:33 am
it is very good program but I have one question. why when other person messeging me by Arabic language I can not see what he write? what is problem?
Thanks
David Said,
September 29, 2008 @ 1:22 pm
Thank you for such a wonderful release. I have noticed my RAM usage literally become half in size. But most importantly, it is still the same old bug-less Digsby I’ve come to know
If only every software developer put this much effort into their software…
Thanks!!!
Brant K Said,
September 29, 2008 @ 3:44 pm
Small update - After returning from hibernate, it takes forever to reconnect and routinely just sit there, say Connecting and then switch to connection failed. If I close and reopen Digsby alltogether, it connects fine.
I’ve also noticed that Digsby will cause a CPU spike to 100% upon opening any IM window or doing anything Digsby related (moving a contact from online to idle, etc).
I don’t suppose you have an archive where I could get an earlier build for the time being? Love the program - not the cpu spikes. Thanks.
Francisc Dragan Said,
September 30, 2008 @ 7:35 am
Great job!!! The best multi-protocol chat program ever. I was Trillian user until last week. I discover Digsby and I am really fascinated of it. If you put the support for Skype also, I will never use something else. Congratulations and I hope you to continue the same good job in the future.
Joe Schmoseph Said,
September 30, 2008 @ 8:29 am
Mac support still “coming soon”. Feels like Duke Nukem Forever. I’m not sure what Digsby’s definition of “soon” is, but I do know what it is not….
Trevor Said,
September 30, 2008 @ 12:42 pm
I *want* to like Digsby. I’ve been using it for a while and to run just one program instead of the two or three IM clients I used to run seems like an attractive idea. The problem is that the e-mail checking connections are kind of flaky and seem to drop sporadically throughout the day. When ever I log in, Hotmail can’t connect, and then if that comes back up, Yahoo mail goes down. Or Gmail. The experience just isn’t consistent enough. Looks like it’s back to Yahoo Messenger and Google Talk for now…
Kartik Said,
September 30, 2008 @ 1:36 pm
Hi,
I am impressed by what you have come up with digsby. Its a really cool product. One feature that you should push for is adding a search box like they have in Google Talk. That would digsby super convenient.
Kartik
Kaipa Kartik Said,
September 30, 2008 @ 1:56 pm
I fully understand that you do not want to clutter the GUI but the search box will help in filtering users based on a particular tag. I can find all johns together so I think it would be a really neat feature to add a search box that works as a filter.
Regards
Kartik
Mike Said,
September 30, 2008 @ 2:32 pm
Great.
Still waiting for support more protocols like IRC and GG which have been requested for a while. Hope it would come some day.
Do you have any schedules or todo`s what`s next?
But truly… gratz and keep on going fine work.
Matt Said,
September 30, 2008 @ 8:15 pm
It would be nice to get notified of “Comment Approvals” for MySpace.
Troy Said,
September 30, 2008 @ 9:41 pm
Slight issue with the new updater code, it doesn’t time out! We’ve got a ‘web washer’ system where we can’t get to the digsby web site, so the updater won’t work. But it just sits there on checking. Which means I never get to sign in. Yes, slight issue
Harry Said,
September 30, 2008 @ 10:39 pm
Guys, great work, could u include ORKUT (Social Network) on later updates? How about offline Messaging on the IM? Great work, u u build a portable or U3 Version would be awesome indeed too!
Tks a lot! keep the great work!
Harry
Davu! Said,
October 1, 2008 @ 9:43 am
Few Things are still missing for me:
(1)Compatibility with Msn Emoticons
(2)Group Chat
(3)Lower CPU use
Shai Said,
October 1, 2008 @ 11:07 am
digsby takes minutes to connect, not cool…
Ian Said,
October 1, 2008 @ 11:26 am
Hey guys, when is digsby for the Mac coming?
jeanny Said,
October 1, 2008 @ 11:53 am
I really like Digsby, its great.
But…I’m still waiting for support more german chat sites.
For example http://www.studivz.net or http://www.wer-kennt-wen.de
Plllleeeaaaasse!
Steve Said,
October 1, 2008 @ 1:58 pm
@Shai - email bugs@digsby.com
@Davu - we are working on lowering CPU usage now and group chat is high up on the priority list
@Kaipa - we will add search to the buddy list
jeii Said,
October 2, 2008 @ 7:55 am
Just when I thought I was out, they pulled me back in…
Fernando Said,
October 2, 2008 @ 12:08 pm
Great work so far, right now I’m having trouble when I try to modify my profile it crashes
elzafir Said,
October 2, 2008 @ 12:36 pm
you should try to integrate Friendster.com, because we in Asia use friendster. Thats another 30 million potential users if you manage to implement friendster to your app. I personally tried and ditch digsby in the past because it has no friendster support and i don’t use facebook. Now i use facebook and i’m back to digsby. But all of my friends who only use friendster, is left behind and won’t touch digsby.
Robert Said,
October 3, 2008 @ 10:13 pm
Huzzah! I’m on a slow laptop and had to switch back to Gtalk because it took up too much memory. I’m back on the train.
Anthony Said,
October 5, 2008 @ 6:00 am
qip and qip infium have feature that contact list is resising automaticaly by number of contacts. can you add this to digsby?
James Said,
October 5, 2008 @ 9:20 pm
I definitely agree with Anthony — while I’ve never actually seen this feature implemented, I’ve always thought it’d be really neat!
Ron Said,
October 6, 2008 @ 5:00 pm
Fairly new user, defected from Trillian Astra which in my experience was really unstable. had to start runnning Microsoft Communicator for work again, though as Astra had support but Digsby does not. Adding LCS would be a great upgrade for me!
Joseph Said,
October 6, 2008 @ 6:13 pm
Vaporware. That’s how I’m referring to Digsby from here on out — until versions for both Mac and Linux have been released. You don’t get to say “coming soon” forever.
~J
Nick Said,
October 6, 2008 @ 6:30 pm
It would be nice to have digsby keep track of which updates you have looked at from sites like twitter a