Build 34 - Stability is Key!
We just pushed an update (Build 34, r18219 r18250 r18269) which introduces support for the new Windows Live Mail that some of our users have already been switched over to along with a few critical bug fixes. As always, you can read the entire list of new features, bug fixes, and enhancements on our Change Log. Notable changes include:
- Added support for the new Windows Live Mail that some users have been switched over to
- Fixed a bug that caused social network accounts to disappear for a small portion of users
- Fixed a bug that caused MSN to disconnect and not know about it so the buddy list was still populated and it did not reconnect
- Fixed a bug that caused Digsby to get stuck on “Connecting…” for a small portion of users. If you are experiencing this you do need to reinstall using the latest installer on our website
As Digsby continues to grow, more and more people depend on our product for their communication needs. While we are still a beta product that is very young, our user base has expanded from the hardcore beta testers to average users who require stability.
With that in mind, we are going change our development process in the near future - most likely the next release we do. We are going ask people to sign up in order to become “alpha testers”. These users will continue to receive 1-2 updates per week while the rest of the userbase will receive updates after we confirm that a release is stable and ready to be pushed out to the masses. This will allow us to consistently release a stable product while maintaining our rapid development cycle.
As always, thank you for all the feedback and enjoy the new build. If you experience any bugs please email us at bugs@digsby.com or use “Help > Send Bug Report” in the main menu to submit a diagnostic log. If you have any suggestions, please email us at features@digsby.com.
Update (10/12/08 6:30pm): An update was pushed to fix a bug that was causing the buddy list not to appear. This is exactly why we are switching over to a two-tier release cycle. The bug was not detected here prior to release because it was an edge case that affected about 1% of users. However, that still adds up to a lot of unhappy people and we want to avoid this in the future. The new build number is 18250.
Update 2 (10/13/08 1:30pm): Another update was pushed fixing the buddy list issue for (hopefully) the rest of the people it affected. Also, we fixed a bug that caused new IM windows to take focus even if your preferences were set for that not to happen. Lastly, we fixed the most common cause of the remaining crashes we have been seeing! Keep submitting crash reports so we can see what is left and what is most common. At this point, Digsby is crashing for less than 0.5% of daily users so it is almost solid. The new build number is 18269.
Bob Said,
October 10, 2008 @ 5:51 pm
Your change in the way you release versions might bring me back into the fold. I was using Digsby as part of my job (keeping in tough with coworkers via IM) and I encountered a few too many problems to keep using it.
Plus the Twitter interface was kind of irritating. Hard to beat Twhirl in that regards.
I love what Digsby can do though, so I’m gonna give it another go.
Operator Said,
October 10, 2008 @ 5:56 pm
Thanks a lot for the new build!
You guys can already put me on the Alpha-Testers list.
Fishbulb Said,
October 10, 2008 @ 5:56 pm
Guys, I know you hear this every time, but the ability to italicize individual words is absolutely key.
James Said,
October 10, 2008 @ 6:01 pm
Ignore grumpy Bob. I’m ready to be an Alpha Tester. I’ve got nothing but love for Digsby.
Alex Said,
October 10, 2008 @ 6:02 pm
I keep getting notices from my client saying that “Digsby pushed a new version,” but I didn’t have a new version pushed onto me… my client still reports the same (build 33) version. Why doesn’t it just update itself without requiring input on my part? Also, I don’t see any way to download the latest (build 34) version. The Download button links me to a page with a download of build 33.
Keith Said,
October 10, 2008 @ 6:03 pm
Seems to be working fine for me. I think you guys are really starting to take off, I get about 30 people a day coming to my blog for a brief article I wrote on Digsby.
Chihiro Said,
October 10, 2008 @ 6:07 pm
Even with the new update I still can’t authenticate facebook chat
Paul Said,
October 10, 2008 @ 6:13 pm
Keep up the stellar work friends! I’ve been waiting for Trillian Astra to come out of alpha for over two years now, and I stopped waiting to get on the alpha test list last week and downloaded Digsby, and holy moley, I love it. It does everything Trillian did for me, but it never crashes, it connects to more networks, and the aesthetics are just what the doctor ordered. Bravo team Digsby, chalk up another devoted user!
GoodThings2Life Said,
October 10, 2008 @ 6:18 pm
Thanks for the quick MSN/Windows Live fixes! You guys rock!
Cybertimber2008 Said,
October 10, 2008 @ 6:21 pm
I can’t say I fully agree with the testing change but I know I’m willing to use the “alpha” quality builds (as before) because I use Digsby in a virtual pc environment and I’m used to testing. XP, Longhorn, Vista, OneCare, etc.
Anyone who downloads should be understanding that this isn’t a “production quality version”, hence “BETA” status.
So I see that it says 1-2 builds a week but will the “alpha” testers get basically “nightly” builds, then on Friday (if it’s all good to go), all the “beta” people get the stable push?
Gervasio Said,
October 10, 2008 @ 6:25 pm
Hey guys!
I like Digsby each day more
The only thing that doesn’t let me switch 100%, is the option of doing chats with more than 1 person in AIM. So, I’m switching to Trillian each time I need a multiple way conversation. I hope you’ll add this to your to-do list
I really think you should, once it’s stable enough, have a free and a Pro version… b/c it would be sad to see this project die b/c of financing.
Just a thought, and keep on the good work!
Andrew Said,
October 10, 2008 @ 6:27 pm
It would be nice if you could have an option to remove the windows title bar at the top.
Andy Said,
October 10, 2008 @ 6:38 pm
Great! Now when do we get actual font editing capabilities?
Kurt Said,
October 10, 2008 @ 6:42 pm
Add me to the list of Alpha Testers!! I love Digsby!!
Steve Said,
October 10, 2008 @ 6:50 pm
This latest version causes my contacts/groups to be missing from the Buddy List window. People have IMed me, and I could communicate with them. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling, making a new account, and I’ve also tried adding new groups and buddies. None of it displays in the Buddy List window.
I tried to revert to the previous build, but I can’t sign on without it automatically updating. There is no setting in Digsby to disable updates or opt out of an update. In this current state, this renders Digsby unusable outside of reverting to a build prior to the updater. I tried removing the updater scripts from the program folder, but this only causes Digsby to lock on the forced update attempt. I love staying current and on the bleeding edge, but it should be possible to use a previous build if the new build has a show stopping bug.
Romey Said,
October 10, 2008 @ 6:52 pm
Sounds great guys! Where do you sign up to be an alpha tester? Can’t wait!
Sean Said,
October 10, 2008 @ 6:52 pm
Count me in to help with alpha testing.
Andrew Sharpe Said,
October 10, 2008 @ 6:57 pm
It would be good to have the option to appear online to only those you want to and the ability to listen to music like yahoo can but other than that i can’t fault it…this really is the best form of chat experience i have ever had from 1 app and im spreading the word to all i know on facebook etc…
Keep up the good work guys you deserve a medal !!!
JOey Said,
October 10, 2008 @ 6:58 pm
AHH My contacts have disappeared with the new version
I see signoffs and signons, but I cant see anyone in the window.
David Said,
October 10, 2008 @ 6:59 pm
Love the push updates. Digsby is growing into a fantastic stable program.
I wish you guys would make it possible to double click on hotmail and the windows live mail program would open not the firefox to web mail interface.
dinko Said,
October 10, 2008 @ 7:03 pm
I would appreciate if you could implement IM notification only in tray. Just changing the icon of digsby in tray to something else when IM received…
Steven G Said,
October 10, 2008 @ 7:07 pm
keep up the good work there digsby crew, keep me in mind for alpha testing =]
Siyang Said,
October 10, 2008 @ 7:09 pm
How do i get on the alpha list?
Chris Said,
October 10, 2008 @ 7:11 pm
@Steve, @JOey,
Please submit bug reports via the help menu when you experience this problem (or others); the logs included in the report will give us a much better chance of debugging the problem.
Hear hear Said,
October 10, 2008 @ 7:12 pm
Hear hear on italics and boldface. Get with the program, guys.
Pat Said,
October 10, 2008 @ 7:13 pm
i was wondering if u could add more to the social settings. like myyearbook,tagged,fubar etc so that way ur connected to the other sites that ur on.
Y3k-Bug Said,
October 10, 2008 @ 7:16 pm
I wish they had better stated that this is a beta release.
I can’t get my contacts to show now.
Chris Said,
October 10, 2008 @ 7:21 pm
@Y3k-Bug
please submit a bug report via the help menu.
Tommy Said,
October 10, 2008 @ 7:39 pm
I have a highly customized vista box. once in a while digsby and outlook will fight out who needs the CPU and when that happens it I end up with a three finger salute to windows and then a powerdown reboot.
I am not bailing out, but if you could work that bug out with the little bit of info I can give you that would be great.
you have my email address if you so desire more feed back.
T
tranky Said,
October 10, 2008 @ 8:32 pm
push updates are THE WAY
nice work, keep it up
Dani Said,
October 10, 2008 @ 8:34 pm
why it’s keep downloading updates every time I login,
it’s very lame u know
Jay Said,
October 10, 2008 @ 8:38 pm
You guys have been really great at interacting with the user base and really listening to them and making them a part of this process. Being a programmer myself, I feel this is exactly how all software should be made. Keep up the good work!
Joshua Said,
October 10, 2008 @ 9:08 pm
Alpha Tester over Here. *waves
Steve Said,
October 10, 2008 @ 9:22 pm
@Chris
This is a bug report about your bug report feature. It won’t submit.
Phil H Said,
October 10, 2008 @ 9:42 pm
I’ve been with y’all for a while, and I love my digsby updates. Screw stability, give me the alphas!
Patrick Said,
October 10, 2008 @ 9:51 pm
I like your new release plans. But I don’t really mind getting bugs because I want to help Digsby’s development. Besides, it’s been a long time since Digsby crashed on my Vista laptop.
One thing that I’d really like for Digsby to have though (maybe sometime in the future) is the ability to assign different status to each IM account. That’s one thing I miss since moving from Pidgin. Other than that, excellent job! I’m one of your many users who you hardly hear from, mainly because we’ve got nothing to complain really.
kh4lsa86 Said,
October 10, 2008 @ 10:14 pm
Yes…same problem as Steve, JOey, and Y3k-Bug. None of my contacts show…
will submit a bug report.
Jack Said,
October 10, 2008 @ 10:54 pm
I’m going to be an alpha tester for sure. I’ve been with Disgby for a while now, promote it to all my friends, and really look forward to what you have in store!
Aithne Said,
October 10, 2008 @ 11:07 pm
Good work as usually guys. I’m in for alpha tester.
And for those of you who are being somewhat rude, back off. These guys are working their butts off on this program and have a huge to do list because you request things and they are WILLING to oblige. They aren’t gods, but men. Give them time and you will see all the amazing results these guys can and will continue to do to make Digsby all it can be and much much more.
Paul Archambault Said,
October 10, 2008 @ 11:28 pm
Count me in for Alpha Testing, as you (may or may not) know I am a hardcore “Portable App” user so that would be my area I can focus on for you.
John Said,
October 10, 2008 @ 11:41 pm
I am still having an issues with digsby working with facebook as a social network, but the chat works fine.
Other than the one issue, digsby does make keeping in touch with my people much easier.
I would like to be an alpha-tester. Please put me on your list
John
Jon Said,
October 11, 2008 @ 12:15 am
I’d love to be an alpha tester. Please include me in this.
John Said,
October 11, 2008 @ 12:46 am
Where is the love for linux?
I mean c’mon, do the open source fans a favor and port this wonderful utility to the native language already. I know that linux isn’t nearly as common as windows but there are no well rounded options atm and it sucks!
Pidgin is a buggy pos and kopete is fundamentally sound but lacking of the razzle dazzle in Digsby. I would test and submit error reports all day long to do what I could for a native linux version. Is there at least a rough ETA?
Steve Said,
October 11, 2008 @ 1:29 am
@Patrick: Choose “custom” in the status dropdown. You can set status per account from there.
Karthik Said,
October 11, 2008 @ 1:51 am
cool update….Thankx…need more Skins…
Ben Warburton Said,
October 11, 2008 @ 2:14 am
Sign me up for alpha tester. I love Digsby.
Erik Said,
October 11, 2008 @ 3:03 am
The new push updates is a nice feature. I’m still looking for a better “status check” on the messages tho.. As in if they’re sent and actually recieved, the “some of the messages _might_ not have been delivered” message doesnt really help much.
Still the best app i’ve seen in a long time, sign me up for alpha !
kyleabaker Said,
October 11, 2008 @ 3:08 am
Count me as already signed up for alpha testing.
ayman Said,
October 11, 2008 @ 3:35 am
I mean c’mon, do the open source fans a favor and port this wonderful utility to the native language already. I know that linux isn’t nearly as common as windows but there are no well rounded options atm and it sucks!
Pidgin is a buggy pos and kopete is fundamentally sound but lacking of the razzle dazzle in Digsby. I would test and submit error reports all day long to do what I could for a native linux version. Is there at least a rough ETA?
Ducky Said,
October 11, 2008 @ 3:40 am
Will you ever get neopets as thing? Please!
benzrad Said,
October 11, 2008 @ 4:17 am
yes, i seemingly never seeing my facebook friends appear in the facebook im buddy list. i doubting if they r offline, but in offline list there is not one. what’s wrong? can’s facebook frineds be listed in im buddy list?
Steve Said,
October 11, 2008 @ 4:38 am
@Aithne: I looked through and couldn’t find any posts that seemed rude. Some people have participated in so many betas and software forums that they don’t want to have to bow politely and praise to project before contributing bug reports. Detailed timely submissions by former software developers should be praise enough alone.
Fred Said,
October 11, 2008 @ 5:21 am
Just wondering, do you mean “our users” instead of “out users”?
Rachel Tominaga Said,
October 11, 2008 @ 6:12 am
I love to participate as an Alpha tester. Digsby rarely crushed in my computer even when it’s in the rapid development cycle.
I hope Digsby will do Japanese users some favors by adding support for mixi SNS and Yahoo! Japan mail.
And I think I noticed a bug…
In Status Options - Let others know that I am idle after … minutes of inactivity. I put in 0 so that I will always be idle, and in my Digsby the status is shown as idle. However, other people still see me as available/busy (according to which I set at the time) not idle as it should be. I am using Google Talk.
Steve Roberts Said,
October 11, 2008 @ 6:17 am
Thanks for the update. Digsby is a great app, I love it. Sign me up as an Alpha Tester
Steve Said,
October 11, 2008 @ 6:52 am
Good news. My buddy list window contents have returned through no efforts of my own. This is an interesting bug to look into, Digsby devs, because whatever it was, Meebo suffered from it as well. I use Yahoo and AIM, and it impacted both on both Digsby and Meebo. The native clients were immune to the bug.
Luca Said,
October 11, 2008 @ 6:54 am
I’d like to be an Alpha Tester too!
FireMom Said,
October 11, 2008 @ 7:42 am
Kudos. Push update rocked my socks.
FireMom Said,
October 11, 2008 @ 7:43 am
And right after I said kudos, I found a bug. Off to report!
Eric Said,
October 11, 2008 @ 8:28 am
I am about to open a new office for my company in Miami and will be the only one moving there for at least half a year. As a result, I will need to use chat a lot to keep in touch (as a small company, I’m involved in a lot of different areas of our company, marketing, tech, etc.). I’d be happy to be an alpha tester for you guys.
Keep up the good work!
Jay Said,
October 11, 2008 @ 8:29 am
I’d be more than happy to be an alpha tester. How do I sign up?
ramblinwolf Said,
October 11, 2008 @ 9:24 am
i have downloaded alot of different messengers and when i came across disby i thought it was just another trying to be a wanna be but i must say when i downloaded disby and then when i open an account i was so amazed how disby was so easy understand.i instantly fell in love disby was what i was looking for i haven’t had any problems the only thing i can think of that i would love to be able to do on disby i would like be able to chat with people on i/m through disby not to put the other products down becausei’m sure they are great products but i have used trillian and the others and they all are gonna have to come up with someother than what they got to beat disby…..i vote disby 110%
Randyd Said,
October 11, 2008 @ 9:29 am
I would like to be an alpha-tester. Please put me on your list
Kun Sun Sweeley Said,
October 11, 2008 @ 10:57 am
Digsby is a very awesome program, even though it’s beta, it’s very stable for a beta product. I love how I can connect to each one of my IM accounts and chat with friends from every one in one single program. It would be nice to allow actual text editing like bolding or italicizing specific words in a future build. I will continue using Digsby and be a very loyal Digsby user.
TheDarkseid007 Said,
October 11, 2008 @ 12:14 pm
I have loved what ya’ll have done with this program so far. I use to use Trillian and it just started causing me problems with my other messengers, like deling ones even though i didnt remove them or something to that effect.
I would still like to request a hiding feature, if not for digsby , at least for yahoo itself, because sometimes i dont feel like having to talk to everyone when i sign-on to yahoo and see bout 6 convos pop up and say hi and stuff and have to go through within 30 mins of catching up on life with each one of them.
so if you could plz work on a hiding feature to allow only certain users to see u online all the time and who u want to show u as offline all the time?
and i see that u have fiuxed the copy/paste issue of pasting 10 or so lines of a message to another person thanks.
DARK
JDW Said,
October 11, 2008 @ 12:45 pm
Yeah, contacts not displaying for me either, and I didn’t have an option to decline installing this build. Fantastic. Submitting a bug report, not that you need mine.
annabel Said,
October 11, 2008 @ 12:49 pm
I’ll make a bug report thing. But I always seem to have to go in and select msn to connect again, it just never does it automatically.
I adore digsby though, nothing compares to it.
<3 the digsby guys
francoi Said,
October 11, 2008 @ 1:46 pm
this my first time to use this site what is the good benifite
Davu Said,
October 11, 2008 @ 6:22 pm
I wanna be an alpha tester too
Arshad Y. Khan Said,
October 11, 2008 @ 6:48 pm
I’d love to be an Alpha Tester as well.
Thalagyrt Said,
October 11, 2008 @ 7:21 pm
Entirely empty buddy list. What the hell? Digsby is currently 100% useless.
JasonN Said,
October 11, 2008 @ 7:28 pm
Love the product. It’s Beta and I get that. I still think it’s about as stable much of the time as any “release” or “production” product dealing with the same touchy, even flaky, service foci.
Your release cycles are great. Your production is solid. You can’t and won’t make all people happy. Man, if you can stomach using Twitter with its myriad of downtime issues, Digsby is as solid as a rock in comparison.
Good work, and the idea of splitting the development cycles is a good idea. Although, I’d call it Beta/Current and Production. Alpha sounds flaky. You’d get more takers if you just graduated a final release of Digsby and called the latest version the “Beta” or better: Current.
Daniel Michel Said,
October 11, 2008 @ 10:34 pm
This new version just doesn’t work. I had to uninstall the previous version and reinstall just to get it to work SOMEWHAT. i mean, i’m able to logon to my AIM accounts, but yahoo and msn dont work.
SacredCultivator Said,
October 11, 2008 @ 11:54 pm
I would like to be an Alpha Tester as well, please.
Vincent Said,
October 12, 2008 @ 2:41 am
Yeah I’m affected by not being able to see contacts either, 50% cpu usage while this happens.
Aleksandar Said,
October 12, 2008 @ 3:45 am
Another Alpha tester here:)
Good work guys!
Mario.cz Said,
October 12, 2008 @ 6:49 am
still there isnt fixed bug with contactlist that i sended report. are you working on it?
Tech Tips Said,
October 12, 2008 @ 7:48 am
I’m one of those which had that connecting… problem. It’s fixed now and working smoothly. You guys rocks!
Apicio Said,
October 12, 2008 @ 8:18 am
I love this program! I hope you’ll continue to develop it!! I just leaved WLM.
John Said,
October 12, 2008 @ 10:36 am
As a suggestion, some software like uTorrent have a checkbox in the settings, that ask if you want to update to alpha/beta versions.
That way, people could pick (at their own risk! haha) if they get that version.
Lane Said,
October 12, 2008 @ 12:55 pm
I’ll be a alpha tester!
Thom Said,
October 12, 2008 @ 1:08 pm
Digsby logs into my yahoo account & shows me whom of my friends are online & is correct. The problem I’m having is it doesn’t show me as online to my friends on yahoo. Other than that I think it’s a great program for muliple chat users.
Steve Said,
October 12, 2008 @ 1:41 pm
Quick mock up: http://img98.imageshack.us/my.php?image=76534287it2.png
Alpha tester request.
FM Said,
October 12, 2008 @ 1:59 pm
I would like to say that Digsby has been stable for me so far and I’ve been using it since it was private beta (I’ve got to thank Ars Technica and the Buzz Out Loud podcast for this awesome find). Great work you guys.
Steve Said,
October 12, 2008 @ 6:32 pm
@All: The buddy list issue is now fixed and an update will be pushed within a few minutes. This affected only about 1% of all users, which is why we did not detect it before pushing out the build. It is the very reason we will switch to a two-tier release cycle as described in the blog post.
herb Said,
October 12, 2008 @ 6:45 pm
Thanks! Keep it up…
Thalagyrt Said,
October 12, 2008 @ 7:18 pm
Steve, the buddy list issue is not fixed. I just loaded up with the new update and I still have no buddy list.
Kana Said,
October 12, 2008 @ 7:27 pm
as usual, keep up the good work! count me in for alpha testing
MIke Said,
October 12, 2008 @ 7:46 pm
Great Job with the program guys haven’t had any problems. Oh you can also add me to the alpha testing.
Ferno Said,
October 12, 2008 @ 11:56 pm
My buddy list still is showing a blank even after your update. It is all white. I only get the popup messages when people sign on and off, but can’t see anything else.
Jrock Said,
October 13, 2008 @ 12:09 am
Digsby just updated again and still no buddy list
Vincent Said,
October 13, 2008 @ 12:30 am
Yeah buddy list still isn’t there for me after new update.
Vincent Said,
October 13, 2008 @ 12:57 am
Nevermind, I removed all my accounts and re-added and it worked.
Vincent Said,
October 13, 2008 @ 1:04 am
Ok so the problem starts when adding AIM, cpu usage goes to 50% which probaly stopped the loading of other contact lists, all other services add fine, just when adding AIM.
Manuel Said,
October 13, 2008 @ 2:36 am
Just updated to Build 18250, buddy list is still not showing up : \
Chris Said,
October 13, 2008 @ 3:12 am
hi, The conversation window always pops up whenever receive a new message.
Eg: i typing in conversation window A, when conversation windows B receive a new message, it will pop up and display.
can you fix it? does not appear until i click it?
thanks.
rob Said,
October 13, 2008 @ 4:30 am
same problem.. no contact list with the latest push
idodialog Said,
October 13, 2008 @ 7:08 am
I’m not a heavy user, not many buddies, only a few services needed, not much social networking, quite a few unruly email addresses - and with Digsby, for the very first time I’m really at home in an IM app. For me its solid, reliable, looks great and keeps a handle on everything.
Doesn’t transfer files very well though!
Tra-La-La-La-La Said,
October 13, 2008 @ 9:07 am
We *need* Skype support!
LiMuBei Said,
October 13, 2008 @ 9:46 am
I’m sorry guys, but I still don’t see any buddies on my list even though I’m connected to the services.
Tim in Denver Said,
October 13, 2008 @ 10:08 am
Is there an option to just be notified of updates available for download rather than automatically updating? My work computer’s permissions are set strangely - I can install digsby no problem, but when it runs the auto-updater, I am told I don’t have the proper privileges.
I’ve gotten in the habit of remembering when my home pc gets a digsby update so I can just go to digsby.com to download the latest version. This morning, however, the download was NOT the latest version and it did the automatic update thing when I tried to run it - which means, of course, that I can’t use Digsby today. I will try the download later.
Thanks
Naren Said,
October 13, 2008 @ 11:18 am
It seems from the overwhelming response here that you may be better off doing the opposite of what you proposed. Instead of creating an opt-in alpha list, why not keep the automatic updates be the default, but provide a way for people to opt-out of the updates. You could probably label stable versions as beta’s or releases and the people who opted out of automatic updates can sync with these exports…
My 2c
Naren
Matt Said,
October 13, 2008 @ 12:33 pm
Count me in to beta test as well.
Mike Said,
October 13, 2008 @ 1:09 pm
Love the program, just have the following issues:
- Cant make a “New IM” window anymore (ever since the last update)
- When I set my status as “Away” and include a message, my message seems to disappear after a bit, has been happening for a long time.
Thanks.
Steve Said,
October 13, 2008 @ 1:12 pm
@All: Pushing another update now with fixes for the rest of you have have the buddy list issue. It seems that some IM client is storing buddy list information in a way that is different than the AIM client.
Gerard Said,
October 13, 2008 @ 1:29 pm
I love Digsby. It is one of my must-have apps. With Digsby, I need to keep at least 4 other apps open.
I’d have to say +1 to Skype support.
Also want to say Digsby has been stable for me for several months. I must not be an edge-case user.
Derek Said,
October 13, 2008 @ 2:36 pm
I’m on the new MSN mail and while I can see my inbox email now, the “From” field that is displayed is “None”.
Awesome program, thanks for your great work. It just keeps getting better and better!
Brant K Said,
October 13, 2008 @ 2:55 pm
Count me for Alpha testing. Love this program.
Steve Said,
October 13, 2008 @ 2:59 pm
@Derek: We are still working on finishing up support. The “None” for sender will be fixed shortly.
kyleabaker Said,
October 13, 2008 @ 3:38 pm
Just wanted to point out that the update dates are incorrect:
“Update (8/12/08 6:30pm):”
..and..
“Update 2 (8/13/08 1:30pm):”
..should be..
“Update (10/12/08 6:30pm):”
..and..
“Update 2 (10/13/08 1:30pm):”
Also, now that Digsby is so close to being solid…when can we expect Linux builds? I’m sure the Mac users are just as anxious.
I’ll be sending in plenty of bug reports along with John ^^ so the linux version can be rock solid asap as well. I really hope that for Linux you decide to go with Debs and RPMs and packages like that rather than bin installers.
HerbCSO Said,
October 13, 2008 @ 4:29 pm
Yeah! The latest update finally fixed the buddy list issue for me - thanks for being so on the ball guys! I have to admit, I never even reported the issue just because I had full confidence that you were already working urgently on it and would have it fixed as soon as possible - and here I am with the latest update pushed out and it works again. Confidence fully justified. Job well done, guys!
Steve Said,
October 13, 2008 @ 5:14 pm
@kyleabaker: Thanks, it’s fixed. We are almost solid on crashes but want to get file transfers more stable and fix a few unicode related issues before we move on to other platforms.
cmu Said,
October 13, 2008 @ 5:15 pm
Yay, the 2nd update seems to have fixed my problem with offline messages too.
Kana Said,
October 13, 2008 @ 6:10 pm
authentication error on fb chat once you pushed today’s update. Don’t know why.
Kana Said,
October 13, 2008 @ 6:14 pm
neeeever mind. the problem fixed itself. dunno how.
Thalagyrt Said,
October 13, 2008 @ 6:51 pm
It works!
Mark Guadalupe Said,
October 13, 2008 @ 7:33 pm
@steve, thanks for replying my emails regarding my Digsby issues since I updated from the Sept 2008 digsby updates, it would be nice if digsby will have a psychic mode like on Pidgin or provide a digsby ‘API’ for other developers-alike can integrate existing plugin(s) and make it work.
Jrock Said,
October 13, 2008 @ 7:48 pm
Beautiful! Digsby is up and running again! Thank you guys so much!
Also Skype would be a sexy update
Daniel Said,
October 13, 2008 @ 10:40 pm
I’m having a similar problem to Kana’s. Yahoo and Facebook chat are failing to connect…
Chris Said,
October 14, 2008 @ 12:42 am
I don’t know what exactly it is, but I am still having issues with the Buddy List appearing, the program hanging as it tries to appear.
Chris Said,
October 14, 2008 @ 1:18 am
Actually, it seems to be working fine after a quick restart, go figure. Honestly, I still use WLM, though the beta version, but Digsby honestly is great for Facebook and lets me use AIM with ease, definitely a great product!
Patrick Said,
October 14, 2008 @ 4:20 am
“@Patrick: Choose “custom” in the status dropdown. You can set status per account from there.”
Thanks! I didn’t know about this.
robbo Said,
October 14, 2008 @ 7:34 am
hi, I am not sure if this is the right place to ask but….
I would to like to be able to very visibly identify [in the buddy list] if I have blocked one of my buddies. Is there a way to do this now and if not, will you please create such a way?
Steve Said,
October 14, 2008 @ 10:09 am
@Daniel: Use Help > Send Bug Report to submit a diagnostic log.
@Chris: The restart triggered an auto-update, which pushed the fix to you.
@robbo: Not right now but we will make it more obvious in the buddy list. For now Preferences > Privacy.
Mike Said,
October 14, 2008 @ 4:00 pm
There was so many requests for support gg and skype protocols left with no comment on this blog.
Could you please say a word if you are planning to add this feature in near future? Or maybe just give us all - who are waiting to see new protocols like gg, skype, irc… supported by Digsby - a clue when are you planning to start working on this kind of stuff.
Regards,
Mike
P.S. Sorry for that off-topic comment but see now response neither on forum nor on mail
Mike Said,
October 14, 2008 @ 6:21 pm
Just wanted to say that you guys are awesome. You’ve made something so useful, made it available for free, and you seem to be making all the right decisions. Way to go!
Steve Said,
October 14, 2008 @ 6:29 pm
@Mike: We will add more protocols in the future. We don’t have a definite timeline for these bug all three of the ones you mentioned are definitely on the to-do list.
Ninju Said,
October 14, 2008 @ 10:50 pm
Seems that IM windows no longer auto-focus on the text typing field when selecting the window, at least from the taskbar..
Very important I think.
merska Said,
October 14, 2008 @ 11:25 pm
Cannot connect to AIM since the last update.
98% of my contacts are on AIM, so if this problem persists, there’s no reason to continue using Digsby. AIM connects fine when I use their software.
Peng Said,
October 15, 2008 @ 10:36 pm
in regard to above, my only beef with new updates is all my customized theme files are overwritten, custom installation is preferred and a crucial feature. think macupdate, or even windows update.
ericanwar Said,
October 17, 2008 @ 2:12 pm
i still could not found feature: BUZZ (in YM) or Nudge (in WinLive) in Digsby. Why you don’t add this feature ???
Is there anything I can do to stop the automatic upgrade download while I try to login? I do not wish this automatic download. I prefer to download via http://www.digsby.com by myself, but digsby forced me to turn on the automatic download precccess. Please add this option to your user, if we want to turn on either turn off the automatic download.
alex Said,
October 19, 2008 @ 4:53 pm
This product works beautifully. I never thought I’d leave Trillian, but this program and the log converter have me converted! Thanks so much!
Daniel Said,
October 19, 2008 @ 7:52 pm
ok–more of a feature request than anything else…
I would like to be able to set EACH individual email account as showing in buddy-list, in tray, both or none, rather than a universal setting…..
Pwntastic Said,
October 20, 2008 @ 11:25 am
The amazon linking while displaying ‘Listening To…’ is really annoying. There should be a way to disable it.
The Fury Said,
October 20, 2008 @ 4:57 pm
It’d be nice if group chats/multichats could be supported for aim.
Also, the now playing feature should be able to support WMP 11 or Last LM…
Besides that, its shaping up to be a great program.
Jim Said,
October 20, 2008 @ 6:37 pm
Seems like stuff is shaping up well. Just wondering when the next update will be. Seems like they were happening pretty fast and then now there’s nothing. So possibly you could add me to the testers because i use it all the time and i would work well with testing bugs. Usually use it for 6+ hours a day.
RKX Said,
October 21, 2008 @ 12:14 pm
Please sign me up too, I love this product and would love to see it fill out its abilities
IcyM Said,
October 21, 2008 @ 7:37 pm
Please sign me as an alpha tester too.
Harry Said,
October 21, 2008 @ 8:54 pm
what about skype integration???? would be awesome!!! and Orkut social network too!
tks for the soft
Dan Said,
October 22, 2008 @ 8:59 am
Sign me in as a tester too!
Josh Said,
October 22, 2008 @ 10:06 am
I would like to be an alpha tester too! I love this software.
Kaipa Kartik Said,
October 22, 2008 @ 12:30 pm
Hi,
Right now one thing i noticed was that I am unable to send attachments with my mail. Can this feature be added. It would be an awesome feature.
Also i would like to be alpha user of digsby. It’s a really well built software.
bubazoo Said,
October 22, 2008 @ 6:30 pm
I’d like to sign up as an alpha tester. I like seeing all the new features that are pushed out. I run digsby on my laptop, and desktop, and its nice to see digsby is still running smooth on my Vista laptop with only 1.37 GB of RAM, since i can’t upgrade the RAM on my laptop any more then is in there now.
So far, I’m satisfied with what digsby has now. besides a portable version I would use that alot for school, otherwise the feature set is fine how it is now. My brother inlaw and sister would like to see a Mac version, but I don’t care about that myself.
oh, and webcam support, not necessarily 2 way webcam but at least the ability to send recieve webcam transmissions over yahoo and MSN, since 2 way webcam would be heavy broadband intensive on both ends to be decently functional anyway, otherwise digsby seems rock solid to me.
Patrice Said,
October 24, 2008 @ 11:11 am
It would be awesome if there was a digsby application for the iPhone and iPod touch. I would use it all the time! and i just noticed this as I was typing, its kinda funny that your comment box doesnt recognize digsby as word. =]