Alpha Testers Needed!
We need your help! As Digsby continues to grow, more and more people depend on it 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.
As we mentioned in a previous blog post, we are making a change in our development process. We are looking for a select group of people to become “alpha testers”. These users will continue to receive 1-2 updates per week while the rest of the user base 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.
In order to become an alpha tester, you’ll need to install the alpha version of Digsby. Once you’ve installed it, download this file and place it in the Digsby program folder (otherwise the program will update to the current “released” version). You can always delete the file or reinstall Digsby in order to leave the alpha tester group. Keep in mind that with great power comes great responsibility. We are looking for people who will be proactive in reporting any new bugs that we introduce so we can fix these issues before a release is pushed out to the entire user base. Just use “Help > Send Bug Report” right after an issue happens.
Today, we begin testing Build 35 (r18546) which introduces many critical bug fixes and improvements. We will keep a list if changes in the current alpha on our Change Log. Good luck in testing and thank you for your help!
As always, 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.
Chris Niles Said,
October 24, 2008 @ 11:50 am
In your change log, the date of r18546 is 8/24/2008. It should be 10/24/2008.
Brynjar Said,
October 24, 2008 @ 11:52 am
Is it possible to have both alpha and the current release installed at the same time or do you want me to remove the beta?
Mike Said,
October 24, 2008 @ 11:53 am
lol, thanks Chris. fixed! I guess we were just hoping for it to be August again
Mike Said,
October 24, 2008 @ 11:54 am
@Brynjar- You can have them installed to different locations, it should work just fine. Though if you do experience any issues you believe to be caused by having them both, be sure to let us know!
Arrodrigues Said,
October 24, 2008 @ 11:59 am
hi to place a translator, international or global he transforms
to put pluguins for several types of videos and cameras
to let access not to store conversations ` opcinonal to a user
to take away the bichicho vrede and to place a simbulo of comunicaçao
compatible he to put with all the chats, to improve the comunicaçao of video. healthy these my sujestoes
the program is muravilho very well, it is going to be very successful
polybrave and brave congratulations for the one who did an embrace
SHOWPROMOSVG Said,
October 24, 2008 @ 12:00 pm
make the web cam use with out call if that can happen i will be mose happy
MasterEvilAce Said,
October 24, 2008 @ 12:03 pm
Would have been nice to be notified that the Digsby folder would be nuked, so I could have backed up my custom stuff….
JP Said,
October 24, 2008 @ 12:04 pm
Loving the new alpha (r18546) — it seems much more responsive!
Nothing negative to report at this time…
Robert Said,
October 24, 2008 @ 12:05 pm
On top of it Sue. I love digsby!!!!!!!!!!!
Avner Kashtan Said,
October 24, 2008 @ 12:12 pm
Well, I’m signed up. Someone needs to keep poking you on those pesky RTL issues.
bubazoo Said,
October 24, 2008 @ 12:20 pm
I have a notebook, and a desktop I can test on. I’ll use this desktop to test the alpha on since its what I use the most. my notebook will be running the “released” version.
so far, the alpha looks good, no issues so far… what about adding myspace chat to IM accounts? has that been tested yet? I have a few users on myspace now. Also in facebook chat, it keeps wanting to put the new facebook chat users in the MSN group, instead of their own separate group, but I had that issue with past releases.
as far as the alpha goes, so far so good, what are we testing in this release specifically?
Nathan Carey Said,
October 24, 2008 @ 12:25 pm
It seems when you install this build, it replaces your old digsby folder, would have been nice to know before hand, all in all a good job up to this point.
Julio Areco Said,
October 24, 2008 @ 12:25 pm
Hace poco que instele el programa, por ahora todo muy bien, simple y funcional.
Estupendo lo de tener las cuentas de gmail, hotmail y yahho todo junto, muy bueno.
¿Para cuando la versión en ESPAÑOL?
Gracias
Mike Said,
October 24, 2008 @ 12:34 pm
@ MasterEvilAce, Nathan Carey-
All Digsby installers do that. There should be a notice posted wherever you downloaded your modifications from; there’s also notes about that on the forums.
We’re slowly moving towards customizations being separate from the Digsby installation folder but it’s not quite there yet.
loof Said,
October 24, 2008 @ 12:34 pm
Is this alpha testing going to be similar to the previous round of updates that were only pushed to certain users?
I’m was fine with those updates but I don’t want to get into anything much more aggressive than that.
Ricky Said,
October 24, 2008 @ 12:37 pm
can’t just have a checkbox flag in regular Digsby to grab alpha updates? :\
Mike Said,
October 24, 2008 @ 12:39 pm
@loof, the goal is to get changes to users early and often. this way we can find problems faster (and therefore fix them faster). also, we’ll be able to avoid releasing changes that cause problems for a lot of people if we have a smaller group of users that let us know if we break something
@ricky, to be honest we didn’t want to make it *too* easy, since changing that checkbox could have pretty big ramifications for the usability of the program. Additionally, there’s no guarantee that Digsby is running under an Administrator account (and is therefore able to make changes to Program Files, which is where a majority of people install it to).
Julius Said,
October 24, 2008 @ 12:45 pm
Nice. Count me inn.
also can’t wait to b able to test/use Digsby on OS X.
Keep up the goodwork! Digsby is a realTIMEsaver. If only skaip contacts were available… mhm…. just for chatting …
Cheers from Vilnius, Lithuania.
Julius
Foysal Osmany Said,
October 24, 2008 @ 12:47 pm
It would be great if it is possible to change the status of different IM.
Kurt Said,
October 24, 2008 @ 1:05 pm
Which folder are we supposed to put the file in? I thought I put it in the right spot but I haven’t received any update.
Thanks,
Kurt
Kurt Said,
October 24, 2008 @ 1:11 pm
Ah, never mind. I guess you made us d/l the newest one, the second file is for future updates. Don’t mind me.
Thanks,
Kurt
Mike Said,
October 24, 2008 @ 1:12 pm
@Kurt-
The file goes in (for example) “C:\Program Files\Digsby”. In this case the file is actually to *prevent* an update- without it the program will “update” to version 18269, the current version released to everyone. However, this file will also make it so you’ll update when we do release updates to the “alpha” branch of the program.
You can be sure you have this alpha release if you go to Help -> About Digsby and see “Build 18546″.
edit: apparently you didn’t need my explanation ;-). oh well, I’ll leave it here for anyone else that might be curious.
Amos Said,
October 24, 2008 @ 1:18 pm
I definitely like being given the newest updates and big fixes for programs (even if you lose a little stability) and you guys have made it easy. Also, I appreciate the change logs with the updates.
Rimmon Said,
October 24, 2008 @ 2:18 pm
I love being alpha/beta tester. Getting all the good stuff before everybody else and, as a side effect, help the developers making their good tool even better. *g*
Oh, and thanks for the good work. Digsby is truly amazing.
gtx
Carl Said,
October 24, 2008 @ 2:26 pm
First of all let me tell you what my system is running.I am running Windows Vista Business 32 bit with sp1.I have a 7800gs video card.All Windows updates are installed and up to date along with video card drivers from nvidia.Now,I was doing some looking around on the digsby forum and noticed a video about problems with digsby and the eplorer.exe using too much cpu.So i decided to open my task manager and sure enough my explorer.exe was using 10% of my cpu.The firest thing I did was exit digsby and the cpu usage went away.So i loaded digsby back up and i noticed that cpu usage went back up and I also noticed a new (never before seen bye me)issue.My video card fan speed is wunning faster when digsby is loaded even when digsby is minimized.However,If i look under mouse setting it appears that pointer shadows are not enabled.When I enable mouse pointer shadows my video card fan spins back down and my cpu usage goes down.So evedently this problem has not been fixed yet bye either microsoft or digsby.It seems to me that the reason for the cpu usage rising may be due to the video card being used more for some reason and causing the video card fan speed to rise.If I had to guess I would assume that for some reason when mouse pointer shadows is disabled digsby is using some sort of 3d rendering for an unknown reason causing cpu usage and video card fan speed to rise.This is just my opinion.
Hope this helps!
Thanks,
Carl
Jacob Said,
October 24, 2008 @ 3:13 pm
If you guys could fix the bug on dual monitor systems where Digsby doesn’t stay docked, I would be so very thankful.
Bruno Said,
October 24, 2008 @ 4:00 pm
Hi, it will be nice if we could hide email account with no e-mails inside…
Thanks for your program and your job.
Denis Said,
October 24, 2008 @ 4:33 pm
whether it will be in the future to add support for the Skype protocol?
It’s great program, but with skype protocol, it will be greater-lol.
I think that you will understand me
OyoKooN Said,
October 24, 2008 @ 6:15 pm
Alpha installed !
It’s very good to have a message for help you
Rken42 Said,
October 24, 2008 @ 6:37 pm
Will the new version be supported on Linux or Macs? I also agree that if there is no mail the alert bar can be hidden. What about MySpace Chat? Unless I missed how to add it….:S
Not sure if anyone else likes this feature but it was helpful to see when the last time someone was on, I’m not sure if that is a Y!/AIM thing or that was a feature that Trillian had.
Alan Said,
October 24, 2008 @ 11:15 pm
I’m in… been submitting bug reports for a few months, anyways. And I do love and crave new features…
simon Said,
October 25, 2008 @ 5:01 am
got the alpha… are you guys doing some flavor of agile
XGhozt Said,
October 25, 2008 @ 9:03 am
Can we get to IRC yet? I’ve been waiting like 6 months now, another month and I think I’ll give up waiting - Maybe Digsby will never match up to Pidgin..
Pity.. I was kind of enjoying overseeing it’s evolution. I figured “Alpha Testers”.. “for what.. ” “IRC!?” - DENIED. *sad face*
James Said,
October 25, 2008 @ 1:20 pm
i dont see any difference
Sergej Said,
October 25, 2008 @ 1:39 pm
Hi, sorry for being totally off-topic but I was wondering about the “Gmail-notifier” built into Digsby.
The notifier is completely perfect in every way so that you can delete mails without even bothering to open the mail etc.
Is there any stad-alone version of it? All the other gmail-notifiers sucks, they only view that you have a new mail (I’ve tried googles own notifier, firefox-notifier and GAlert.
I want to use it on my notebook but I don’t really need the whole Digsby client for the small task =/
So would you have any recommendation for a good notifier? Otherwise you could/should make a standalone and at the same time the best Gmail notifier out there.
Thx for the most awesome IM out there, keep up the good work!
//Sergej
joshua hatfield Said,
October 25, 2008 @ 2:25 pm
can’t wait to try!!
David Said,
October 25, 2008 @ 2:57 pm
The ability to minimize the buddy list to tray, instead of forcing it to take a place in the task bar, would be a great addition. I have noticed a decrease in program loading time and a decrease in connection time to AIM. Everything is looking great so far!
Sergey Said,
October 25, 2008 @ 3:51 pm
If you need some help, with translate your software on Russian language… i can help ! Write on e-mail.
Your client is very intersteng.. but not all russian people speak English.
saragh Said,
October 25, 2008 @ 6:38 pm
Are y’all going to install something to deal with the increased amounts of spam I’ve been getting lately? Both msn and yahoo chat get several bot type messages a day
Gobd Said,
October 25, 2008 @ 8:03 pm
I really like to have as few as possible icons in the systray so I was exited when I learned Digsby could check my email for me but then I was sad when I learned I needed two systray icons unless I wanted to open Digsby to check if I had new messages (why not just open Firefox and check that way?) Is there a way you could make the Digsby systray icon have a little number in the lower right hand corner to indicate how many emails I currently have?
robdog2008 Said,
October 25, 2008 @ 8:51 pm
hey mike noticed a major flaw (already reported through the help bug link) msn isn’t really logging in even though it says it is
i log into msn and it’s not even showing myself (since i added myself to my friends list) as being logged in i also added myself to the yahoo messenger (seperate program) and it too isn’t showing me as logged in
this wasnt the case on the released version
hope this info helps
Lance Said,
October 25, 2008 @ 10:56 pm
tested for the last few days and I can’t find any bugs so far. let you guys know if I do
Frank Said,
October 26, 2008 @ 12:17 am
everytime i try to download the “http://update.digsby.com/misc/tag.yaml” file,it won’t let me open it or install it,do i just put it in the Digsby folder manually? drag & drop? or “C:\Program Files\Digsby” or am I missing something here,lol
Seth Said,
October 27, 2008 @ 12:53 am
Will “we” (alpha testers) be getting another running post on the forums to discuss various issues or will this be a bit more quiet outside of comments on blog entries?
hafe Said,
October 27, 2008 @ 2:32 am
Is it possible to block MSN messages from those that are not on your contact list? I have been getting really annoying MSN message spam lately.
jahmon Said,
October 27, 2008 @ 4:06 am
frank –> yes, just drag n’ drop
Kaipa Kartik Said,
October 27, 2008 @ 4:52 am
Hey i would like to be an alpha tester. How do I get to be one
Schockwave Said,
October 27, 2008 @ 8:26 am
Yes, you just go to Program Files and then Digsby and place it in there, but make sure you do not sign into Digsby Alpha before you do so, otherwise it will update itself to the released version. If you find it is not the Alpha version, then once you have placed this file into the Digsby folder, just re-install the alpha version. You can check whether you have the right version by clicking on help and then about.
Steve Said,
October 27, 2008 @ 9:10 am
@Kaipa: There are instructions in the blog post above.
@hafe: Yes, you can block them in Preferences > Privacy and you can also set it to not allow messages from those not on your buddy list.
@Gobd: We are considering one tray icon for all your accounts but haven’t decided on the functionality yet.
@saragh: You can go to Preferences > Privacy and set it not to allow messages from those not on your buddy list.
@Sergey: Thank you. We will translate Digsby into other languages in the future and will certainly appreciate the help of our community.
@David: Just click the “X” on the buddy list and it will minimize to tray.
Geff Said,
October 27, 2008 @ 10:29 am
Hi guys, developers and people here. Well, first I want to thank you for this awesome program, I’m here to question about somethings, here we go:
Why Digsby takes so much disk space? I’m not a developer, but there isn’t any other language that is multi-plataform and lighter?
What you have today that you think that consumes much in disk space, and in memory while in use?
What language you use, or languages?
Do you think that integrating somethings in the visual aspect with the system it could have a lighter Digsby?
Well, I think that’s all for now. I had uninstall it because I was running it on a MacBook, using bootcamp for Windows XP SP3, with very LITTLE disk space.
Hope that you guys do your best, I know you are, and hope that with our help you can make it Digsby even better and multi-plataform as soon as possible.
Many thanks from Brazil here,
Geff
gfox.br@gmail.com
Geff Said,
October 27, 2008 @ 10:38 am
Just installed with this path for the alpha version.
Well, having problems while sending invisible messages to MSN users.
“Error(913:Not allowed while invisible) (11:35:29)
There was a network error creating a chat session. (11:35:29)”
Geo Said,
October 27, 2008 @ 11:20 am
@xghozt
One at a time please. Digsby supports multiple protocols right now and it’s more important to fix the bugs in those first and then move on to new ones. Knowing IRC’s popularity I’m sure it will be added eventually but right now, bugs are the priority, not adding so many new features that the bugs just pile up into oblivion.
David Said,
October 27, 2008 @ 1:01 pm
Just joined the alpha testing today. Will the Alpha version automatically update to the latest beta? Or will I need to keep checking the website for the latest beta release?
David Said,
October 27, 2008 @ 1:05 pm
Nevermind. Found the answer in the comments. Thanks.
Randy Said,
October 27, 2008 @ 3:17 pm
Just installed the new Alpha a couple days ago. No problems yet.
I think I requested this before, but I am going to state it again. When I get an email from someone @rit.edu sent to my Yahoo! mail, I have it forwarded to a separate folder called RIT. Digsby seems to only check my inbox for new mail. Because of this I still need to manually check my Yahoo! mail or I won’t be alerted of e-mails to that folder. It’s not a huge deal, but if it’s possible to also check your personal folders, it would be a huge help… at least for me.
Thanks guys, keep up the good work!
Bobby Davies Said,
October 27, 2008 @ 3:20 pm
Facebook connection seems to drop multiple times during the day, anyone else seeing this with the digsby gadget?
Thanks
Harith Said,
October 30, 2008 @ 7:49 am
Hey guys,
Digsby is crashing for me while authenticating and I’m pretty sure I’m not using the alpha version at home.
I’d send a crash report but that crashes itself.
Mike Said,
October 31, 2008 @ 9:18 am
I’ve been using the alpha for a week now without any issues.
Curious about something (I couldn’t find in the forum) and I didn’t know if I should leave an alpha post there.
I’m getting my twitter updates, no problem and notifications (sound and popup). But I’m not getting my own tweet popup or sound. I can’t remember if this was the norm in the beta releases or not. Anyone know ?
It’s not a big deal, but I’ve been using twitterfeed for a few days with my blog and it’s just great but there is a bit of a lag, and I’d like to see them popup/notify without me checking.
Thanks
Steve Said,
October 31, 2008 @ 9:21 am
@Harith: We are working on fixing the last of the crashes right now. The only ones left affect a small portion of users so they have been difficult to hunt down.
@Mike: Don’t think that was the norm.
Kurt Said,
October 31, 2008 @ 10:32 am
Problem with AOL mail since they changed the layout. Clicking on open or inbox brings you to the mail homepage but does not open the specific message or the inbox at all.
Peter Said,
October 31, 2008 @ 12:44 pm
Been running since shortly after you put it out there - no issues so far on Vista Business 32-bit.
Giania Said,
October 31, 2008 @ 4:31 pm
Buzz me when there’s an alpha or early beta for Ubuntu. I’m eagerly awaiting a “true contender” replacement for Pidgin on that OS. Digsby for windows has been totally awesome so far.
I’ve already converted 3 of my co-workers.
Mike Said,
November 1, 2008 @ 8:19 pm
Been running the alpha since it was uploaded…no problems so far. I’m running it on a Windows Vista 64-bit machine with tons of other stuff running and lots of activity. This appears to be a very stable build.
Jason Said,
November 3, 2008 @ 10:56 am
this build crashes more than any other build I have worked with. it seems to be when I have a LOT of tabs open in either opera or firefox.
Seth Said,
November 4, 2008 @ 2:23 am
Hey guys, I’m having trouble with Facebook chat. Messages are just not being received. I’ve submitted a bug report but it’s getting worse. I usually load up facebook.com and use their built in application and can see the missing IMs but I am confused on why there are problems. Is it possible that logging into facebook.com while using facebook chat via Digsby is causing an issue? I am going to start some testing. I also found this post on the forum for a previous build mentioning the same issue.
http://forum.digsby.com/viewtopic.php?id=2787
Murtadha Said,
November 4, 2008 @ 8:38 am
I like digsby very much,thanks guys for this awesome work…. but can you please support Arabic? when I write in Arabic the person whom I’m chating with receives my words but I can’t see my or his Arabic words in the chat area, btw I noticed that the only part that show Arabic to me is the pop-up notification
Master_Taco Said,
November 6, 2008 @ 1:05 pm
So, is this application supposed to be a Trillian killer?
ericanwar Said,
November 7, 2008 @ 8:06 am
I still can’t find NUDGE button !!!!!! It is there in Yahoo Messenger also in Windows Live Messenger …!!
ericanwar Said,
November 7, 2008 @ 8:10 am
I also can’t put my own picture…too bad
hurricane Said,
November 10, 2008 @ 3:30 pm
i am still able to resize the login-window
i have the latest build
andrew bailey Said,
November 14, 2008 @ 1:09 pm
I was wondering if there is a mac beta
Ben Long Said,
November 24, 2008 @ 11:37 am
Throw a linux alpha my way. No idea how far along it is, but I’ll definitely be willing to put it through its paces.
dev Said,
November 25, 2008 @ 1:45 am
i keep getting
“There was a network error creating a chat session” EVERY FEW MINS AND THIS IS GETTING ANNOYING TO THE MAX
Mohammad S. Ali Said,
November 29, 2008 @ 10:24 am
Hello Developers! why don’t you add SIP? we like to use it as a voice communicator too.
Regards,
Mohammad
Mohammad S. Ali Said,
November 29, 2008 @ 10:35 am
Please add SIP with G723 & G729 voice codec, we need mobile version as well.
Neysan Said,
December 2, 2008 @ 5:32 pm
Would love to help out on your Linux alpha. I’m running Intrepid kubuntu, but you can just send source if you want. i’m easy =) Thanks!
ayas Said,
December 5, 2008 @ 1:07 am
Can I ask why my Yahoo account keep stuck in authenticating process?
tru Said,
December 8, 2008 @ 4:27 am
File Transfers not working…
alx Said,
December 8, 2008 @ 1:44 pm
hi,
i really was impressed by digsby and used it at home.
Was not able to gone throught the firewall at work even if use put in the right proxy anyway.
My problem is that if i run digsby (icq,msn,myspace, googlemail) when i start vlc after 15 minutes the movie start to lag and if have to klick somewhere in vlc to get rid of it.
also happen with divx player after is close digsby problem went away.
so i will deinstall it and check it some month again because so it is not usable.
i have enough ram etc…
Mr D Said,
December 19, 2008 @ 11:06 am
thanks to your Alpha gmail now reconnected well done
MarkB Said,
December 31, 2008 @ 11:28 am
Question: Is there a “Buzz” feature to alert other contacts?
OLUROMBI Said,
January 2, 2009 @ 9:16 am
i love you