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Build 61 – Private Alpha Release

August 3, 2009 @ 3:43 pm EST · Filed under Alpha Releases

We just pushed an update to alpha testers (Build 61, r23296 r23311 r23319 r23406 r23428 r23447) which introduces many new features and enhancements. As always, you can read the entire list of enhancements on our Change Log. Notable changes include:

  • Brand New Look: We released a sleek new default skin called “Windows 7″ (by Derek Erdmann). If your skin is set to anything besides the default, this will not override your preference.  If you prefer the old look, go to Preferences > Skins and choose the “QuickSilver” skin.
  • MySpace Newsfeed: In Build 60, we switched the Infobox over to a full blown web browser (WebKit).  We said that the change would make the Infobox much more versatile and this is the first example of that.  We are introducing a completely redesigned MySpace newsfeed which now includes a full Activities Stream, status updates, and the ability to browse through photos.
  • Global Status: A new Global Status dialog makes it easy to set your status across social networks and IM accounts. You can access it from the status dropdown on the buddy list or by double clicking any social network.  The Global Status dialog also makes it easy to share links (via digs.by) and pictures (via pic.im)
  • URL Shortener: We are launching a URL shortener just for Digsby users under the domain http://digs.by. In the future you will be able to access a history of links you shared and statistics about how many times they were clicked.
  • OneRiot: We partnered with OneRiot to make it easy for you to search the real-time web. Just hit “Ctrl + F” on the buddy list to search.

This release is packed full of new features so we are expecting some new bugs to pop up. If you experience any issues please use “Help > Send Bug Report” in the main menu to submit a diagnostic log or email us at bugs@digsby.com.

If you would like to become an alpha tester and get new releases before everyone else, download this file and place it in the main program folder. Keep in mind that as an alpha tester you may get a release with a few bugs every now and then.  We are looking for people who are proactive in reporting these issues so we can fix them before builds go out to all users.

Update 1 (8/3/2009 6:30pm EST): We just pushed out a small patch fixing a few issues that have been reported.  This brings the release number to r23311 Please keep the bug reports coming so we can make this build solid and release to all Digsbies!

  • Fixed a bug that caused auto-update to not work for some people behind restrictive proxies
  • Potentially fixed a bug that caused MySpace login to fail (if you were having trouble please confirm this fix)
  • Fixed a bug with the global status dialog to fail when using it to reply to a tweet and also setting the status elsewhere
  • Fixed a bug that caused the status dropdown to scroll backwards
  • Better error messages for network errors in the global status dialog
  • Removed timestamps from self status on MySpace because they were inaccurate due to incorrect timezone info

Update 2 (8/3/2009 7:45pm EST): We pushed out a small patch fixing a bug that caused Digsby to freeze or crash when setting your Facebook status. This brings the release number to r23319.

Update 3 (8/5/2009 5:15 EST): One more patch fixing a few bugs that all you wonderful alpha testers have reported. One feature was tossed into the mix as well.  The new release number is r23378.

  • Added spell check to the global status dialog if you have spell check enabled in Preferences > Conversations
  • Fixed a bug that prevented you from using non-English (unicode) characters in your MySpace status
  • Fixed a bug that caused pressing “Enter” in the global status dialog to close it instead of setting status
  • Fixed the “reply_to” bug in the global status dialog
  • Fixed a bug that prevented you from adding two MySpace accounts
  • If your clock is wrong, this prevents MySpace from authenticating – new error dialog is more clear about the cause instead of just saying “Authentication Error”
  • Added the ability to set a blank status, which will clear Facebook and LinkedIn statuses (Twitter and MySpace will do nothing)
  • Better error messages for Twitter errors in the global status dialog

Update 4 (8/6/2009 1:30 EST): Another day, another patch for bug fixes. The new release number is r23406. Thanks again to our alpha testers!

  • Fixed a bug causing MySpace accounts to get stuck in the “Connecting” state
  • Fixed a bug causing MySpace to show a count for “Alerts” when there weren’t any.
  • Fixed a bug that caused excessive account data syncing

Update 5 (8/11/2009 11:15 EST): Small things can make a big difference. The new release number is r23428.

  • Fixed a possible memory leak related to keepalives for xmpp-based accounts that get disconnected.
  • Fixed another bug that caused excessive account data syncing

Update 6 (8/12/2009 11:25 EST):  The new release number is r23447.

  • Fixed a bug preventing Twitter authentication errors from showing
  • Fixed a bug causing the status dialog to be populated with HTML escaped text when re-tweeting
  • Fixed a bug that caused a ‘connection failed’ error to be suppressed for MySpace accounts
  • JudyTai
    MySpace just to see what people are doing activity wise.
  • flamesbladeflcl
    Are there plans to add myspaceim functionality? It would be a plus. I'm just wondering if I should get my hopes up or not.
  • @flamesbladeflcl- I'm working on it right now =)
  • To me, Skype is still the big that lacking in Digsby. Otherwise, I was just comparing it to Trillian earlier today and Digsby wins all around. However, Skype is a big thing to just not include...
  • John
    Love the release so far, the skin is excellent. I will echo someone above asking for Skype integration (that would be awesome but I can see how challenging that would be so I'll just agree for now, don't expect it anytime soon)

    One thing I've noticed with this release is that I'm having some troubles authenticating with AIM servers. One of my accounts doesn't get past authenticating with this release, but the other works fine.

    I tried it using other clients and it worked fine so I'm not sure if this is a problem on Digsbys side
  • Will
    The ability to share an image through the Global Status box is awesome. What about adding this ability to send that to a particular contact on your buddy list instead of broadcasting it to everyone? I am always wanting to send pictures to my friends and it's a pain if their client doesn't support file transfers. It'd be so nice to have my client upload it, create a link, and them just be able to click that link to see it. Thanks!
  • :
    shit!!!! :P
  • the latest update broken my digsby can't login
  • If someone posts a hyperlink to his status, you can see the hyperlink, but it's not active. You cannot click the link...
  • Hey @digsby,

    Great work. I'm a big fan of the new behavior for opening gmail messages. I'm really impressed throughout with this software, and it is now a staple in my computer setup (firefox, digsby, notepad++, vlc). That's a pretty excellent group to be a part of IMHO.

    I'm sure you hear this all the time, and I don't even use them, but Mac/Linux :-) All my Mac/Linux friends are jealous everytime they see me using or talking about digsby. It'd be nice to share this with them.

    Keep it up team. I'm more and more impressed with every release.

    @myrridin
  • juliocb
    Skypeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee please !
  • Kinetix
    http://insomnautik.deviantart.com/art/Avion-Pro-v1-0-130628448

    Please include a sleek dark skin such as that one.
  • Ross
    looks like there is still no "auto away" when the computer is locked. Sadly I guess I'll have to stick with Pidgin for now :(
  • calvin
    i was wondering, is there not an individual "alert me" feature? There just seems to be a generic alert me that lets me know when anyone signs on but nothing for only specific people. is that a feature intended for future releases or is it already available and i just don't see it haha
  • Nugraha
    GREAT DEVELOPMENT!!!
  • love digsby... been using it for a while now :D... i would love to see a global shortcut for friend find... like windows key + y (like yahoo) or something similar... thanks in advanced.
  • loof
    The Digsby installer asks you to install way to much extra crap.
  • Jacob
    @Digsby
    "@Psykar: Agreed! We couldn’t come up with anything elegant. Anyone have thoughts?"

    Well, look at windows. See how windows deals with something like this. After all, this is a windows application.
    Here's what I mean.
    [IMG]http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/5096/91281863.png[/IMG]
    http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/5096/91281863.png
  • murat
    is there an option for localization, Turkish language for example?
  • sorry：

    http://im.qq.com

    Thanks！
  • Need QQ, thanks a lot!
    ====>www.qq.com

    如果你支持了QQ，你的用户将会是现在用户的三倍。
  • R@hul
    Hey its nice to here that new alpha release has URL shortner. theme is also good but file transfer is mess & YAa I WOULD LOVE TO Twitpic support. hope to read something about it in next blog ;)
  • Not sure if anyone has mentioned this yet but here goes:

    I really like the new status (away, available, mobile, arrow for groups, etc) buttons for the Windows 7 theme. However, I preferred the QuickSilver look much more in terms of the rest of the skin (no bolded menu items, nice grey gradient, etc). For some reason, it just doesn't feel as nice and slick with the Windows 7 (at least for me).

    Is there (or will there be) any way to combine the two together?
  • Senorita
    I don't know but digsby is crashing today whenever I tried to log in for MSN chat. I love to see twitpic.com support I use this lot! i mean uploading photos from digsby will be cool <3.
  • Psykar
    More I think about it, having a double click on the digsby icon to set IM status may be nicer (just so quick when you don't have to open any windows!) with a separate icon to double click to set global status.
  • Psykar
    @Digsby - seems obvious to me:
    Digsby icon:
    -Single click = open / close contact list
    -Double click = open 'set global status'

    Currently single click does nothing!

    Otherwise:
    Triple click?
    Prehaps a separate taskbar icon you can enable, I know i'd use it, even if it had no other functionality.
    Mouse gestures over the icon? (not a fan but some people like them)
  • Neil
    Any chance of selecting the URL shortener we want? Not a big fan of the digs.by bar at the top of my new shortened links...
  • Andrew Kalies
    Digsby is great! I'm currently testing the alpha and I have experienced no problems whatsoever using the new updates you have been releasing. If I do I will be sure to let you know though.

    The only thing I could ask for now is Skype!

    Thanks.
  • Michael
    @Prasino: Read here - http://blog.digsby.com/archives/57

    If I understand correctly, you just need to delete the "tag.yaml" file located at "%PROGRAMFILES%\Digsby", then restart Digsby. Digsby should 'upgrade' to the newest stable version.
  • james helfrich
    Updating to the latest alpha has killed my facebook chat. Can't connect anymore.
  • Michael
    Great! Where's Skype and MyspaceIM support?
  • +1 for the GMail-opens-fully with the selected email.
    Love it!
  • Kenneth
    Even though I use Digsby for AIM, GMail, and MSN also, I never set a global status. I consider tweeting to be more like a mini-blog than a status in the traditional sense of the word in the IM world. (I wouldn't say "Away from keyboard, meeting" in Twitter, but I would in an IM client).

    Therefore, perhaps you can do what Aditya suggested above and have it countdown if the user is only using Twitter, or have it as an option in the preferences somewhere to countdown instead of countup.
  • Digsby
    @Psykar: Agreed! We couldn't come up with anything elegant. Anyone have thoughts?
  • Psykar
    Needs to be a quicker way to open set global status.
    Right click > Set is just one click and move too many, where as double clicking existing networks means you have to check the other boxes *ponder*
  • Denny Bohs
    I switched from trillian and love digsby. I am running this on XP 64 bit at work and Vista 64 bit at home with no issues at all so far. Have been using for about a week and a half at both locations. Thanks for a great tool for work and play!!
  • Jay
    How about a tooltip overlay so that when you mouse over your status you can read the entire status in the tooltip (right now you only a portion of the status message [the width of the contact list])? Make sense?
  • Digsby
    Pushed out a patch - see Update 3 (8/5/2009 5:15 EST) above.
  • MasterEvilAce
    I LOVE this new skin. NICE.
    Thanks!!
  • I would save leave it to count up, seems the most logical, and it seems to work pretty well.
  • There!
  • [quote=Digsby]@Kenneth: We thought about this one quite a bit. It feels more natural seeing a countdown since you want to know how many characters you have left while tweeting. However, other social networks don’t have the 140 character length limit that Twitter does. Since it is a global status dialog, would it still count down if you’re setting your Facebook status? That wouldn’t make sense (especially for someone who doesn’t use Twitter). We didn’t want it to behave inconsistently depending on which account you have selected so we made it count up. Suggestions?[/quote]

    This could be done:

    While setting up the global status, if Twitter is checkboxed, display a countdown of characters from 140. Otherwise, use the count [i]up[/i], or you could totally do away with the character count.

    P.S.: Darn this thing if the tags don't work; it'll look shitty, and make [i]me[/i] look stupid!
  • Digsby
    @Kenneth: We thought about this one quite a bit. It feels more natural seeing a countdown since you want to know how many characters you have left while tweeting. However, other social networks don't have the 140 character length limit that Twitter does. Since it is a global status dialog, would it still count down if you're setting your Facebook status? That wouldn't make sense (especially for someone who doesn't use Twitter). We didn't want it to behave inconsistently depending on which account you have selected so we made it count up. Suggestions?
  • Kenneth
    Is there any way we can set the status character count back to a countdown from 140?
  • Prasino
    How can one return to the stable release (after having upgraded to the alpha)? Is a reinstall needed?
  • Zachary
    @Digsby: Oops, that's what I get for not double-checking and confirming my request. :P Sorry about that; I appreciate the new feature!
  • Digsby
    @Zachary: That exact functionality was added in this release. It will go live for all users as soon as we iron out the bugs. :)
  • NecoSino
    On Win7 RTM. Can update all status (myspace, facebook, tweet, etc) and I don't have the issue of stacking icons in the taskbar :D
  • Zachary
    When you click on a notification for Gmail, it opens up only the message, and clicking "open" in the list of messages will only open the inbox. It would be appreciated if instead it would open the full interface with that message loaded, since the single message view does not allow you to archive, mark as read, nor does it show your reply.
  • SURAJ
    I AM USING DIGSBY FROM LAST FEW MONTHS & IT IS BEST! BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST SOME FEATURES YOU GUYS PLS SEE MY REVIEW ON THE FANTABULOUS APP DIGSBY http://is.gd/22qfM & PLS NOTICE MY SUGGESTION THANK YOU
  • Digsby
    @Gabe: In the future we will add an Advanced Preferences section and "Marchive" will be one of them :)
  • Gabe
    I would like to suggest a feature to the GMAIL notification popup.

    It currently has Mark as Read and Archive. I often want to do these 2 things.

    Can you make it so that when I click Mark as Read, the message does not instantly disappear if I dont move the mouse away from it. That way I could then click archive!

    Thank you for a great app!
  • Thanks for clearing it up, solid build, the new look is muuuuuch better!!

    Can't wait to start using this under Ubunutu/Kubuntu when you do the Linux port :D
  • Ashish
    Please add buddy pounce as well. If I want to know when some particular person logged in or logged out. Its THE one thing that makes me login to pidgin once in a while.
  • Wow, it looks spectacular! Is Flickr coming to the social network list?
  • Aditya Gautam
    Oops, i meant awesome job, guys!
  • Aditya Gautam
    hey can you add similar features to the facebook part as well? like the browsing pictures thing and all? that would be so awesome!

    and you've got such a cool new theme! this also changes the look of the popups! awesome guys job!
  • Digsby
    @Liam: Typing a status into the status box on the buddy list just sets your IM status.

    @Mafiotul: Both were made to match Windows 7 so no surprise there :)

    @Heather: All of those are on the to do list.
  • It would be nice if you added a few of the feature requests such as a visual indicator that someone is blocked on your contact list, start as minimised and a few more
  • MafiotuL
    Great new theme... Some parts are from Live Messenger.
  • I am a little confused right now, the global status is a great idea and i'm glad we can untick places we don't want to set it.

    But what about when you double click the status area box, you can set a status in there, or does that just simply do any IM you have enabled?
  • Tristan
    Love the new skin!
  • Digsby
    @Andrew: That is strange - it looks like the menu bar. Can you submit a bug report with screenshot.
  • Andrew Crowell
    For some reason, on Windows Vista SP1, 32-bit, I get a weird bug with the new skin. The word "Digsby" will at random times pop out above the Search Box. I don't even know why that's there, since there's no menu bar at the top of the window frame, so it shouldn't even be there.

    Here is a screenshot of the graphical glitch in action: http://xs142.xs.to/xs142/09321/digsby_skinbug827.png
  • Can someone post a screenshot of this new default skin please?
  • @Digsby, your team has the dopest support everrrrrrr. Global Status Fixed, tell your team I thank them, seriously, digsby is the greatest IM client, and the support you guys provide is insane.
  • Randy
    Sweet, quick work fixing the Facebook thing. Glad I submitted a bug report for ya!

    BTW - I love the new look. Keep up the good work guys!
  • Neil
    what about just spending a tiny amount of time to make digsby more compatible with wine? that would shut up a lot of us linux people.
  • Viera Vy
    I love the new look on Digsby. I see you took some design cues from Windows Live Messenger. ;]
  • Mac please!
  • Hi, I really like Digsby and I'll try the new release tomorrw. But please add support for ICQ status messages... Thats the only point why im using Icq 7 sometimes...

    Greetings from Germany
  • Josh
    WOW! I freaking love Digsby even more now! I was a loyal Pidgin user for a long time! But I have several different computers... So the fact that one login is all I need for like 7 accounts, that's badass! I only switched to Digsby (a few months ago) because Pidgin was messing up with Yahoo and Myspace (they fixed the issues, but I am NOT going back to them!)

    Digsby is freking awesome. Just like Firefox, I am not switching any time soon!

    I use Linux on some systems. A mix of Fedora, Ubuntu, and Puppy Linux. So I get stuck having to use Pidgin. Pidgin isn't a bad messenger. But each time I install Linux, I have to login to each account, install Plugins for Facebook chat and Guifications, and change settings the way I like them. Digsby minimizes all that into ONE (UNO) LOGIN! So Digsby and Linux would be a GREAT COMBO! Actually, they should REPLACE Pidgin with Digsby! Every time you install Ubuntu or Fedora, DIGSBY SHOULD BE THERE!

    ROCK ON DIGSBY! By the way, just installed the Update on three different computers. I am very happy with the new Digsby. Especially Twitter and the new theme!
  • Samuelson
    please, Please, PLEASE add an IRC feature. That is literally the only thing that it is missing for me. lol
  • Zachary
    Great new features in this release! The Global Status feature is an excellent way to keep your social networks in sync.

    One feature it still lacks is an info box for yourself, since longer status messages don't fit in the one-line box. You also can't see your own profile image without going into the Preferences menu. Google Talk shows your image next to the status box as well as a box on mouseover.
  • Tybois
    Diggin' the new look :) Nicely done :)
  • Peter
    Glad to hear that Group Chat is next on the list. That will probably win me back from Astra. Without that, it's just not as useful as it should be in a work environment. Thanks for the update. (And I realize there's no time-frame on group chat, but still glad to hear that it's on the short-list.)
  • The "Now Playing" plugin isn't displaying the music symbol icon before the Artist name with the Windows 7 skin...
  • Sly
    Update looks great. I did have it crash on first load after receiving the update on win 7 (7100) 64 bit. I can't reproduce it, and I'm not sure what caused the bug, but let me kno if you want more info.
  • I'm loving the new MySpace and Global Status interfaces. I just wish you would've chosen FaceBook or Twitter instead of MySpace for the first stab at taking advantage of the webkit capabilities. :P

    The Win7 skin is rather beautiful too. Keep up the amazing work digsby devs!
  • isaiah
    niiice, but when scrolling through the notifications, they disappear as though they had not been in use... where as if you click through them, they stay... that seems like it should be fixed
  • Mac? No? Just checkin'...
  • when will you be upgrading the MSN protocol? Because that's THE ONE thing that holding me back from going full Digsby [I'm currently running Digsby and Windows Live Messenger]
  • The new Skin really looks, very nice.
    No comparison to the old one.

    Nice work.
  • wow. thank you!
  • As others noted, MySpace authentication does not work - the "success" page does not load and the auth sequence is never completed.
  • Digsby
    @Joshua: "Shift + Enter" does skip a line in the IM window.
  • Nardus
    Linux support ?
  • @Digsby: Will do!
  • Edwin van Steenis
    Please, would you consider IRC. Or be open for people to add code for IRC support...
  • Oh also, it would be nice to have the "ctrl+enter" skip a line in messages, like it does in windows live.
  • Digsby
    @Alterune: Use Help > Send Bug Report after logging in to submit a diagnostic log.

    @Joshua: Can you email bugs@digsby.com.
  • I'm using windows 7 rc1. When I launch digsby from my taskbar ( i have it pinned), a new icon is created on the taskbar, rather than stacking over the pinned icon.

    Also, when I try to tweet / update IM status/ facebook, digsby crashes. Any thoughts?
  • Alterune
    @Digsby I've restarted Digsby around 10 times, still not getting the update. I'm sure that I'm using the custom tag.yaml that is on this page.
  • Digsby
    @Jim: See comment above :)
  • Jim
    Sounds like some great additions. Any update about when we can have group chat?
  • Just installed. Let's check this out! Thanks for the design. Actually, I don't really see a big big difference but at least it's not worse ;)
  • Digsby
    @Alterune: Sounds like you didn't get the update. It may take a few restarts.

    @Zach: If you keep having trouble shoot us an email with more details about where you get stuck.
  • Dragnod
    Had a short "flirt" with Trillian Astra because of the better file transfer and Status Message support on ICQ. However, Digsby is way too cool and charming to make these few flaws spoil it for me!

    Im so back to Digsby and I promise to be faithful from now on! :)
  • bingo
    Nice, still what's with the group chat?
  • Looks awesome!
  • Alterune
    I don't see the new windows 7 skin. All I see when I go to preferences > skins is "Darkness" and "Quicksilver". Running Windows 7 RC.
  • Digsby
    @David + Bradleycorn: One of the team members is working on per-character formatting and group chat is next on the to do list.

    @Aithne: Glad to hear it. For newsfeed items of photo uploads, click the photo to browse through them right in the feed.

    @Kamala + Luis: We want to make similar improvements to Facebook + Twitter. After that the focus will be to release Mac/Linux. We know that we are WAY overdue...

    @ThomasK: That was added in the release (sort of). Clicking a Twitter popup with a link will now open that link.
  • ThomasK
    I am using Windows 7. Hope you make somthing really nice for it :)

    just a small feature for one of the next releases:
    Can you make links clickable in the pop up notification?
    Especially twitter messages hava a lot links in it.
  • I'm having trouble getting myspace to authenticate
  • Rimmon
    The new skin is awesome. :)
  • Bailey
    These are exactly what I've been waiting for. Thank you Digs.
  • Rick
    Please Please Please add some Linux support, Ubuntu is growing ever faster and there is not much competition on Linux.
  • mac version please??
  • Looking forward to the new features!

    PS:
    Skype would be more than welcome! (bridging might be a solution)
  • Chrees
    REALLY digging the new features, especially the new skin. As a Windows 7 user, it really looks great! Hoping to see a matching chat style in the future!
  • Kamala
    When do you think you'll release an alpha on the Mac client?
  • Aithne
    Very nice work guys! As usual! Now you have made it where I don't have to log in to MySpace just to see what people are doing activity wise. THANK YOU!!!
  • LOL still no group chat .. Glad I stopped waiting and switched to Astra.
  • David
    Global status is nice to have. I really hope we finally see chat rooms or group chat and Direct IM for AIM in one of the next alphas before the next stable release.
  • Dylan
    I LOVE the new look. Thank you! I hope it gets integrated into the chat windows as well. Keep up the good work!
  • wheres bing in the 'oneriot' list? i'd like to see it added, its an excellent search engine
  • Mark(Lichig0)
    IRC WANT PLEASE ADD!
  • Malachi
    Sounds good - Will give it a try out now! Thanks again Digsby Team :D
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