Comments on: Build 62 – Crystal Clear!

By: gRIMz

gRIMz — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 09:30:47 +0000

Getting tired of reading about reviewers and people bashing Digsby like they were criminal. Even if i enabled my cpu cycles to be used for research when I am not using my computer, wake up people! The whole point of the world’s recent green agendas could be that my computer “shouldn’t” be on while not in use to begin with to lower my carbon footprint! At least it would be in good use for the times I was lazy and left my machine on since its never impacted any of my work while I was actually using my machine! I have ran Digsby while I edited full HD video and Standard Definition for my clients and have not seen a problem even with the offer to use my machine for research enabled. And most of the comments I have seen says they didn’t even know it was there till Digsby itself said something.

They made a solid program that is not bloat ware though I will confess the installer is a bit tricky on all the partner apps it could include such as browser bars and such which I decline to use. But regardless it runs better than all of the stand alone clients i have used over the years (aol, msn, yahoo, etc..), and does far more than any of those ever could or even dream to. I think a more fair review and article on their efforts is in order instead of raising a red flag, over exaggerating, and trying to bash them since its obvious companies that pay for ads on crappy products on PC review sites clearly have more of a benefit of a doubt in their “deceptive” practices than others who are more into innovations in the way we communicate and use the most of our tech.

If you want to talk about bad software doing deceptive things, I remember Limewire frying two of my hard drives setting me back over $300 when it launched years ago even when it wasn’t in use and all the spyware it contained. Only after they raised capitol and investors did they take all that crap out but I will never use it ever again while damn near 3 out of 4 people I meet think its the greatest thing on this planet.

By: Digsby

Digsby — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:01:57 +0000

@Trustless The only comments we ever delete are spam. There are many comments here so I’m sorry your comment didn’t show up. You are always free to speak your mind here in the comments. The reason we ask that you make a Digsby account is to synchronize any changes you may make on different computers. We don’t have access to your login credentials, so if you forget a password to one the accounts you manage with Digsby we cannot recover that password. Once you remove an account from Digsby (Preferences > Accounts > Remove ) it is removed from our servers as well.

By: Trustless

Trustless — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:15:23 +0000

So I post a comment that reiterates things others have said about bundled software and forced automatic updates, but I add the bit about your credentials being held by Digsby on it’s servers (notice you have to log into ‘Digsby’ before you log into the actual IM services) and my comment is deleted. No response saying ‘that’s not true’, just deleted.

Interesting. Very interesting.

By: may

may — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:50:55 +0000

By: Ycaliber

Ycaliber — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 02:51:59 +0000

option 1 is ONLY acceptable when the DEFAULT selection prevents installation of code unrelated to essential functioning of Digsby!

You
MUST
require
double opt-in
to maintain
any
shred of credibility

(default “no state” is not sufficient as malware authors typically phrase negative questions to trick users into installing malicious/unwanted code)

By: Blueknight1st

Blueknight1st — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:53:28 +0000

Well no wonder they don’t allow you to disable the automatic updates. That way they can sneak all kinds of spyware and shitware onto your computer. Fuck Digsby.

By: missingNo

missingNo — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 01:03:26 +0000

I haven’t heard of Digsby until now. What is this, some shittier version of Pidgin?

By: Digsby

Digsby — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 23:11:11 +0000

@ramen If the research module is enabled the button should say “disable”, asking you if you want to disable the research module. If the research module is disabled the button should say “Enable”, asking you if you want to enable the research module.

By: Suggestions

Suggestions — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 22:00:44 +0000

Since the last update random Twitter and Myspace feed problems authentication errors.

Would like an xFire protocol, Skype support, IRC channel support… among other things.

By: ramen

ramen — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:01:34 +0000

Please change the option to Enable / Disable from a button to a radio-button. Right now it says “Disable” for me, but I am not sure if it Enabled / Disabled. Not at all intuitive.