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Build 45 – “Welcome, You’ve Got Mail”

We just pushed a new release (Build 45, r19635) to all users.  This release includes all features, bug fixes and enhancements in Builds 44 and 45 on our Change Log.  Notable changes include:

  • Added support for the new Yahoo Mail Platform. Those who have switched over and are using the “Yahoo Mail Classic” interface should now have email notifications again
  • Completed full support for the new Gmail authentication system including auto-login to multiple accounts

If you experience any bugs please use “Help > Send Bug Report” in the main menu to submit a diagnostic log or email us at bugs@digsby.com. If you have any suggestions, please email us at features@digsby.com.

As always, thank you for all the feedback and enjoy the new build. Remember to invite your friends to use Digsby via Email or Facebook.

  • Ria
    where are the digsby logs stored on the disk? how can i delete them?
  • julimar
    como funciona para yo ver los comentarios de los demas en mi msn?
  • thank u digsby. good appearance
  • ahmed
    dssssssssssss
  • pinkymenosloco
    como puedo ver los cometarios que hacen mia cuates hacia otras personas

    atte pinkymenosloco
  • Andri Setiawan
    When will digsby support SKYPE?
  • @Brandon: No known issues. Submit a bug report.

    @Jason: The lag is most likely all the code that gets removed from RAM when it is not needed for a long period of time being copied back into RAM. We're working on optimizing performance as much as possible.
  • Brandon
    are there problems with the msn servers today?
  • Mark
    Overall the program feel and function is excellent.

    However – without group chat I just can’t use the product. That feature is key for what I do, so guess I will have to stick with Trillian for now.

    Regarding all the banter about costs – the reality is these guys need to and should get paid for developing quality software. Most folks can’t waste years of their lives and not make money. At the same time there does not have to be a single solution. For me – I prefer no ads and no junk software install and would pay for the software. But for others who have commented here maybe the two other options or even another is the best. It is possible to offer the software via these different flavors and each person can pick their poison to properly compensate the developers.
  • endersonjose
    .......
  • I just want to say that this is the first build I've tried, and I have nothing to really complain about. There is a lag if the system is idle and then refreshed with Digsby on, as well as the lag it creates when first starting the Digsby service. Otherwise, it works great without a single crash in the last few weeks of using it. Running Vista x64 too, which makes it even a bigger compliment considering the tempermental nature of the OS.

    Question - Does this program still do the Seti@home equivalent/thing where it uses cpu resources while idle? If so, it would just explain why I get the lag when I take it out of screen saver mode.

    Fantastic Job! I've shared with a lot of other friends who've replaced Trillian with this as well.

    This is even FAR better, imho, than the Trillian Astra build I had been using before. Thank you!
  • Guest
    Awesome job! I can't wait to see what else you guys have in store!
  • @Vermillion: It should work fine. Make sure you are using a font that supports Thai. Submit a bug report if you are having trouble.

    @Deathtospam: A better log viewer is definitely on the to do list.

    @Kator: It may have been marked as spam. Feel free to repost :)

    @Brian: We do get a ton of Linux requests and are as eager as you are to get a Linux build released.

    @Ria: Use "Help > Send Bug Report" after it fails so we can take a look at what is going wrong. It is most likely a firewall issue.
  • Brandon,

    The installer isn't nice, but you think Microsoft is the answer? Microsoft is never the answer, unless the question is "how to drive people madly insane with unreliable products that are impossible to troubleshoot?"

    Dumbass
  • Vermillion
    I thought Thai language problem(not shown) has been fixed since 40 alpha release or did you decided to remove it? :(
  • Deathtospam
    Is the ability to search through all chat logs (and not just on a single day) anywhere on the horizon? I realize there's a lot of other stuff that rates higher... just wondering if it's been formerly discussed at all.
  • Kator
    Why are you delete my post?! Iamnot a lamer! Its in such way is yours support?
  • dave
    mac support - on its way?? Could you update us on progress?

    thanks heaps, love the product. it's the only thing keeping me in the windows world now.
  • Brian
    I wish they would release a version for Linux, there are so many Linux users emerging, it would be great for a Linux version, I'm running Ubuntu.
  • ericanwar
    Have u add "BUZZ" / "NUDGE" button as well as in Yahoo Messenger/ Windows Live Messenger ??
  • Ria
    I cannot connect to my yahoo messenger from office. However at home it works fine. Plus the normal yahoo messenger is working at my office. Should i change the port? what alternative port do I have to use for yahoo messenger?
  • Lexcyn
    Nice installer. What a piece of work. It was such a good application before you added spyware into your installer.

    It's also worth mentioning the 'help digsby do research' that eats up your CPU power to give $$ to the people who make digsby. This option is enabled by default.

    Sorry, will never use this crap again.
  • I'm using digsby now.Very convenient!
    Thank u for your software!
    And as above, I also wish that the QQ,FETION and SNS will be supported one day.
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  • Brandon
    Done with digsby, the installer is atrocious.

    Windows Live Messenger RC from http://download.live.com really fits the bill.
  • Wenguang Gao
    你好!我是来自中国的一名digsby的用户。
    我非常喜欢digsby,它给我带来了很大的方便。
    但是如果digsby能够支持中国的IM软件QQ和FETION以及SNS校内网的话,对我来说就更加完美了。
  • Muk
    The faster you are going to incorporate voice and video chat (with multiple users), the better are going to be the reviews.
    A high quality chat is not what is required at first, but given the host of useful features you have given, adding a voice&video chat will make it truly complete. Users wouldn't mind too much as long as they have some method of doing what they wanted. Only when they require a higher quality, they would want to move on.
    I can see that there is currently a huge development work going on, but you surely need to hire more people to penetrate the market well.
    Since what you are trying to achieve is an "all-in-one", it is sensible to say features first and features + superb quality later.
  • aali2dk
    hi admin
    can you add mig33 contact at digsby.
  • Uncle Domino
    Just thought I'd throw this out there: Digsby's working flawlessly so far in the Windows 7 beta.
  • foDDYY
    Digsby's version still be Build 19593 in my "About Digsby", Is it upgraded or not?
  • davood mahboob farimani
    hello im davood im from iran i want a persones for lern english my telefone3 is 00989359587204
  • masterofdisaster
    hi,
    since 1 hour i can't connect to digsby anymore! :(
  • Ace
    hey there
    i have a hard time installing digsby. after downloading the installer and try installing it, there was this message box saying that i need to have an internet connection and firewall should be disabled. I am connected to the internet and my firewall was disabled and yet, the installation is not proceeding.

    what will i do?
  • barake
    Auto-update failed hardcore. Digsby can't load python - because the library is missing now.
  • Ben
    I love this IM client - however, there is one problem that *really* annoys me, especially when I'm trying to play games. Every few seconds, Digsby spikes up 20%+ CPU usage, causing my system to lag. In some games, this causes the FPS to go down from 60 fps to 10 fps for seconds at a time. What is causing this and is there a fix? I have to leave Digsby off whenever I play games now, which is annoying.
  • SparticleBrane
    Just wanted to say that Steve has explained a few things to me, and they all make sense. I appreciate the response!
  • Frank
    Hi there, I use iGoogle and email on one of my google accounts, and I have another 2 which I use only for email i.e.

    Google Account 1: Email & iGoogle
    Google Account 2: Email
    Google Account 3: Email

    Prior to this build, I could go to igoogle.com and login with my first account. Then when opening email for any of my other accounts, my iGoogle login would be maintained. With the new version, it seems that Digsby completely logs me out of mygoogle account when switching to the new one, which means my iGoogle page changes.

    e.g.

    1) I go to iGoogle and login with Google Account 1
    2) I open email for Google Account 2 using Digsby
    3a) (in the past) iGoogle is still logged into Google Account 1 and GMail is logged into Google Account 2
    3b) (with the new version) iGoogle and GMail are looged in with Google Account 2

    Is there any way around this?

    Thanks so much for the amazing app!
    Frank
  • @SparticleBrane: We are not getting other reports of the auto-update failing. Emailing you to see if we can figure out what is going wrong.

    @Adriana: If you are referring to the menu bar, right click the icon in the tray and choose the option to show it. If you mean the status bar, then check the "View" menu and make sure "Status Panel" is checked.
  • SparticleBrane
    Once again, Digsby's automatic updates fails.

    I opened Digsby tonight and saw that it was, once again, downloading updates. Downloaded 13.95KB, stopped, and refused to open Digsby even after restarting (giving me the Windows "screw you" beep whenever I tried to open it). I had to uninstall and reinstall Digsby.


    I like the program. It's nice (aside from the ridiculous crap from the installer) and is the best thing out there next to Adium.


    It's too bad that you don't think enough of your users to let US decide whether or not to update. STOP FORCING US TO UPDATE -- GIVE US THE OPTION TO UPDATE IF WE WANT, GIVE US THE OPTION TO OPT OUT OF YOUR AUTOMATIC UPDATES.
  • Adriana
    The task bar, statusbar, toolbar, whatever you want to call it, on the top of my Digsby is gone. Can you please tell me how to get it back? thanks.
  • Harry
    Hey guys... just a note, i still cant send messages while im in the invisible mode, please fix that if u can, it would help us all a lot.

    Thanks again for the amazing work, looking forward for Skype, IRC, and Orkut social network compatibility.

    Go go go Disgby!
  • James
    I agree with Shawn in the sense that the installer is borderline deceptive. I still think he's crazy -- but right about that one point.

    I downloaded it, started to install, and was baffled by what was going on. I deleted the EXE and redownloaded, thinking I had somehow downloaded malware. To my surprise, it was just the new Digsby installer. It's not the fact that it's offering up what some might consider bloatware, it's the way it's presented. When installing a program such as CCleaner it presents you with a clear checkbox and a blurb of text saying what is being installed (in that case, yahoo toolbar). With Digsby's installer it's a little more frustrating, with you choosing the software you want to install and it doing it all at the same time with some "tryed-to-be-slick-but-didn't-quite-succeed" graphics.

    Conclusion? I think Digsby should continue bundling in the bloatware/adware/freeware/shareware/software that gets them revenue, but do it in a more industry standard way.
  • Aleksandar
    You can easily proceed with the installation avoiding bloatware if you click `Cancel` on the first screen, and then 'Accept' - that effectively skips bloatware. However, I have a different problem with the new installer - installation is automated and thus doesn't let you to choose where to install, and I don't like installing at `c:\program files` - I keep my Digsby on D drive...

    There is a workaround, tho - once the new installer downloads digsby_setup.exe and executes it - it's located in your temp folder and you can pick it up from there, copy it to some safe location (as it gets deleted after installation) and run it - it's the same installer we've been using so far and it will let you to install Digsby on your favorite location.
  • @Mike: We fixed Gmail auto-login in this release

    @Zach: We will add support for other music players in the future

    @All: Let's keep the comments civil :)
  • Any chance of supporting songbird for the "now playing" status message?

    Thanks!

    -Zach
  • Mobi
    Digsby rocks!
  • Is there any possibility the feature where if you open a message or click "inbox" through one of the gmail icons Digsby displays, it will automatically log into that account again? I used to love that feature so much but it seems it has vanished (thanks to gmail changing their system, I'm sure).

    This update may include that fix but it doesn't seem to have applied to me yet.

    Thanks for a terrific program in any case!
  • Robert Lindsay
    Thanks for fixing the bug ,Digsby is great program
  • Jean
    My digsby is not updating. It will check for update, but no update detected. Anyway to download the file and update it? I am still on build 19593. TIA
  • Codyp
    @ At shawn.

    Its only borderline deceptive if you have gotten lazy at paying attention and fly through installations. Even though this installation design it much more colorful and interesting then the common install which will make you pay attention more. Second, you dont understand the business model if you think these people don't have the right to put in their thoughts. You can opt out of everything, you dont have to pay. If it remains that way its absolutely free, and you have no reason to complain. Actually its you who doesn't have the right to put in your 2 cents if your just going to bitch about it.
  • Gaurav Saraf
    BUG:
    invisibility in digsby doesnt impose invisibility in gtalk
    as one does when in gmail!
    it shows that u are busy to others!
  • Adrian
    Great application, friends. doesn't hog resources and works with all the IM apps and social services I use.

    Only waiting on an IRC add-on.

    Please? :)
  • Gaurav Saraf
    thnx a lot for the wonderful thingy!
    ORKUT support will double ur user-base for sure!
    waiting till then...
  • DigitalDig
    Great product, definitely has changed how I do things. Down the road as business grow will look at upgrading. Thanks Digsby
  • Dan
    RE: Updates

    I get the notice that something has been pushed, but mine continues to remain at build 19460. Is there a way to manually force an update?
  • Idodialog
    Don't usually post fan boi comments but in view of some of the negativity I felt compelled.
    Digsby - on my oldish SP SP3 machine runs smooth and light, really hardly any footprint at all. Its checking 5 email accounts for me (NOTHING ELSE does that so seamlessly - I'd use it for that alone!), I don't see the install ads or options coz I just update - haven't had to install in ages - but listen guys - even free has to make a buck - and given that it's "once only" - well good luck to the Digsby developers. I love the update process (tho the numbering thing is weird) - does it - lets me know with nice personal message - gives me the option to check what the changes are - and here I am commenting.
    In 8 or 9 months I know there have been bugs, but only coz I read about them here - my experience has been bug free - maybe yours will be too!
    One small whinge - file transfer to MSN is still pretty ordinary compared to the native MSN>MSN. Otherwise a wonderful, nearly great, app.
  • AsmerM
    What about promised Linux and Mac support?
  • MARCELO
    PLEASE! CREATE A MODULE FOR FACEBOOK CHAT. ITS A SHIT!
  • Very Nice Updates. Multiple Gmail account login feature is a cool, and most required option. Thanks Guys.

    Comicology
  • Sami
    I was having problems to log on to one of my mail addresses, but im glad its fixd now. Great App! Hope to see new upgrades soon..like new sounds and skins..
  • Tajul Islam Munna
    We need to download this update? Or it will update automatically?

    Don't charge for digsby.We won't be able to use it if you charge for it. Keep it free...
  • Luke
    Once again, a relatively quick update to an important feature broken by the host (Gmail). Well done. :)
  • Burn0u7
    Wow some of you are seriously whiners. It's not too hard to uncheck some boxes during setup. I mean seriously. Shawn you need to go buy a clue or something. lazy people suck.

    I've been using Digsby for about a year now and it is great. I personally love being able to just login to digsby after installation and all my settings and accounts are setup and ready.

    I would pay for digsby if it went commercial. What they are doing is great. I dont mind the update messages either. yeah, i'm a serious digsby whore. Fact, a lot of my friends are now too.

    Keep it up Devs at Digsby. you have a nice thing going here. Dont let these assclown whiners get to you.
  • hi!!

    guys this is the best multi-im i have ever seen. good job guys. keep it up. i have left all other ims. but in india we need a addition. if you can plz add "rediff account support", that will be a great help. anyway thanx again for developing this great app.
  • Fahim
    thanks to digsby for their excellent job....
  • Why doesn't it support MySpace IM? You can already get your notices, why not IM?
  • HelloRicky
    After this updating, it seems that there is no big change in the application...
    Could you pls update a Chinese version for the Asian pacific users? If there is any translation needed, i will be glad to give a helping hand..
    What's more ,QQ is the top-urgent-need software, Wish you a good performance on next updating~~~
  • Arie
    +1 for hyperlinks, please!
    Shawn, you're insane. Some people can't go around buying software simply because they're too lazy to uncheck some boxes. If Digsby went commercial, then I'd go to Pidgin or Astra.
  • Kip
    Alot of QQers and crybabies posting in here I see. Nothing new here.
  • Will
    all i would really like to see is a drag and drop for files on yahoo. i always have to close digsby and turn on my yahoo messenger to send things like songs or pictures to someone. digsby asks if I would like to send the file when i drop it into the chat box, but it never sends it or registers it in the chat box at all after I hit yes. So I am figuring that it is a function that is supposed to be supported, however, might be bugged?
  • beb
    Hey guys, I really like this thing. I use it all the time in the office but wish you'd get the mac version going asap so I can stay on it at home.

    thanks
    bb
  • dave
    I'm with all those who disagree with Shaun.

    It's a great free app, and the fixes are coming thick and fast. I have 2 gmails and appreciate how good the service is when it comes to fixing issues that pop up. Yes the install is filled with options most don't want, but the click off factor can be done in no time, so no drama really.

    Thanks Digsby crew.
  • david davis
    Thanks for the update. Working fine (before and after), with the exception of MSN IM.
  • Ryan
    I would have to agree with Bob (December 17, 2008 @ 4:52 pm) with the theory that the new installer may leave people wondering about the professionalism of Digsby. It's the same reason why I don't have Spyware Doctor or any other applications which use the same type of promotion in their installers. Need I remind you of Apples automatic update scandal with Safari? I would rethink your form of revenue if I were a C.E.O. of the company.
  • If Digsby wants to generate more attention and collect more users it should consider an extension for Mozilla Thunderbird or a COMaddin for outlook to take advantage of the mystic IMAP4 features in yahoo.
  • @ Shawn

    The valid concern should be for Digsby: if an authoritative review site deems Digsby to be a malware launching platform antimalware and hybrid-security applications will likely start "cleaning" one's system.

    .. and by consequence availability to the community. Please consider a tact upgrade.
  • Bob
    I am a brand new user (first heard of Digsby yesterday and installed it) and want to add my opinion on the installer.

    While I think Shawn is going a bit too far I will say that the installer left me wondering about the professionalism of Digsby. It simply left a bad first impression. A lot of that bad first impression was because I wasn't expecting it. Frankly I didn't know what to expect at all. I only continued because of the rave reviews on LifeHacker.

    My suggestion to Digsby is not to start charging or remove the optional software but rather to let everyone know about the optional software and why it's there *before* the installtion begins. More generally, Digsby could do a lot to improve the web site to provide more detailed information about their product. I'm the kind of guy that likes to read as much as I can about a product before downloading and installing it. I felt that the information on the Digsby web site was pretty scarce and that installing it was about the only way I would have to learn about it.
  • .


    Please enable yahoo send to SMS. AIM send to SMS works.

    .
  • Joshua R. Fernando
    Shawn, Shawn... why are you being so selfish??? i'm from Sri Lanka. People like us have no way of buying software's... we are all so very thankful for DIGSBY for giving us this awesome free service. if you don't like free service, my advice is you to quit DIGSBY and buy some software which asks money (for even new updates at times) and still are not perfect as DIGSBY.


    So stop writing in our DIGSBY blog and leave this to DIGSBY fans to communicate to improve DIGSBY on each update. your calling us cheap???? look who's talking... a person who doesn't even know how to untik some boxes while installing.(which wont even take 10 sec's and also that's only when your installing for the 1st time.updates are always automatic)

    well done DIGSBY thanks a lot for your service. also thanks for getting rid of that G mail bug. it really helps. and as P.M Said,(December 17, 2008 @ 12:13 pm)

    When are you going to support manual setting/changing of buddies’ icons? It can’t be that difficult to support other IM buddy icons which we have installed to our PC??? hope you'll will look into it.

    Regards.
    Josh
  • Dave
    when are we getting /me commands?
  • mail404
    When are we going to see a "Add hyperlink" button to formatting bar?? I use this a lot with friends and constantly find myself using another client to do this...
  • Royal
    I dunno about you funkyfearone, but AIM file transfers work for me. Are you referring to the drag and drop version? That'd be a lot of work to implement for something that's not used very frequently.

    And shawn, its not deceptive, you're SUPPOSE to read the things in your installer, and they leave it right in the open for you.
  • Najeeb
    OMG my GMAIL PROBLEM IS STILL NOT SOLVED !!!!!!!!!!! PLZ HELP ME.. Its IRRITATING MEEEEE :( PLZ HELP ME.........................
  • I find it laughable that my willingness to pay for an excellent application rather than suffer through shady installers makes me a whiner. If you're all too cheap to buy your software, you have little to no business throwing in your 2 cents.

    My point remains: using a borderline-deceptive installer will absolutely hurt your reputation.
  • Thanks for the heads up - I updated the post to list the release number.

    We'll get back to features very shortly. We wanted to solidify what was already there instead of building on top of it and introducing more bugs. If you don't notice a difference in these last few public release then it means the bugs which affect a large number of users are gone and that is a good thing. We should be doing one more public beta release that is bug fix oriented and then we'll be adding the most requested features in the releases that follow.
  • Steve & Mike-

    The blog references build 45, which is equivalent to "Build 19635" in the client's 'About' dialog. I realize it's confusing, it's because there's a logical disconnect between our public releases and internal version tracking systems. There will probably be some changes in the future to clarify this (or at least use separate terminology).
  • Great app but missing Skype. An while you're talking about Build 45, why does mine display Build 19594?
  • Will
    Hi folks. What's up with connectivity / installs?

    I hear about the new update. But my existing Digsby client won't connect, and I even tried to downloaded a fresh new client, and it can't connect to install that, either.

    What gives?
  • I personally like being notified when there is an update. But meh thats me. Also i was a little upset when I saw the new installer but oh well its a one time install. I will live. Kudos digsby.
  • Steve
    I keep getting notified that there is a new version, but I don't think it is automatically updating. The blog says the new build is build #45, but in Digsby|About it lists my version as Build 19635.

    How do I tell if I have the most up-to-date version installed?
  • dz
    i still have problem with email notifier for gmail (it says "failed to connect") since friday.

    can u explain me why?

    everything was ok till then.
  • Emmy
    Thanks for such a great product! Keep up the good work. =]

    I love Digsby!
  • Thanks for a great productivity tool! I can't wait to see Skype added to the mix.. or even Ning?
  • Halmbusk
    Thanks for a great piece of software.
  • When will Skype be added into the mix?
    Apart from that I've found Digsby to be a kickass app!

    Thanks
  • Kenny
    I read some pretty aggressive responses about the new installer, but I didn't mind skipping all the ads. If Digsby can stay free that way, then why not.

    The research function when the pc is idle is another good idea, people should really stop complaining and be thankful for your work.

    My congratulations to this great product and the devs.
  • Steve
    I'd like to stop getting alerts about your bug fixes. Looking at your change log, there have been absolutely no new features since August (Linked-In support, which i have never even heard of) - everything else is either a bug fix or a performance increase.
    I always get excited when updates get pushed... maybe someone implemented one of the more than 150 requested features over at the wishlist (http://digsbies.org/site/wishlist) - but its usually just bug fixes. Please give me a checkbox to turn announcements off. Or will that just go in the wishlist purgatory?
  • Jubinell
    No don't charge. Keep digsby free. Ads are OK as long as they don't go up to a ridiculous amount.
  • Ed
    @ Shawn,

    While I agree with you that the that the installer could have made it clearer for the non-tech savvy on how to proceed with the installation process without having to install all the third party apps, OR it could have warned in the first screen about the additional software that would be included (as the Daemon Tools installer does), I disagree with your comments.

    You're getting a free service, having these kinds of installers is neither a new nor a detrimental thing. Get over it and off your high horse. Just click decline to the shareware and move on with your life. Or, pop a blood vessel and whine over it all.
  • funkyfearone
    when is it going to support file transfer in aim, i can't receive files from anyone
  • Steven
    I agree with Mac... charging is a terrible idea. Look what happened to Trillian. And while I personally would pay for a copy of Digsby, I bet most would not. The optional software is a great revenue alternative, and it takes less than 10 seconds to uncheck those boxes if you're not interested.
  • C astro
    I've a question about skype. Do you have the plan to create a module for Skype chat? Only for instant messaging rather than voice communication
  • Build 45 works great so far. Good job!
  • Mac
    Shawn, I think you're in the minority. If this app went commercial, they would lose a lot of users, as most of the competitors also provide a free im app.

    Digsby makes their money by adding some completely optional apps in the installation program. How hard is it to uncheck a few boxes? And once installed, you don't need to continue to reinstall as it updates itself when there is a new version.

    Thanks again for continuing to improve an outstanding product!
  • P.M
    When are you going to support manual setting/changing of buddies' icons? It can't be that difficult if just about every other IM app in existence does it!
  • JBL
    Great job guys! Thanks for a great app.
  • Samuel
    I just started using it, I have tried long enough before i could download it successfully due to poor networking and electricity in our dear country
    Keep it up
  • What is with the god-awful new installer? I had to decline half a dozen pieces of junk to get Digsby installed. This is so not good.

    If you need revenue, charge for Digsby, don't sell out your users with shareware garbage.
  • @Roberto-
    Yes, Digsby checks for updates when you log in to the application.
  • Roberto Mora
    Does upgrades happen automatically? is there an "Upgrade" option in the app? I can't find it
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