We just pushed an update to alpha testers (Build 44, r19608) which introduces full support for the new Gmail authentication system along with bug fixes for two bugs we introduced in the last release. As always, you can read the entire list of new features, bug fixes, and enhancements on our Change Log.

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.

We just pushed an update to alpha testers (Build 43, r19564 r19586) which introduces many new bug fixes and enhancements along with a few critical fixes. As always, you can read the entire list of new features, bug fixes, and enhancements on our Change Log. Notable changes include:

• Added a fallback authentication method to Gmail in case the primary authentication method fails
• Implemented a new version of TokBox for audio/video chat
• Fixed a major memory leak that affected a small portion of users
• Fixed two crash causing bugs
• Fixed a bug that caused Digsby to not show on startup even though the process will launch

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.

Update (12/12/2008 5:35pm): Pushed a fixed to a crash causing bug we introduced in preparation for pushing the Gmail fix to all users!

We just pushed an update to alpha testers (Build 41, r19423 r19427) which introduces many new bug fixes and enhancements. As always, you can read the entire list of new features, bug fixes, and enhancements on our Change Log. Notable changes include:

• We’re testing a completely new method of load balancing and authentication. All alpha testers will log in to a new server that is running this new code. We’ll keep a close eye on the server to make sure everything is working properly so we can push this to all servers and users in the near future. If you are not able to log in, please email us your diagnostic log.
• Fixed a bug that caused the IM window to fall back to incorrect fonts if the font being used by a theme or in a conversation is not present on your computer

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.

Update 1 (12/8/2008 5:50pm): We just pushed a small update taking us to r19427.   It fixed a bug that prevented a few people from logging in using the new load balancing / authentication mechanism.

We just pushed an update to alpha testers (Build 40, r19328) which introduces many new bug fixes and enhancements. 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 complex languages like Arabic and Thai
• Fixed numerous bugs with right to left support in the input box

If you would like to become an alpha tester and get new releases before everyone else, follow the instructions here:

http://blog.digsby.com/archives/57

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.

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.

We just pushed an update to alpha testers (Build 39, r19221) which introduces many new bug fixes and enhancements. As always, you can read the entire list of new features, bug fixes, and enhancements on our Change Log. Notable changes include:

• Fixed 5 crash causing bugs thanks to all your crash reports!
• Many fixes for remaining unicode issues in AIM/ICQ
• Fixed a memory leak that happened when your network connection was disconnected for a period of time
• Small performance improvements for the buddy list and more to come

If you would like to become an alpha tester and get new releases before everyone else, follow the instructions here:

http://blog.digsby.com/archives/57

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.

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.

Every day we get crash reports from about 0.1% of our users. While that may not sound like much, we want to make Digsby as reliable as possible. The last few remaining crash causing bugs have been pretty mysterious and even the crash reports are not helping us hunt them down.

Often times something goes wrong but the application does not crash until later so the original cause is not obvious. We created a version of Digsby that records MUCH more diagnostic information as it runs.  It keeps track of its state after every little thing that happens and as soon as it detects something going wrong it will crash. Getting crash reports from this version of Digsby will make the bugs much more apparent and we should be able to fix them right away.

We need your help! If Digsby crashes for you pretty regularly, please follow the instructions below to use this test release.

• Step 1: Read the warnings below!
• Step 2: Download it here: http://update.digsby.com/digsby_debug.zip
• Step 3: Unzip the folder somewhere (ie: your desktop)
• Step 4: Instead of clicking the shortcut you normally click, run Digsby.exe inside the Digsby folder you just unzipped
• Step 5: Click “Help > About” to make sure that you are running dev
• Step 6: If it crashes, please submit a crash report when prompted to do so
  

WARNING 1: This debug version of Digsby will NOT run on Windows Vista. Please only participate if you are running Windows XP 32-bit.

WARNING 2: The conversation themes are disabled. The IM window will look very plain - that is not a bug.

WARNING 3: This version of Digsby will run more slowly than the regular release because of all the diagnostic stuff happening under the hood. Use it until you get Digsby to crash a few times and then feel free to switch back to the regular release if it is running too slowly for you.

We just pushed an update to alpha testers (Build 36, r18814 r18818 r18822) which introduces many new bug fixes and enhancements. As always, you can read the entire list of new features, bug fixes, and enhancements on our Change Log. Notable changes include:

• Added full support for new the Hotmail design that people are being switched over to including message actions
• Fixed a crash and added more debug info to crash reports to help us hunt down the remaining crashes
• Fixed several significant memory leaks
• Fixed a bug that caused two instances of Digsby to launch resulting in duplicate IM windows.  If it still happens in this release please submit a bug report to let us know along with any info on how to reproduce it.

The new alpha release cycle has been very helpful - this build fixes several bugs introduced in the last release that never made it to the entire user base.  If this alpha release does not introduce any new issues it will be pushed to all users next week.

If you would like to become an alpha tester and get new releases before everyone else, follow the instructions here:

http://blog.digsby.com/archives/57

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.

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 1 (11/6/2008 4:35pm): We just pushed a small update fixing an MSN bug that was introduced in this release.

Update 2 (11/6/2008 5:50pm): We just pushed another update fixing a bug with the Send File button and also a bug that caused AIM buddies to show an away time if they the server reported one.