We just pushed an update to alpha testers (Build 52, r21404) which fixes a few bugs that were introduced in the last release and also includes a patch for a change in the MySpace protocol.

Our goal is to push this build out to all users ASAP as long as no new issues have been introduced.  So, if you catch any new bugs please let us know. Notable changes include:

• MySpace newsfeed is back (protocol change patch)
• Fixed two bugs that caused incoming IMs to not show in rare cases
• Fixed a bug that caused plugins like LinkedIn and “Listening to” not to load

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 so we can fix them before this build goes live for all users.

We just pushed an update to alpha testers (Build 51, r21071 r21152) which introduces a few small bug fixes and enhancements. Our goal is to push this build out as the next public release as long as no new issues have been introduced.  So, if you catch any new bugs please let us know. As always, you can read the entire list of new features, bug fixes, and enhancements on our Change Log. Notable changes include:

• When the buddy list is closed to the icon tray or minimized to the taskbar, it will no longer resort as buddies sign on or off. When you bring it back into focus, it will resort to apply any status changes. This will significantly reduce CPU usage when Digsby is not in use (especially useful for gamers)
• Added diagnostic info to bug reports to help us hunt down CPU spins. If Digsby tells you it is running slowly, please choose “Yes” to submit the bug report so we can fix the issue

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.

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  (3/24/2009 1:45pm EST): We just pushed out a small patch that fixes several bugs which were introduced in the latest alpha. Please let us know if there are any remaining issues.  If not, we hope to release this build to all users shortly.

We just pushed an update to alpha testers (Build 50, r20937) which introduces new bug fixes and enhancements. As always, you can read the entire list of new features, bug fixes, and enhancements on our Change Log. The list is a bit shorter than usual because we have been working on a few large projects, which are not quite ready for release. Notable changes include:

• Fixed several major issues with the To/From dropdowns in the IM window
• Changed the default port for AIM and ICQ to 443 since it is more likely to succeed in many firewall situations
• Fixed Hotmail message actions such as Delete and Mark as Read, which broke due to a protocol change

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.

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 a new release (Build 49, r20700) to all non-alpha users.  This release is a small patch, which adds support for a change in the MySpace protocol that broke newsfeeds.  This will be fixed for alpha users in the next alpha release we do.

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 48, r20416 r20432 r20444 r20453 r20559) which introduces tons of 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 a “Local Mode” which saves all account info on your machine and uses that if Digsby is unable to connect to our servers to synchronize preferences.  Next time Digsby is able to log in, everything is synchronized. Please let us know if you run into any issues with this feature.
• Fixed several major memory leaks in Digsby and currently hunting down the remaining ones.
• Added support for the new Hotmail protocol.
• Yahoo Protocol now uses their load balancers for more reliable login.

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.

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 (12:00pm EST, 2/17/2009): We are working on fixing a few bugs that have been reported in this alpha and will push out a release shortly.  If you have contacts showing up as duplicates, are having trouble connecting via proxy to some services, or can’t log in to ICQ and are in Germany, those issues will be fixed in a patch shortly.

Update 2 (12:30pm EST 2/17/2009): We just pushed out a patch fixing the above issues.  If you were having proxy issues you may need to reinstall since auto-update could fail for you.

Update 3 (7:00pm EST 2/17/2009): We just pushed out another small patch fixing two bugs that were reported.  One caused your accounts to not show on login in rare cases and another caused the “Typing” notification to stay at the top of the IM window even after someone stopped typing.

Update 4 (10:00am EST 2/18/2009): One more patch fixing a bug with the IM window.  Please let us know if there are any remaining newly introduced issues with this alpha.

Update 5  (11:00am EST 2/20/2009): Another small patch fixing a couple remaining IM window bugs and a bug with messaging WLM buddies after they go idle. Also, Yahoo Protocol now uses their load balancers for more reliable login.

We just pushed an update to alpha testers (Build 46, r20058 r20063 r20092) which introduces tons of 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 auto-update capability for Windows 2000 users (if you are the admin account)
• Fixed several bugs that prevented some users from auto-updating
• Fixed an issue that caused buddy list data (ie: merged contacts, nicknames) to not save
• Preferences that synchronize with our servers are compressed much more efficiently now

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.

We are currently focused on optimizing the most CPU intensive components in Digsby.  Our goal is to lower overall CPU usage by at least 50%.  We are also ironing out a few longstanding bugs and working on making file transfers more reliable.  After that, we’ll push several feature focused releases and begin to focus on getting the Mac and Linux releases out the door.

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 (1/27/2008 5:40pm): We pushed a small patch to fix a bug with “message of the day” targetting so we can set a message of the day that only alpha testers see on login.

Update 2 (1/28/2008 1:40pm): We pushed out a patch fixing the ICQ login issue that was affecting users in Germany. The patch also includes a fix for a bug that prevented some users from logging into their Jabber accounts and a fix for Hotmail (Windows Live Mail) auto-login.  The new release number is 20092.

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.