We just pushed out Build 82 (r28094) to all users which includes fixes for a few recent protocol changes.  Notable changes:

We just pushed out a small update (Build 80, r27822) which compensates for a protocol change in Hotmail (Windows Live Mail) which caused login to get stuck in the “Authenticating” state. As always, you can read the entire list of enhancements on our Change Log.

If you run into any bugs please use “Help > Send Bug Report” in the main menu to submit a diagnostic log or email us at bugs@digsby.com.  We’ll keep pushing to make Digsby even better and greatly appreciate your help in spreading the word!

PS: Facebook Chat servers are having issues so login is broken until they fix the problem on their end.

Update 1 (7/28/2010 1:45pm EST): Facebook Chat servers seem to be back to normal now so login should work fine.  We are also looking into a possible LinkedIn protocol change.

We just pushed a update (Build 78, r27087 r27150 r27209 r27225) which primarily includes fixes for bugs introduced in the last major release along with a fix for a protocol change in Twitter that took place yesterday.  As always, you can read the entire list of enhancements on our Change Log. Notable changes include:

• Fixed a bug that caused Twitter login to fail due to protocol changes
• Fixed a bug that caused newly added MySpace accounts to fail to log in

If you run into any bugs please use “Help > Send Bug Report” in the main menu to submit a diagnostic log or email us at bugs@digsby.com.  We’ll keep pushing to make Digsby even better and greatly appreciate your help in spreading the word!

Update 1 (4/9/2010): We just pushed out a small patch which includes fixes for a few protocol changes.  This brings the new release number to 27150:

• Setting status on Facebook now sets your status again instead of just posting a story to your wall
• Fixed a bug that caused Facebook login to fail with a cross-domain error for Facebook
• Fixed a bug that caused Yahoo file transfer requests to not show when trying to send a file

Update 2 (4/16/2010): We just pushed a small patch to ALPHA testers which fixes a few more protocol changes.  Once we know that this release is stable, it will go out to all users.  The release number is 27186.

• Fixed a bug that caused Facebook login to fail with an authentication error for some users
• Fixed a bug that caused comments to show incorrectly for MySpace

Update 3 (4/21/2010): We just pushed another small patch to ALPHA testers which fixes one more protocol change with Facebook login that we’ve been seeing some bug reports about.  The release number is 27193.  If you are an alpha tester, please submit a bug report if you still get “Connection Failed” issues with Facebook after getting the update.

Update 4 (4/21/2010): A big thank you to our wonderful alpha testers.  The fixes introduced a small new bug with Facebook login that is now fixed in 27195.  Let us know if you still experience issues so we can get this out to all users if it’s solid.

Update 5 (4/22/2010): It seems that every social network we support decided to change their protocol this week.  We just pushed out a small patch to ALPHA testers fixing a bug that caused status updates on LinkedIn to not get set.  Please let us know if any new bugs were introduced so we can get these fixes out to all users.  The new release number is 27209.

Update 6 (4/23/2010): We just pushed 27209 to all users, which incorporates all of the above protocol fixes.

Update 7 (5/15/2010): We just pushed out a small patch (r27225) which fixes a login issue with Hotmail due to a protocol change.

We just pushed an update (Build 77,  r27050) to all users which includes tons of new features, bug fixes and enhancements.  As always, you can read the entire list of enhancements on our Change Log. Notable changes include:

• Multiformatting: You can now change formatting options like bold, italics, underline and font on a per-character basis instead of just a per-message basis
• Smarter To/From: If you have multiple accounts of the same protocol, the “From” dropdown in the IM window will not pre-select or fall back to accounts that don’t have that person on their buddy list
• Status Tagging: We’ve made it easier to spread the word about Digsby by letting you add a Digsby link to the end of your status messages.  You will be notified about this on login with instructions on how to enable/disable it via Preferences > Status
• Bit.ly: We’re transitioning our http://digs.by URL shortener to use bit.ly’s white label service.  Any digs.by URLs made from now on are interchangeable with bit.ly links that have the same ending

Now that multiformatting is live, group chat and mac/linux releases are the next major projects we’re going to tackle.  We are also going to be launching a brand new “communication product” in the near future (top secret!) so keep your ears perked for more news on that!  Let us know what you think of this release in the comments and feel free to speculate on what you think we’ll be launching.

If you run into any bugs please use “Help > Send Bug Report” in the main menu to submit a diagnostic log or email us at bugs@digsby.com.  We’ll keep pushing to make Digsby even better and greatly appreciate your help in spreading the word!

We’re excited to introduce the first new release of 2010 and this one is jam packed with lots of goodness!  We just pushed an update to all users (Build 76, r26321 r26376) which includes a large number of features, bug fixes and enhancements.  As always, you can read the entire list of enhancements on our Change Log. Notable changes include:

• New Skins: The “Windows 7″ skin now has 8 new variants by @derekerdmann.  Access them via Preferences > Skins.
• Windows 7 Support: Digsby takes advantage of jump lists for easy access to common tasks and top buddies (by log size).  We also use taskbar grouping to let you jump to conversations, see typing notifications and unread conversation counts.
• Better Popups: Social networks will no longer show a separate popup for Alerts and the titles will no longer say “Facebook Newsfeed” with a generic Facebook icon.  Instead, you will see the friend’s picture and name with a small badge in the top right for each network. You can also comment/like Facebook items right from popups.
• Trending News: We’ve partnered with the folks at OneRiot to bring the latest trending news stories to your social feeds.  You can enable/disable via Preferences > General & Profile.
• Facebook Dislike: We’re amazed by how many people wanted to “Dislike” Facebook posts.  The Dislike Button Facebook page has over 3.2 million fans!  You asked for it, you got it.
• MySpace Newsfeed: We’ve revamped the MySpace newsfeed to support their new APIs so it looks a lot more like the Facebook/Twitter feeds including the ability to comment on statuses.
• MySpace Achievements: Back in September we introduced achievements for Facebook and the functionality is being ported over to MySpace.  You will be asked if you would like to enable or disable this functionality and you can turn it on/off by editing your MySpace account in Preferences.
• Yahoo HTTP Support: Restrictive firewalls and proxies should no longer be an issue for Yahoo Messenger users.  Edit the account in preferences and set it to “Always use HTTP”

Up next is per-character formatting (so you can finally bold parts of an IM), group chat (long overdue), a greater focus on finishing up mac/linux releases (no ETA yet),  and a few other fun things we have up our sleeve for you.  Let us know what you think of this release in the comments.

If you run into any bugs please use “Help > Send Bug Report” in the main menu to submit a diagnostic log or email us at bugs@digsby.com.  We’ll keep pushing to make Digsby even better and greatly appreciate your help in spreading the word!

Update 1 (2/15/2010 5:30pm EST): We just pushed out a small patch fixing a few bugs in this release.  One of them caused auto-update to not work for some users and another caused Digsby to hit rate limits with the bit.ly service because of excessive URL shortening for trending news stories.  The new release number is 26376.  Enjoy!

We just pushed out a small patch (r26306) fixing an issue with the Facebook news feed for non-alpha users. Alpha testers will get a new release later today with this and other fixes.

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.

We just pushed a new release (Build 75, r25261) to all users!  We’ve made some big changes to Digsby making it faster and better than ever!  This release includes all the features, bug fixes and enhancements in Builds 71,  72, and 75 on our Change Log.  Notable changes include:

• Crash Fixes: Thanks to the help of our dedicated testers who have been running the DEBUG version, we fixed the most common crash causing bugs in Digsby.  Based on the volume of crash reports, we expect Digsby to crash for less than 0.1% of users on any given day.  Now that’s solid!
• Memory Leaks: We took some time to hunt down and fix the most serious memory leaks in Digsby, many of which were introduced in the new Twitter implementation.  This will improve performance significantly when running Digsby for an extended period of time or on older machines.
• Twitter: We fixed numerous issues with Twitter including tweets being show out of order, incorrect unread counts, connection issues, etc.  It is still a work in progress and we’ll continue to improve our Twitter implementation.
• Block Indicator: Blocked buddies now show a “blocked” icon where their status icon would normally appear on the buddy list.
• Win 7: We added support for aero snapping and fixed several windows 7 specific bugs.  We will release more Win 7 enhancements in the next build including jump lists and badges on the taskbar icon.
• And More: Over 100 other bug fixes and enhancements!

We will keep pushing to make Digsby even better and want to thank all of you for your continued feedback and support.  If you want to tell the world about the Digsby, here are some ways you can help:

• Share Digsby on sites like Digg, Twitter,  Facebook, or Reddit
• Invite your friends to try Digsby via Facebook or Email
• Write a review of Digsby on your blog and include the Digsby Demo Video
• Use the “ShareThis” and “Buzz” widgets below to share the news

If you experience any bugs in this release, please use “Help > Send Bug Report” in the main menu to submit a diagnostic log or email us.

Update (12/9/2009 2:45pm EST): Facebook is having issues with their API servers, which is causing the newsfeed to fail to connect for some users.  This will fix itself when they resolve the problem on their end.