We just pushed an update to alpha testers (Build 58, r22238) which introduces fixes for the remaining known bugs in this series of alpha releases along with a fix for AIM/ICQ login. As always, you can read the entire list of enhancements on our Change Log. Notable changes include:

• Fixed a bug that caused offline merged contacts to get stuck in their original group instead of moving to the “Offline” group
• Add support for a change in the AIM/ICQ protocols that broke login
• Added new diagnostic info to help us hunt down memory leaks – if you see Digsby using a ton of RAM (ie: over 200MB) please submit a bug report

We are hoping that this alpha becomes the next public release so if you run into any new bugs please let us know so they can be fixed before the build goes live for all users.  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 57, r22224) to all non-alpha users.  This release is a small patch, which adds support for a change in the AIM/ICQ protocols that broke login.  This will be fixed for alpha users in the next alpha release tomorrow morning.

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.

We just pushed an update to alpha testers (Build 56, r22037 r22044 r22059) which introduces several new features along with a few major performance enhancements that we have been working on. As always, you can read the entire list of enhancements on our Change Log. Notable changes include:

• Buddy List Search – just type a buddy’s name and the status bar converts into a search box making it easy to find buddies or perform a web search
• Significantly optimized all buddy list sorting and drawing code, reducing Digsby’s overall CPU usage by about 20% (or more for very long buddy lists)
• Significantly optimized IM window performance for much faster scrolling, especially with slow themes like GoneDark

This release is packed full of major changes so we are expecting some new bugs to pop up. 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.

Update 1 (05/19/2009 3:20pm EST): We just pushed out a small patch fixing a bug that caused the buddy list to stop sorting completely. Also, double clicking social network tray icons does open the “Set Status” dialog now. The new release number is r22044.

Update 2 (05/19/2009 5:40pm EST): There is a known bug that causes offline buddies to stay in their original group after signing off in a few cases.  This is now fixed and will go out in the next patch release tomorrow.

Update 3 (05/20/2009 1:30pm EST): We just pushed out a small patch fixing several bugs bringing the release number to r22059:

• Fixed a bug that caused offline merged contacts to remain in their original group after signing off
• Fixed a bug that caused Available/Away to not show in the tray icon right click menu
• Fixed a bug that caused the infobox to break if you press Alt + F4 with it in focus
• Fixed a bug that caused your Google Talk status to get cut off by one character in some cases
• Added log statements to help hunt down a bug that causes the status dropdown to not show

We just pushed an update to alpha testers (Build 55, r21904 r21909) which introduces fixes for several issues we introduced in the last alpha release along with a Facebook protocol fix. As always, you can read the entire list of enhancements on our Change Log. Notable changes include:

• Add support for a change in the Facebook protocol that broke login
• Fixed the most common cause of crashes in the latest alpha release
• Fixed a bug that caused Digsby to crash on startup on older computers
• Fixed a bug that caused Digsby to leak RAM and go into a CPU spin

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. If Digsby crashes or tells you it is running slowly please submit the bug/crash report.

Update (5/7/2009 7:45pm): We just pushed out a small patch fixing the issue with POP mail accounts.

We just pushed a new release (Build 54, r21895) to all non-alpha users.  This release is a small patch, which adds support for a change in the Facebook chat protocol that broke login.  This will be fixed for alpha users in the next alpha release we do shortly.

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.

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