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Digsby: Manage multiple social networks, e-mail, IM accounts - 5000 invites!
Digsby is a desktop client that lets you chat with contacts no matter which IM service they use. It also includes an e-mail notifier, and a pop up screen for keeping track of Facebook and MySpace updates. You can even add a Digsby chat window to your Facebook page so that anyone viewing your profile can send you instant messages which you can reply to using Digsby.
When you first run Digsby, you'll be prompted to add accounts for each service you want to use. Under IM, you can choose AIM, MSN Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, Google Talk, ICQ, and Jabber. For e-mail, you have a choice of Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, AOL Mail, or any POP or IMAP e-mail service.
The social network options are a bit more limited. Right now you can only choose Facebook and MySpace. We'd love to see support for Friendster, LinkedIn, and other social networking sites.
Overall we're pretty impressed with Digsby. It offers a nice range of features and customization options. For example, you can choose to view email notifications in the application only, or in your system tray. You can arrange your buddy/contact window an almost infinite number of ways.
If Digsby had support for Twitter, YouTube, and Flickr, we'd never have any need for Flock or 8hands. But since this is an early release we're holding out hope that we'll see support for more social networks in the future.
If you want to take Digsby for a spin, just download and install the application and enter "dlsquad" when asked for an invite code. Digsby supports Windows XP and Vista at the moment. Mac and Linux clients are under development.
[Thanks Michael!]
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Subscribe to commentsRickFeb 11th 2008 7:15PM
I got a email response from someone at digsby and he assures me that there are not viruses in digsby. And as olga9999 has said, it looks like it's a problem with AVG.
aheiriFeb 9th 2008 1:34PM
add me to the list
ch1d3thFeb 12th 2008 11:57AM
digsby.com
use code dlsquad
Zero3KFeb 9th 2008 9:03PM
There's a new build out that fixes some problems (such as not working behind proxies and full unicode support).
HikeFeb 11th 2008 7:40AM
Looks promising, would i be able to get one?
ch1d3thFeb 12th 2008 11:45AM
digsby.com
use code dlsquad
ddaurFeb 11th 2008 9:22AM
installed it.
i use it only for gmail and facebook
i like it very much, because it looks good.
the only problem is they need to change the look of smileys.
i'll try itFeb 11th 2008 10:16AM
I'm totally interested. Please! thanks!
PeteFeb 12th 2008 3:41AM
It's a great idea, but it just way too bugy at the moment.
Nothing seems to work and the memory leak is impossible to deal with.
I'm sticking with my 8hands which offers only few of digsby's features, but it works.
The IM in 8hands is limited to social networks friends, but the notifications are way better and it supports all social networks, not only Myspace and Facebook.
ch1d3thFeb 12th 2008 11:49AM
interesting you posted the same thing here and the blogger refuted your entire post
http://www.softtechreviews.com/software/8hands-for-social-networking-better-than-digsby/
ch1d3thFeb 11th 2008 11:29PM
digsby.com
use code dlsquad
ch1d3thFeb 12th 2008 11:47AM
digsby.com
use code dlsquad
Danny LevineFeb 13th 2008 12:45PM
Anyone knows when a Mac client will be released?
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DiggLifeFeb 14th 2008 6:46AM
That's cool,thanks for the code!
AnirudhFeb 17th 2008 12:21AM
I'd love one. thanks
tRASApr 4th 2008 12:52PM
awesome features.wonder why 'integration' took time...anyways waiting for an invite...
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