Jim Cloudman

Member since: Aug 15th, 2009

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Engadget's Black Friday giveaway, part ten: win an HP Envy 15! (Engadget)

Nov 27th 2009 9:46PM Hope this works!

Engadget's Black Friday giveaway, part three: win an Aliph Jawbone prime! (Engadget)

Nov 27th 2009 9:45PM GIMME GIMME GIMME

Engadget's Black Friday giveaway, part eleven: win a 32GB Zune HD! (Engadget)

Nov 27th 2009 9:43PM I shall win! Muhahahahahahahaha!

Digsby responds to claims of shady money-making tactics (Download Squad)

Aug 15th 2009 2:43AM I'm not so sure Digsby even is the best Windows client, even overlooking these problems. Digsby has issues with its UI (the chat screens are nice, but the rest of the UI looked like it was built ten years ago), and I personally stopped using the program two years ago over a weird Yahoo bug - hope the privacy statements then weren't as shady as they are now...

Of course, Pidgin's UI would have looked obsolete on Windows 95. However, I'd watch Trillian Astra pretty closely. It seems to have all the functionality an IM client could possibly have (granted, you can say that about Digsby & Pidgin too), plus a UI that looks much more modern - a tad too modern, but there's no gray panels to be seen so it's an improvement. And, unlike Digsby, they monetize their software by offering a Pro version instead of invading your privacy.

Of course, I agree with everything else you've said. Just throwing this out there in case anyone's worried about losing anything by dumping Digsby. You won't be.