So why do I LOVE Digsby?
So why do I LOVE Digsby?
1) Multi-Protocol IM: Do you have friends, family, co-workers and contacts using multiple IM clients like AIM/AOL, YIM/Yahoo, MSN/Windows Messenger, Google Talk, ICQ, Facebook Chat, Myspace Chat and/or Jabber? Do YOU use more than one client of those IM networks to communicate? What if you could combine the same person that uses more than one service (say YIM or AIM and Facebook) into one contact listing?
2) Social Networking: Do you use Facebook, Myspace, Twitter or LinkedIn? Do you like to stay on top of notifications and feeds (and only those you select) and be able to respond or post easily?
3) Email: Do you use another client (like Outlook or Thunderbird) to notify you of new email messages or like being able to delete, mark as read or mark as spam on the fly? Would it be nice to compose an email straight from an IM message window? Would you like to be notified of emails from free services (like Yahoo! & AOL) that won’t link with your PIM client unless you pay for their premium service?
4) Search: Do you like to search on Google, Wikipedia, Bing, eBay, Amazon, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, iTunes, OneRiot or Technorati quickly and easily?
5) Interface: Do you like an IM client than you can change the skin on, the look of the IM windows, customize notifications, enable to auto-dock and auto-hide?
6) Twitter: Are you interested in a kick-ass Twitter client or currently use an external client for Twitter? Would you like your Tweets to be in chronological (rather than reverse) order to make them easier to follow? Would you also like to create Twitter “groups” to organize those that you follow like you have with the “lists” feature on the Twitter website? Would you like an auto-suggest/auto-fill feature when attempting to tweet someone you are following, but can’t quite recall their exact user name?
7) Status Updates: Would you like to be able to set your status across multiple Social Networks and/or IM Client Networks from one place?
Three important caveats to using Digsby:
1) If you are on an Apple/Mac, Linux/Ubuntu or any NON-Windows PC then Digsby is, as of yet, unavailable. Other excellent options include Trillian, Pidgin/Adium or simply web-based Meebo or mobile-based Nimbuzz.
2) If you use IRC a lot then Digsby also, as of yet, does not support that protocol. Again try Trillian or Pidgin/Adium… both excellent choices.
3) If you are on Windows, don’t use or care about IRC and are interested in installing Digsby be VERY careful upon installation to check and untick any options Digsby might attempt to install toolbars, spyware, “news feeds” or idle bandwidth for SETI projects if you don’t want them. Sadly this is one of their ways of funding the software.
http://www.digsby.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16grAzndW9w
