Comments on: Digsby: A Nice Cross-Network Messenger http://cybernetnews.com/2008/04/02/digsby-a-nice-cross-network-messenger/ Technology News Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:40:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Ryan http://cybernetnews.com/2008/04/02/digsby-a-nice-cross-network-messenger/#comment-135087 Ryan Fri, 04 Apr 2008 18:09:49 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=11871#comment-135087 [div id=commentquote]<a href="#comment-135045" rel="nofollow">Anonymous wrote:</a><blockquote>The Mac and Linux versions, I believe, are not released yet.</blockquote>[/div] Ahh, you're right. I saw the download links and assumed it was. Turns out when you click on those links it takes you to a "coming soon" page. Anonymous wrote:
The Mac and Linux versions, I believe, are not released yet.

Ahh, you’re right. I saw the download links and assumed it was. Turns out when you click on those links it takes you to a “coming soon” page.

]]> By: Anonymous http://cybernetnews.com/2008/04/02/digsby-a-nice-cross-network-messenger/#comment-135045 Anonymous Thu, 03 Apr 2008 21:25:10 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=11871#comment-135045 The Mac and Linux versions, I believe, are not released yet. The Mac and Linux versions, I believe, are not released yet.

]]> By: Ryan http://cybernetnews.com/2008/04/02/digsby-a-nice-cross-network-messenger/#comment-135030 Ryan Thu, 03 Apr 2008 19:23:26 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=11871#comment-135030 [div id=commentquote]<a href="#comment-134982" rel="nofollow">xpgeek wrote:</a><blockquote>I’ve been using it since it first went public beta. It is a little heavy on the RAM, but I just don’t mind much because I absolutely love it. It kicks Trillian and Pidgin ass in every way, and does just look beautiful on Vista too.</blockquote>[/div] It really does look nice, and that's something Pidgin really lacks. [div id=commentquote]<a href="#comment-134983" rel="nofollow">Brad Linder wrote:</a><blockquote>My only complaint is that Digsby doesn’t differentiate between normal tweets and replies/direct messages when it shows the pop up windows. So if you don’t regularly open the Twitter dialog and manually change to the replies/directs views, it’s easy to miss tweets directed at you.</blockquote>[/div] The Twitter integration could be a little better, but considering how new Digsby is I'm sure they'll continue to develop the set of features. [div id=commentquote]<a href="#comment-135021" rel="nofollow">K-IntheHouse wrote:</a><blockquote>My biggest things are the Twitter and Gmail notifications. I love the ability to mark as read, delete, spam or archive a message right from the notification window! Saves me a bunch of time and when I actually open my Inbox, I don’t have all this crap staring at me.</blockquote>[/div] Those are the kind of things that really impress me with the service. The fact that they've put so much time into the details has really paid off. xpgeek wrote:
I’ve been using it since it first went public beta. It is a little heavy on the RAM, but I just don’t mind much because I absolutely love it. It kicks Trillian and Pidgin ass in every way, and does just look beautiful on Vista too.

It really does look nice, and that’s something Pidgin really lacks.

Brad Linder wrote:
My only complaint is that Digsby doesn’t differentiate between normal tweets and replies/direct messages when it shows the pop up windows. So if you don’t regularly open the Twitter dialog and manually change to the replies/directs views, it’s easy to miss tweets directed at you.

The Twitter integration could be a little better, but considering how new Digsby is I’m sure they’ll continue to develop the set of features.

K-IntheHouse wrote:
My biggest things are the Twitter and Gmail notifications. I love the ability to mark as read, delete, spam or archive a message right from the notification window! Saves me a bunch of time and when I actually open my Inbox, I don’t have all this crap staring at me.

Those are the kind of things that really impress me with the service. The fact that they’ve put so much time into the details has really paid off.

]]> By: K-IntheHouse http://cybernetnews.com/2008/04/02/digsby-a-nice-cross-network-messenger/#comment-135021 K-IntheHouse Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:10:35 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=11871#comment-135021 I have really gotten used to Digsby's many cool features since their public beta. My biggest things are the Twitter and Gmail notifications. I love the ability to mark as read, delete, spam or archive a message right from the notification window! Saves me a bunch of time and when I actually open my Inbox, I don't have all this crap staring at me. As Brad mentioned, it would be nice if it recognized direct tweets/replies and had a special sound setting or something. I have really gotten used to Digsby’s many cool features since their public beta. My biggest things are the Twitter and Gmail notifications. I love the ability to mark as read, delete, spam or archive a message right from the notification window! Saves me a bunch of time and when I actually open my Inbox, I don’t have all this crap staring at me. As Brad mentioned, it would be nice if it recognized direct tweets/replies and had a special sound setting or something.

]]> By: Change http://cybernetnews.com/2008/04/02/digsby-a-nice-cross-network-messenger/#comment-134997 Change Thu, 03 Apr 2008 07:34:38 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=11871#comment-134997 Tried it out as well a few days ago and it sure looks promising. Great features and interface. I uninstalled it thought, because of 1) the enormous RAM usage and 2) no possibility to login securely (to gmail at least, not sure if it's possible with the other services). Not sure if I can trust this app yet with all my passwords. Tried it out as well a few days ago and it sure looks promising. Great features and interface. I uninstalled it thought, because of 1) the enormous RAM usage and 2) no possibility to login securely (to gmail at least, not sure if it’s possible with the other services). Not sure if I can trust this app yet with all my passwords.

]]> By: Mohan http://cybernetnews.com/2008/04/02/digsby-a-nice-cross-network-messenger/#comment-134989 Mohan Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:47:14 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=11871#comment-134989 Love the conversation reminds of the Adium does. :) Love the conversation reminds of the Adium does. :)

]]> By: James http://cybernetnews.com/2008/04/02/digsby-a-nice-cross-network-messenger/#comment-134987 James Wed, 02 Apr 2008 23:55:00 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=11871#comment-134987 Trillian astra takes up approx. 27mb ram space. Since I only got a 256mb+128mb ram I should stick to astra, especially with only 780mb left of the 17gb I dont have much space. Though Digsby looks neat/simple. Trillian astra takes up approx. 27mb ram space. Since I only got a 256mb+128mb ram I should stick to astra, especially with only 780mb left of the 17gb I dont have much space. Though Digsby looks neat/simple.

]]> By: Brad Linder http://cybernetnews.com/2008/04/02/digsby-a-nice-cross-network-messenger/#comment-134983 Brad Linder Wed, 02 Apr 2008 23:11:07 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=11871#comment-134983 I've been using it for a few weeks now, and while the RAM is a bit high, it uses about the same amount of RAM I used to need to run Pidgin and Twhirl. And not only does it replace both applications, but it also adds email and Facebook notifications. My only complaint is that Digsby doesn't differentiate between normal tweets and replies/direct messages when it shows the pop up windows. So if you don't regularly open the Twitter dialog and manually change to the replies/directs views, it's easy to miss tweets directed at you. I’ve been using it for a few weeks now, and while the RAM is a bit high, it uses about the same amount of RAM I used to need to run Pidgin and Twhirl. And not only does it replace both applications, but it also adds email and Facebook notifications.

My only complaint is that Digsby doesn’t differentiate between normal tweets and replies/direct messages when it shows the pop up windows. So if you don’t regularly open the Twitter dialog and manually change to the replies/directs views, it’s easy to miss tweets directed at you.

]]> By: xpgeek http://cybernetnews.com/2008/04/02/digsby-a-nice-cross-network-messenger/#comment-134982 xpgeek Wed, 02 Apr 2008 23:00:06 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=11871#comment-134982 I've been using it since it first went public beta. It is a little heavy on the RAM, but I just don't mind much because I absolutely love it. It kicks Trillian and Pidgin ass in every way, and does just look beautiful on Vista too. I’ve been using it since it first went public beta. It is a little heavy on the RAM, but I just don’t mind much because I absolutely love it. It kicks Trillian and Pidgin ass in every way, and does just look beautiful on Vista too.

]]> By: Ryan http://cybernetnews.com/2008/04/02/digsby-a-nice-cross-network-messenger/#comment-134980 Ryan Wed, 02 Apr 2008 22:37:56 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=11871#comment-134980 I just checked and it does take up 44MB on my system, which is rather high. Hopefully they'll be able to reduce that by the time it is released, but I'm willing to sacrifice that much memory for it right now. Normally I wouldn't, but this really brings several different applications that I was using into one. I just checked and it does take up 44MB on my system, which is rather high. Hopefully they’ll be able to reduce that by the time it is released, but I’m willing to sacrifice that much memory for it right now. Normally I wouldn’t, but this really brings several different applications that I was using into one.

]]> By: Cody http://cybernetnews.com/2008/04/02/digsby-a-nice-cross-network-messenger/#comment-134979 Cody Wed, 02 Apr 2008 22:28:02 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=11871#comment-134979 Digsby consumes around 70MBs of RAM! That's more than any other messenger! Even web browsers and office suites consume less RAM! Digsby consumes around 70MBs of RAM! That’s more than any other messenger! Even web browsers and office suites consume less RAM!

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