Ryan wrote:

Lashiec wrote:

AFAIK, all the logins to Google’s Jabber servers for GTalk are made over an encrypted channel (SSL).

That’s what I was thinking. I’m pretty sure it’s all secure, but I’d have to imagine that the Digsby developers would know the answer to that. You should shoot them a message.

I think I already did quite a while ago but never got an answer. Thanks for your comment Lashiec, that sounds good

Hey, do you use twitter? because it seems that the digsby twitter account will respond to you very quickly, so, you can ask them.

Yeah, it’s not optimal, but there is a benefit to that. Any computer you install Digsby on only takes one login to access all of your accounts. For people who have 10 or 15 different accounts this is a huge convenience.

Well, I don’t. I for one think you should be able to opt out from this.

Lashiec wrote:

AFAIK, all the logins to Google’s Jabber servers for GTalk are made over an encrypted channel (SSL).

That’s what I was thinking. I’m pretty sure it’s all secure, but I’d have to imagine that the Digsby developers would know the answer to that. You should shoot them a message.

I think I already did quite a while ago but never got an answer. Thanks for your comment Lashiec, that sounds good

Ryan, what wordpress plugin are you using to do the “type into the field for span protection”? thanks.

No plugin… it’s just a system I built on my own. It’s only got a small database of words that I came up with while sitting at home looking around the room.

Yeah, it’s not optimal, but there is a benefit to that. Any computer you install Digsby on only takes one login to access all of your accounts. For people who have 10 or 15 different accounts this is a huge convenience.

That’s what I was thinking. I’m pretty sure it’s all secure, but I’d have to imagine that the Digsby developers would know the answer to that. You should shoot them a message.

Look at Miranda for instance, I have 3 accounts and it never exceeds 11MBs!!! Pidgin is around 20MBs.

Yeah, I guess the use of a cross-platform toolkit like wxWidgets for the interface and other things also imposes a certain memory penalty in Digsby, unlike Miranda which uses the Windows API exclusively. Besides, Miranda is built for extensibility, while Digsby has everything and the kitchen sink out of the box. Essentially, they cater to different audiences.

AFAIK, all the logins to Google’s Jabber servers for GTalk are made over an encrypted channel (SSL).

gary katsevman wrote:

Also, Change, for googletalk, just click add IM account, then put in your gmail account and password.

Since my Google account is used for more than just a chat program, I’d like to make sure it’s protected well. I know I can just fill it in, but it doesn’t tell me if it’s well protected or sent over the net in plain text. I suppose I’ll have to use a throwaway Google account and find a program that can track which ports are used on my computer, and which URLs contacted, to see how that works (or perhaps I can find out if they’re using the Google API, which should also make it safer).

I think that they way they do it is via the jabber protocol, which is how google says you can add google talk to pidgin. just digsby automated it, so that you dont have to manually add the jabber account and all the stuff you need to just, but i could be wrong.

Also, Change, for googletalk, just click add IM account, then put in your gmail account and password.

Since my Google account is used for more than just a chat program, I’d like to make sure it’s protected well. I know I can just fill it in, but it doesn’t tell me if it’s well protected or sent over the net in plain text. I suppose I’ll have to use a throwaway Google account and find a program that can track which ports are used on my computer, and which URLs contacted, to see how that works (or perhaps I can find out if they’re using the Google API, which should also make it safer).

Digsby is currently Windows only. They do have plans to make a Mac and Linux version, but it’s currently not available. So I wanted to be sure to point that out, because last time I wrote an article on Digsby I made the mistake of saying it was available for all of the operating systems already.

Ok, cool. Must have missed it… Thanks for clarifying, but I guess it might be a good idea to add that there is a linux/mac version coming soon?

love your blog btw.

Also, Change, for googletalk, just click add IM account, then put in your gmail account and password.

I dont really use filetransfer in my IM, I use IM purely for text… but I understand, as I had to use it once or twice, and you are right, pidgin and probably digsby and the rest of the bunch dont work as well as the official clients for transfers. But if you need multiple clients to just talk with people on different networks just doesnt make sense to me. Plus I am for open source and prefer using open source solutions if they are on par or better than the closed source solutions. For example, I prefer using microsoft office for as my office program rather than open office because as much as open office is getting better it still isnt as good as MS office. But firefox is definitely better than both safari and IE7, though, if i had a mac, i might use safari just as often as firefox.

Ryan, what wordpress plugin are you using to do the “type into the field for span protection”? thanks.