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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows Server 2008, Windows 3.x, Windows NT, Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: September 28, 2009
- Total Downloads: 366,760
- Downloads last week: 30,540
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 129 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: Seth Rosenblatt on September 17, 2009
With so many ways to network and socialize online, you may find it difficult to keep track of everything. Digsby promises to help keep chat, e-mail, and social networking conversations in one convenient place, but it didn't work exactly as we expected.
This freeware program looks a great deal like other popular chat programs, such as AIM. With a skinny rectangular box running along the side of your computer, a prompt to add accounts helps you get started. From here you will find a menu of seven different IM programs to choose from, six different e-mail programs, and four different social networking sites. When selected, each simply asks for your log-in and password and connects to the system. Your various programs are displayed, with IM buddy icons separate from e-mail and social networking e-mails.
Single-click or mouse-over the name of the person you want to chat with to access IM options, including SMS, e-mail, and file transfer. Double-click to initiate an IM chat, while the context menu offers those options as well as buddy-specific history logs. The e-mail service will open your default e-mail client, although you can preview your Webmail in-box through the Digsby contact list. Facebook users can update their feeds, check their friends' feeds, and get full feed streams in Digsby, and the program now supports MySpace IM, as well. If you have a lot of IM accounts to keep in one place, this freeware tool can help keep you organized.
Users should be aware that Digsby now calls out all of its bundleware during the installation process, so install with caution if you don't want the Ask.com toolbar or the grid computing protocol. This is a marked improvement from when Digsby only allowed opting out after the program was installed, so we're more comfortable recommending the program once again.
Publisher's description
From dotSyntax :Digsby helps you manage all your IM, e-mail, and social network accounts from one easy-to-use application. Digsby lets you chat with all your friends on AIM, MSN, Yahoo, ICQ, Google Talk, Facebook Chat, and Jabber with one simple to manage buddy list. It provides notifications when new e-mails arrive and lets you perform actions such as "Mark as Read" or "Report Spam" without having to go to your inbox while also keeping you up-to-date on what's happening on your social networks with pop-up notifications and a news feed of recent events for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and MySpace.
CNET Editor's Note: Beta or prerelease software is not intended for inexperienced users, as the software may contain bugs or may potentially damage your system. We strongly recommend that users exercise caution and save all mission-critical data before installing or using this software.
What's new in this version:
Build 67 introduces a brand new Twitter implementation in Digsby that makes it unlike any other Twitter client on the market. Tweets are shown in chronological order so you read the conversation as it happens instead of seeing the tail end first and then reading it backwards. Digsby keeps track of unread counts but you never have to mark things as read--Digsby does it for you so you never miss a tweet.
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Version: Digsby Build 67 (beta)
"THE most utilitarian Multi-Protocol Client I 've found!"
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*Links nearly all of the major IM protocols with the option to have more than one log in on the same network and consolidation of contacts on different clients.
*Connects to Facebook, MySpace, Twitter & LinkedIn feeds.
*POP, IMAP & Webmail access.Cons: You must be VERY careful when installing to avoid being stuck with adware toolbars or opted-in to "idle bandwidth research" as a means used for funding. It can also utilize quite a bit of resources but then again it is doing WAY more than just IM.
Summary: If you carefully read and opt out as you install Digsby can be the best multi-protocol client out there - simply because it is so clean, simple and yet utilitarian as being far more than just for chat. It can use quite a bit of memory but it is doin... read more >>
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Version: Digsby Build 67 (beta)
"Stay Clear ADWARE, Tracking cookies"
Pros: great look, nice feel. overall a nice simple program.
Cons: it is adware so, you must install ads along with the program, it also defaults your searches throught digsbys website. even after you uninstall it, which makes me wonder if a tracker isn't attached as well. Memory load is HUGE.
Summary: wouldn't bother, not that the program itself isn't good, it's the companys money making tactics that concern me as well as many others. the basic code used is a bit shoddy and in serious need of work, almost reminds me of a college goof off project.... read more >>
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