digsby

23 Jul, 2008  Hmmmm..., Social Networking, Software, Stuff I Like, Tech

digsby is an IM+E-mail+Social Networking client. So far I have not found anything that comes close to its capabilities. It handles instant messaging for MSN, Yahoo, GoogleTalk, AIM, Facebook, ICQ & Jabber. It will work with e-mail from Hotmail, Google, Yahoo & AOL/AIM as well as any POP3 or IMAP mail service. It also plugs into 3 of the top social netowking sites Facebook, MySpace and Twitter. That’s a lot of stuff eh? The best part is that it does it all really really well. Have a look at their screenshots gallery to see some of the configurations and to get an idea of the features that I am discussing below.

My favorite feature of digsby by far is the little balloon that pops up on your main screen with the info you have asked digsby to provide, the best part of this is that if someone sends you an IM you can type your response right into the balloon, no switching to the IM client window, this is really handy if you just need to send a quick reply back to someone and is much less disruptive. The other most excellent feature is the ability to combine multiple contacts into one, if you have friends on more than one network you can group them into one contact on Digsby and they show up with whichever service they logged in under but you only have one contact entry. It also has a great chat widget for Facebook or that you can embed in a blog. What makes that cool is that when someone hits your page you see a guest show up under digsby chat in the Buddy List.

There is also a Mac OSX and a Linux client in the works. I am hoping that they will add other social networking sites in the future as well as a mobile client that way I could use digsby everywhere!



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