Digsby: Manage multiple social networks, e-mail, IM accounts

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Digsby: Manage multiple social networks, e-mail, IM accounts - 5000 invites!

by Brad Linder Feb 6th 2008

We're suckers for all-in-one applications. That's why we were excited to check out Digsby, a new all-in-one utility for managing multiple IM, e-mail, and social networking accounts. Digsby just launched in private beta this week, but we've got 5000 invites to give away to Download Squad readers. Keep on reading to find out how to get yours.

Digsby is a desktop client that lets you chat with contacts no matter which IM service they use. It also includes an e-mail notifier, and a pop up screen for keeping track of Facebook and MySpace updates. You can even add a Digsby chat window to your Facebook page so that anyone viewing your profile can send you instant messages which you can reply to using Digsby.

When you first run Digsby, you'll be prompted to add accounts for each service you want to use. Under IM, you can choose AIM, MSN Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, Google Talk, ICQ, and Jabber. For e-mail, you have a choice of Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, AOL Mail, or any POP or IMAP e-mail service.

The social network options are a bit more limited. Right now you can only choose Facebook and MySpace. We'd love to see support for Friendster, LinkedIn, and other social networking sites.

Overall we're pretty impressed with Digsby. It offers a nice range of features and customization options. For example, you can choose to view email notifications in the application only, or in your system tray. You can arrange your buddy/contact window an almost infinite number of ways.

If Digsby had support for Twitter, YouTube, and Flickr, we'd never have any need for Flock or 8hands. But since this is an early release we're holding out hope that we'll see support for more social networks in the future.

If you want to take Digsby for a spin, just download and install the application and enter "dlsquad" when asked for an invite code. Digsby supports Windows XP and Vista at the moment. Mac and Linux clients are under development.

[Thanks Michael!]

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 4)

Pierro said 7:16PM on 2-06-2008

Sounds greta - put me on your looong invite list - please

ch1d3th said 7:47PM on 2-06-2008

There's no "list" to be added to, just go to digsby.com and use the invite code provided in the article: dlsquad

ch1d3th said 8:27PM on 2-06-2008

this program is great. replaces the rather crappy imo trillian and gaim while doing nice things with email and social networking. its also an all-in-one that in no way feels "weighted down" by its own features.

@pierro:
theres no list to be added to, just go to digsby.com and use the code "dlsquad" as mentioned in the article.

Steve said 8:28PM on 2-06-2008

We will be adding more social networks very shortly. Additionally, digsby is cross platform but we launched windows only to help us manage bugs. We will launch the mac and linux versions soon - if you wish to be notified sign up at http://www.digsby.com/maclinux.php

Moo Money said 11:31AM on 2-07-2008

I would love to see IRC integrated into the client.

ch1d3th said 8:29PM on 2-06-2008

This program is great. Great replacement for Trillian or Gaim that also does wonders for email and social networking. Its also an all-in-one that doesn't feel "weighted down" by its many features. Plus, since its in beta, you can recommend them to add compatibility with Linked In and Friendster or whatever else you want and they just might work on it for you.

David said 8:30PM on 2-06-2008

Thank you, thank you, thank you! I just tried it and definitely is going to take over my using meeb.com for all my IM needs! Thank you DLSQUAD!

Tylar Overturf said 8:30PM on 2-06-2008

awesome program but I can't sign in for some reason it just says failed to connect.

shay said 9:49PM on 2-06-2008

This looks really cool, we're seeing a lot of apps trying to save us all from multiple login hell. I just saw a demo by PageOnce at the IsraelWebTour that takes this same concept - but it's not a download. It's pretty amazing, let's you load in bank accounts, netflix, all your social stuff - Facebook, Myspace, you name it. I think it's a killer app - we asked them to present at the next Under the Radar (http://undertheradarblog.com), can't wait to see else they've added by March.

Squishy said 12:38AM on 2-07-2008

Sure would be nice if folks would read!

oxhopeful said 7:05AM on 2-07-2008

This is such an amazing program, much better than any other I've used. Digsby's ability to manage all of my social accounts is what makes it stand out, and their user-friendly features.

zmnatz said 7:05AM on 2-07-2008

I'd like an invite

ch1d3th said 10:08PM on 2-06-2008

the way the invite works is that you go to digsby.com and enter the invite code given in the article: dlsquad

enjoy!

Johan said 7:05AM on 2-07-2008

I am having trouble logging in to msn and yahoo IM accounts, all my other IM accounts work fine, anyone else facing this issue? If I can get them working I'll give it a go and see if it can replace Pidgin.

BigD said 7:05AM on 2-07-2008

I really like this program, so far.

Thanks for the DL, DLSquad!

pressuredrop88 said 7:05AM on 2-07-2008

I'd love to try this out - let me know who I can get an invite. Thanks!

ch1d3th said 10:08PM on 2-06-2008

there seems to be a lot of confusion about the invites, lol

all you gotta do is visit digsby.com and enter the code given above: dlsquad

Francisco said 7:05AM on 2-07-2008

I really have to give it up to you guys. This is one of the BEST programs I have ever used. Everything about this program is just perfect.

Saurabh Agarwal said 7:06AM on 2-07-2008

Could I get one?

ch1d3th said 11:45PM on 2-06-2008

go to digsby.com and enter the invite code given in the article: dlsquad

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