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digsby - im + email + social networking
via infodoodads by Michael on May 14, 2008
It’s time to throw out your browsers. Well, at least temporarily. Digsby reminds me of Trillian and Meebo, etc. in that it consolidates different instances of yourself into a single tool. However, Digsby goes further than just IM and also integrates e-mail and social networking. It is a standalone program and not web-based, so I’m breaking an infodoodad rule, but I like it so much I couldn’t resist. Oh, and it’s supported on the regular trifecta: Mac, Windows, and Linux.For social networking it supports: Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter.
For IM it supports: AIM, MSN, Yahoo, Google Talk, ICQ, Jabber, and Facebook Chat
For e-mail it supports: Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, Hotmail, your own POP or IMAP e-mail, and AOL/AIM MailBetween all of these, I have 11 accounts hooked into Digsby. Wowie! So yes, it supports multiple instances of a single account type. When something new happens, like an e-mail or tweet, a somewhat transparent little rectangle pops up for a few seconds with a preview that you may ignore or click on. You can choose to have representations of your e-mail accounts and social networking accounts present in the system tray (I like this feature) so you can click any of them to see a recent history. These representations allow you simple options to interact with each service: post a new tweet, go to your inbox, post a bulletin, etc. without manually navigating there on the web.
Digsby also has a lot of options for notification settings and other customizations, so if you don’t like to be notified for some or all accounts, you can do that too. All they need now is a feed reader and they’ll have it all!
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