Download Digsby Beta Build 37

Dotsyntax is developing Digsby, a multifunctional communication program. This program allows chatting via the networks of AIM, MSN, Yahoo, ICQ, Google Talk, Jabber and Facebook Chat. In addition, it can also monitor email from Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, AOL/AIM Mail and regular imap and pop3 accounts. Finally, it can also see if anything has happened on the pages on the social networking sites of Facebook, Twitter, Myspace and Linkedin. The intention is that versions for Linux and Mac OS X will also be developed, but Digsby is only available for Windows for the time being. Last Wednesday a new public test version was released with build number 37. Below is an overview of the most important changes since build 33:

Build 37 – r18971 (public beta)

Major Changes

• Fixed a few more crash causing bugs including one that was introduced in the last alpha release and was triggered when hiding offline buddies

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug that caused Hotmail to get stuck in ‘Connecting” when there was a network error instead of going to a “Failed to Connect” state
• Fixed a bug that caused AIM to show the default privacy preferences instead of what is stored on the AIM servers
• Fixed a bug that caused Hotmail to not show all your email previews in some cases
• Fixed a bug that caused the tray icon menu to disappear after you bring out the “Status” submenu
• A few small fixes for AIM/ICQ unicode – more to come!
• Fixed a bug that caused some dialog boxes to be the wrong height after the second time they are opened

Enhancements

• Login screen is no longer resizable

Build 36 – r18822 (private alpha)

Major Changes

• Added full support for new the Hotmail design that people are being switched over to
• Fixed a crash and added more debug info to crash reports to help us hunt down the remaining crashes
• Fixed several significant memory leaks
• Fixed a bug that caused two instances of Digsby to launch resulting in duplicate IM windows. If it happens in this release please submit a bug report to let us know with any info on how to reproduce it.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug that caused MSN buddies that had weemees to show offline always
• Fixed a CPU spin that happened when Digsby went into a loop requesting the same favicon for a domain over and over
• Fixed a bug that caused your buddy icon to look distorted when you set it
• Fixed a bug that caused the Actions Bar in the IM window to show partially cut off
• Fixed a bug that caused the window to open in the wrong location when the taskbar was not at the bottom of the screen
• Fixed a bug that prevented sending files with unicode names over AIM and ICQ
• Fixed a bug that caused AIM to lose its connection in some cases because keep alive packets were not being sent
• Some ICQ unicode fixes but more still to come
• Fixed a bug that caused MSN messages to not be received because we left the conversation as soon as we got there in edge cases
• If a buddy does not reply to an MSN conversation invite, reinvite up to three times to improve the chance of a message being delivered
• Fixed a bug that caused alert counts not to show for LinkedIn in the infobox
• Fixed a bug that caused ICQ auth requests to not show if the personal message from the buddy was unicode characters
• Possibly fixed a bug that caused Digsby to not launch fully when your computer starts
• Fixed a bug that caused mobile MSN buddies to show offline
• Fixed a bug that caused Twitter icons not to load from cache for some people
• Fixed a bug that caused the Digsby tray icon to hide after a period of time
• Fixed a bug that caused AIM to sometimes get stuck on connecting after you lose your network connection

Enhancements

• We redid the login screen in C++ to improve performance
• We now handle the new Facebook error codes properly
• After logging in to Facebook there is a button that lets you stay logged in permanently
• Infobox now shows away time for AIM buddies
• Infobox now gives priority to the screen the buddy list is on when deciding where to show
• Accounts in log viewer are now sorted by protocol
• Added the option to include a full screenshot with bug report instead of one that just includes Digsby windows
• Double clicking the tray icon will bring the buddy list into view if it is off screen due to unplugging of monitors
• IM windows now make sure they are on screen when they load and bring themselves back if they are not in view due to unplugging of monitors

Build 35 – r18546 (private alpha)

Major Changes

• Fixed a long standing bug that caused AIM and ICQ to periodically disconnect and reconnect for some users
• Finished implementation for the “new hotmail” – please let us know if everything works properly
• Fixed a bug that caused the auto-updater crash if Digsby was installed on a FAT32 hard drive (USB drives, hint hint)
• Fixed bugs in MSN Conversations – if a message is dropped please submit a bug report and mention the username of the buddy it happened with
• Fixed a bug that resulted in an empty ICQ buddy list on login
• Fixed two crash causing bugs and we are working hard on hunting down the few that remain
• Fixed a bug that caused the CPU to spin to 100% when checking for favicons

Bug Fixes

• Fixed bugs that caused Digsby to not exit, which prevented new instances from starting
• Fixed a bug that caused the windows to resize in two directions when they are snapped to something else
• Fixed a bug the caused the IM window to not recognize the content size if you last closed it while it was maximized
• Fixed a bug that prevented you from dragging and dropping buddies
• Fixed a bug that caused Digsby to become non-responsive
• Fixed bug with blocking unblocking MSN
• Fixed a bug that prevented the emoticon box from opening anywhere in preferences until it was opened in the IM window
• MSN mobile buddies not showing as mobile when online
• Fixed a bug with full screen detection in Vista that caused a CPU spin
• Fixed a bug that caused tweets not to show if the buddy uploaded an icon with a unicode file name
• Fixed a few memory leaks
• Twitter a bug that caused the tweet to be malformed if it started with an @ symbol followed by a space
• Fixed a bug that caused the Infobox to show on the wrong screen in multi-monitor setups
• Fixed a bug with encoding sent offline messages to those using the new WLM Beta
• Fixed a bug that caused MSN to reconnect when it should not (when you log in from another location)

Enhancements

• Numerous speed improvements – we will continue to work on this over the next several builds
• Better saving and loading of last window position
• MSN Buddy icon requests happen slower to prevent hitting rate limits for conversation requests
• Large buddy icons in Twitter now resized to 48×48 so they look correct in the Infobox
• The default option for pressing the “Enter Key” when asked if you are sure about deleting buddies, deleting groups, and blocking buddies is now “Yes” – we’ve had too many bug reports saying it doesn’t work when people simply press “Enter” (No was the default) instead of clicking Yes.

Build 34 – r18269 (public beta)

Major Changes

• Added support for the new Windows Live Mail that some users have been switched over to
• Fixed a bug that caused social network accounts to disappear for a small portion of users
• Fixed a bug that caused MSN to disconnect and not know about it so the buddy list was still populated and it did not reconnect
• Fixed a bug that caused Digsby to get stuck on “Connecting” for a small portion of users. If you are experiencing this you do need to reinstall using the latest installer on our website

Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug that caused no “IM” button to appear for mobile MSN buddies

Fixed a bug in MSN related to display name encoding Enhancements

• Like other social networks, sounds are off by default when you add a new LinkedIn account
• Several more speed enhancements
• Default setting for Yahoo privacy is now to allow messages from those not on your buddy list

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