• Added a Digsby chat widget

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      22nd Jun 10
      Mark D

    I have over the course of my time on the internet used a number of IM clients (Instant Messenger). Indeed I have used several aliases on some, mostly through forgetting login details and just making new accounts. There are some IM systems that I just do not like… No prizes for guessing which.

    I have tried pidgin before to group several clients, actually liked most of what it managed except for its skype support (skype had to be running, which rather defeats the object).

    Browsing around I encountered Digsby which has a nice set of IM clients supported. It also integrates to social networks and email protocols.
    I admit I was a little dubious about how well it would support so many different aspects of online social interaction. I figured it would be clunky and not have many adjustable settings.

    I was pleasantly surprised once I had it running.
    I now have it handling GoogleTalk, MSN (which I uninstalled years back), Yahoo (also uninstalled), Facebook Chat (there is the option to have it handle many other aspects of Facebook too) and a few email accounts that I rarely check.
    I would recommend it :)

    I even added a Digsby Chat widget to the left side of this site to show my support.