Digsby; I'm Digging It
September 22, 2008

Oh look, a screenshot. Its been forever since I've shared one, but I wanted to give everyone a good look at the latest IM client that David has gotten me hooked on; Digsby. Not only is it quite an attractive client (could you have guessed that I'm drawn to attractive looking things?) but it has some of the coolest functionality this side of Web 2.0.

If you want to see some of my older screenshots from when I ran Linux; you can get them over on my screenshots flickr set.

Its more of a 'social networking' client than straight up IM. It has full support for your standard IM services, of course, but it also has gmail, Facebook, myspace (ugh) and Twitter support out of the box. Its an awesome way to keep tabs on what's going around in your social circle. I love being able to at a glance check out what's going on, without having to visit each individual site or be running five different clients. (although Twitterific does pwn me on my Macbook).

It's also got fantastic theming support and some damned good looking themes. Right now I'm running a tweaked version of the iPhone Theme. It leaves a little to be desired in terms of font appearances, but I feel that it's worlds above the offerings of Pidgin and such. It certainly looks more at home in Vista than Pidgin ever did, and the chat window is definitely very attractive - even knocking off several Adium themes.

Its not without its flaws though. Like I mentioned, it leaves some to be desired with font rendering and choices. It also requires a central login to their site and your login credentials are stored up there. I'm always a little leary, but not enough to prevent me from trying it, of things like that. All in all though, I'm definitely digging it.

What are you waiting for? Go out and download it now for Windows, OSX And even Linux.

Yes, I recognize the irony of having a FireFox wallpaper whilst running Google Chrome.