Note: This is NOT a sponsored review. Here I am mentioning about a tool which helped me in my day-to-day life and hence I thought it will be good to share with my readers.
Digsby is a multi-protocol IM client and recently it was released to the public. Like other IM clients, its primary function is to aggregate your different IM accounts in one messenger window so that you can stay in touch with your friends who use different IM accounts.
I have been using Digsby since the past few days and I should say that I am very impressed by its functions. Not only it goes a step further and aggregates your social networking accounts in the messenger but also it has some cool features which make it quite useful. Hence I decided to share those features here so that you can also try it out.
1: Merge All IM accounts and remove duplicate buddies.
Lets say your friend uses different IM accounts like Yahoo, AOL, Gtalk etc. Now digsby allows you to add all the different accounts and combine them into a single merged contact to eliminate duplicate buddies. This way it reduces clutter and further if your friend goes online with even one of his IM accounts, you can easily chat with him.
2: Add Your Email Accounts
You can add your different email accounts to digsby and check their status right from the messenger window. Hence you don’t need to separately visit the email accounts to check mail. In fact if you have more than 1 email account with same provider, like lets say you have 2 yahoomail accounts and 3 gmail accounts, you can add all of them.
3: Work on your email from Digsby
Digsby goes a step further and allows you to mark an email as read, delete it or report it as spam, right from itself. Hence it saves a lot of time and it can eliminate the requirement to log in to your secondary email accounts every time.
4: Check Facebook, MySpace And Twitter Accounts
Digsby allows you to stay up to date with everything happening on your Facebook, Twitter, or MySpace account. Hence it integrates social networking with IM.
5: Receive Alerts and Updates
When new emails arrive in your accounts, you can be updated through digsby. You can also receive alerts of events such as new friend requests, messages, group invites, etc in your social networking accounts.
6: Log in to Different Yahoo And Google Talk Accounts At the Same Time
I think this is the best feature of Digsby. You know that it allows you to add different email accounts of the same provider. Similarly you can log in to different IM accounts of the same provider. Hence if you have two gtalk accounts, one for close friends and the other for acquaintances, you can add both of them to digsby. It works with yahoo,gtalk,aol/aim and windows live accounts. Cool, isn’t it ?
7: Respond to IMs Right From the Pop-up
Yes, you can respond to a sudden IM right from the pop up and then continue with your work. Hence you don’t need to open the IM window for each conversation.
8: Tabbed Conversations
Digsby helps you to manage multiple conversations in a single window through different tabs. Also you drag tabs out into their own windows for important conversations.
9: Give Alias Names To Your Buddies
Yes, you can give alias names to your contacts if you don’t like their buddy names.
10: Cool Skins And Various Customization Options
Apart from the aforesaid features , Digsby also offers some cool skins and also a lot of other customization options. It gives you control with your conversations and various accounts and also helps you to do smooth file transfers.
Hence if you have been using other multi-protocol IM clients , then I think you should definitely consider giving Digsby a try.
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