Instant Messaging and More with Digsby

Although I think of Digsby as an Instant Messaging client, it does much more.  For folks who use Instant Messaging, Digsby also offers quite a few extra features.  In this day of social networking Digsby allows you to add the following social networking sites:

• FaceBook
• MySpace
• Twitter
• with more to come

As well as IM (Instant Messaging) of course:

• AIM
• MSN
• Yahoo
• Google Talk
• ICQ
• Jabber
• Facebook Chat

Digsby also does email.  You can add the following email services:

• Gmail
• Yahoo Mail
• AOL/AIM Mail
• IMAP
• POP

You can minimize digsby so it sits in your Taskbar in Windows or open in a Buddy List window.  To set everything up, you add accounts to the Preferences area which is very customizable.

With an Outlook sidebar metaphor as your Buddy List, you hover your mouse over the various services and you’ll see your messages for each service allowing you to click on certain tasks for that message.  Depending on what services you have accounts setup for will determine the various actions you can take per message.

So for example, if you have an email in Gmail and you’re viewing the message using Digsby you’ll be able to open it, mark as read, archive it, delete it, or report it as spam just like you would if you were actually in Gmail.

Digsby is a great solution for folks who like to use Instant Messaging as well as getting connected to a few of the bigger, more popular social networking sites.  When you receive messages from the various services there are good sized pop-up windows that display your messages at the bottom of your screen.

I like the look and feel of it and my younger sister who is not a techy-type person but someone who spent a ton of time using instant messaging is using it and is able to work with her social networking sites as well.

Digsby writes on their web site that they’ll be adding services and I’m sure as they get added Digsby will become more and more popular as an instant messaging, email and social networking message aggregator.

See more at there web site including screen shots, features, and of course their blog.