In the last year, the IM industry has seen a major shift towards merging instant messengers with the newest of Gen-Y trends: Social Networking. With millions of users logging on each day to sites like MySpace, Facebook, Bebo and others, this integration plan not only helps further connect social networking users but has helped spawn a second-generation renaissance among IM clients. However, only one client comes close to offering the most perfect blend of IM and SN, and that's Digsby. In addition to allowing access to all your social networking pals, Digsby users can receive alerts to new messages and contact requests, set status messages for MySpace and Facebook in the client’s main window and view up-to-the-minute buddy info, photos and more through the InfoBox. Download Digsby for free. Available on Windows; clients for Mac and Linux coming soon.
Guide's Comments
As I mentioned earlier, the social networking-IM component of Digsby is one of the many ways this application is making time online more efficient; instead of opening a separate browser to check up on my social networking sites, then tabbing separate windows for MySpace and Facebook (while switching back to my instant messenger of choice), I can now use Digsby. Yes, it can be that simple.How Readers Voted
- In-Line Media Player, Yahoo! 38 percent (1129 votes)
- Off the Record Plugin, Digsby Six percent (182 votes)
- Social Networking Integration, Digsby 50 percent (1481 votes)
- IM to Text Capabilities, multiple clients Four percent (134 votes)
