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Instant Messaging, Social Networking and E-mail Together

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Posted by Alisha on Sunday, February 10th, 2008 – 4:36 pm
Filed under Software

Digsby has it all.  Connect to AIM, Google Talk, ICQ, Windows Live Messenger and Yahoo! networks. Check your e-mail from Gmail, Yahoo!, Hotmail or any POP/IMAP accounts. For social networking, get updates for Facebook or MySpace! Who needs MySpace though?

Digsby Accounts

Digbsby Contact List

Some of you may notice it looks similar to Pidgin, except Pidgin doesn’t include all of the features that Digsby does. Digsby is still in beta and currently doesn’t support audio/video chats. For some, that might be a deal breaker.

Unfortunately, the social networks don’t include Twitter and Pownce access. Hopefully it will support those in the future. Of course, the temporary fix for Twitter is to setup up Twitter to send notifications to your Google Talk account.

I love Digsby’s notifications. They aren’t like notifications from similar applications. Besides the common status notifications, Digsby alerts of you a new message with the option of typing in a response in the little notification popup.

Digsby Notification Popup

One unimportant feature that I would like to see is skinning of the notification popup. Right now it has an almost bulky appearance to it. I would like it to have customizable transparency and the option to choose other background colors.

Another feature I want is removing the grouping by network. I just want my contacts listed without groups and without moving them into a single group, because then if I login someplace else, it will change how I see them.

Something that does need to be fixed is the memory usage. I’ve found it reach almost 100MB. When the contact list is minimized and there aren’t any chat windows open, it can use about 60MB. Since Digsby is still beta, it’s okay for now and that is something they are working on.

If you like using applications like Trillian, Miranda, or Pidgin, check out Digsby!

Others discussing Digsby and offering invites to try out the beta:

Jooce Desktop & Invites

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Posted by Alisha on Monday, November 12th, 2007 – 10:01 am
Filed under General

Jooce

Jooce allows you to access a desktop that is online. It has all your contacts (supports multi-networks), files: music, videos, photos, etc. No matter what computer you use, you will always have access to your files. This can be useful if you don’t have a large hard drive to store files you want where ever you go. Also great if you are someone who goes to an Internet cafe.

In my last post, Desktop Applications or Web Applications?, I had mentioned two similar services to Jooce: Goowy and YouOS.  All three, Goowy, Jooce and YouOS, offer most of the same features. Of the three, Jooce is the prettiest with Goowy right behind it.

Jooce

Jooce has so many features. Instantly share files by dragging and dropping them. Watch videos, view photos, listen to music and play games. Check your e-mail, chat with friends and build your social network. Customize the look of your online desktop. Watch the How To Be Sejooced videos.

Jooce

Invites

I have invites available for only four people. Normally, I just give invites out for free. This time I would like to see you do something for it. I want you to write on your own blog about Jooce and why you would like using a desktop on the web.

Instructions:

  1. Leave a comment here saying you are going to write a post. This reserves your invite.
  2. You have five hours after you comment to write the post. Even if your comment is placed in the moderation queue, the time still begins after you submit the comment.
  3. After you are done, come back and leave another comment with a link to your post and your e-mail address (format: me[at]softtechreviews[dot]com).

If you do not come back and leave a comment after 5 hours are up, your invite will be available to someone else. I will look at your post to make sure it qualifies and then send you your invitation to Jooce.

Besides getting a free invitation to Jooce, you also may receive free traffic if someone clicks on your link.