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“My success, part of it certainly, is that I have focused in on a few things”

Long before there was one or two mail ids or instant messenger, growth in Internet and social network has given multiple options. Hence later users started questioning “To chat why we need to use the same client?”,”why not we check the emails and update the social sites with same single IM client?”

Answer is “Digsby“, Having all the instant messenger and email in one application is pretty cool.

Instant Messenger supported in digsby
1.MSN Messenger (i.e Windows Live Messenger)
2.OSCAR (AIM/ICQ/Mac)
3.Google Talk
4.Yahoo Instant Messenger
5.Facebook Chat

Email supported in digsby
It automatically retrieves a “from” email address from the logged in instant messaging profiles.
1.Gmail
2.Yahoo! Mail
3.Hotmail
4.AOL Mail
5.POP/IMAP email

Social network supported in digsby
1.Facebook
2.MySpace
3.Twitter
4.Linkedln

Digsby has its own URL shortener Digs.by. Having built-in tiny URL will help to update and share the links across social sites.

Merits of digsby
1.Digsby is single application which supports messenger,email and social network.
2. Smart Shopper will suggest users with products based on users browsing habits.
3. Memory usage has been highly reduced comparing to previous version.
4. one simple way to manage buddy list.

Demerits of digsby
1. Your computer is being used when it is idle,reading the terms of service before installation gives better understanding.

“15. USAGE OF COMPUTER RESOURCES
You agree to permit the Software to use the processing power of your computer when it is idle to run downloaded algorithms(mathematical equations) and code within a process. You understand that when the Software uses your computer, it likewise uses your CPU, bandwidth, and electrical power. The Software will use your computer to solve distributed computing problems, such as but not limited to, accelerating medical research projects, analyzing the stock market, searching the web, and finding the largest known prime number. This functionality is completely optional and you may disable it at any time.”

2. Attention is also needed during installation to avoid crappy search bars, decline option helps to attain the clean version of digsby.

3. You can pay your bills by referring new friends to digsby. Poor affiliate program earns one dollar for every new user.

Digsby claims that the bloat ware and crap ware they install is completely removable, being smart(read terms of services and installation on each step) about it is a good way to keep yourself out of stupid apps that you don’t need.