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Digsby Beta – Lowered Resources
19.Aug.08 | Leave a Comment
Did you try Digsby but drop it when you noticed memory usage in the 50 – 120MB range? I guess I can confess that is exactly what I did… I really liked using Digsby, but that footprint really began to bug me.
Good news: the latest beta seems to have dramatically reduced the memory consumption [...]
Google Talk Labs Edition
13.Aug.08 | 2 Comments
Are you a Google Talk user? Have you tried the latest “labs edition” version? Pretty cool, huh?
Hey, could I use four question marks in one paragraph?
In general, the new labs version is pretty slick – the calendar notifications with snooze option have, in particular, been quite popular at the office. Seriously, it rocks.
But [...]
Meebo and Google Talk with Google Apps
24.Jun.08 | 1 Comment
Many moons ago I tried to use my hosted Google ID (via Google Apps) with meebo and had no success. At the time, I just shrugged and moved on — my regular Google Talk ID was working fine.
Since then, I’ve standardized the office on Google Talk[1]. I have other IM clients I like and use [...]
Digsby on the old laptop
07.Jun.08 | 2 Comments
I have digsby up and running on my old Thinkpad 600E running Windows 2000. I wasn’t sure that it would actually run, but after one small adjustment it seems to be running just fine.
The adjustment? I needed to grab and install the GDI+ redistributable package.
I’m Digging Digsby
05.Jun.08 | 2 Comments
A couple days ago I asked (via twitter) for advice on a simple IM client that would help me with my multiple Google Talk IDs. I mean, I know meebo would work but was hoping for something that doesn’t need as much screen space.
[Which reminds me: I wonder if the meebo Firefox sidebar add-on [...]
