Several ideas for digsby staff

To start off, some of these items might be silly or not needed. I just figured it's better to be considered and rejected (possibly to spawn new ideas) than to not be brought up at all.

- Widget user identification: Generates a name based on the user's socal network being used (myspace/facebook) or by domain the Widget was used at.

- Trusted File Transfer: Allow automatic file transfers from (trusted) users on buddy lists (All, certain group, specified users)

- Block file types: Block receiving certain file types (.scr, .bat, etc.)

- File transfer confirmation: When dragging a file over a conversation window, large "YES" and "NO" buttons appear to confirm transferring a file to this user. This would replace the pop-up confirmation window)

- Send button - Option to toggle a Send button on/off so that it can be clicked instead of having to hit Enter on the keyboard.

- Status message based on media file: Allow status message to be changed based on file being played in WinAmp, WMP, iTunes.

- Sametime & Lotus Notes: Support for Sametime IM protocol, and possibly to send emails via Lotus Notes

- Status bar in chat window: Add a status bar at the bottom of a chat window to indicate if a person is typing, stopped typing (entered text), went AFK (unavailable)...etc. Current notfication are a bit too subtle

- Enlarge names on mouse-over: Name in buddy list will enlarge upon mouseover (similar to the icon blow up thingy that mac's do)

- Gaming mode:  No intteruptions (will not minimize), adjustable audio volume for incoming IM notifications, possibly even a window that pops up in-game that can be moved/resized

- Windows Explorer integration: right clickf ile --> Send file to User, upload image to social network or photobucket

- iPod + Digsby: allows IMs to be sent from an iPod Touch/Phone.  haha, sorry u can ignore that one if you want (Digsby Mobile!!)

- Directory Sharing: Make a directory available for certain users to pull files from and send files to

- Chatlog to PDF: allows conversation to be exported to PDF format for later review or blackmale

- Widget Pop-out: As mentioned by "dneifxes", a button that will open up the Digsby widget in a new window so that a user can chat with you after closing the page your widget is hosted on

- User filter/search: Seach text box to filter buddy list members

- New Widget User Notification: Audible noise or popup when a new Widget contact has been identified

- Visual Notification for Widgets: Create a better visual notification to catch attention to idle Widgets. This will train a Digsby Widget virgin to use the widget.

- Photo upload support: Allow uploading of photos to social networks & photobucket; identify photo albums, possibly even integrate through Windows Explorer

- Dynamic smiley list, based on the IM client the receiver is using. This will prevent unusual smiles to be sent by a user that wont recognize the symbol

- File transfer status integtaion: Option to integrate file transfer in the chat window of file recipient

- Selective invisibility: Invisible to certain users, or visible to certain users (I assume this is limited to the IM protocol, so this can likely be skipped)

- Taskbar IM Notification: Taskbar states the name of the sender an IM was most recently received from (when grouped), possibly only for X amount of seconds

- Mouse Gestures: CTRL+mouse up/down to scroll though chat windows (instead of ctrl+tab). Holding right click and drag left/right to switch between windows, Shift + scroll up/down goes to top or bottom of chat

- Auto-copy text: Highlight chat automatically copies the text from a chat window

- Chat Close button: Option to remove/disable the Close button on tabs for grouped IM windows, (I have closed too many by accident) As an alternative, there could be an option to double-click the tab to close it

- IM new user from chat window: Double clicking empty area brings up search window to send an IM to a user that there is not a chat window open for

- CAPTCHA-like filtering: Challenge code for new IM contacts not on buddy list (like CAPTCHA or w/e) to type a word to allow IMs to go through to prevent IM bots

These ideas may prove very challenging or a programming nightmare, but I am confident there are some good ones in here. I will try to add more as I think of them.

I hope some of this stuff helps you guys improve a program that I already love. Thanks for reading this!!

Last edited by thadigitaldj (2008-02-22 14:49:54)

I think I just visualized Digsby taking over the world ...

LOL, I'd be happy if any of these suggestions were implemented. I am just trying to make sure this client has no competition.

Last edited by thadigitaldj (2008-02-22 09:46:45)

I thank you for all your submissions to the digsby wishlist, thadigitaldj. But for them to appear there, there must be some interested shown here in the forums for them so that we know more people than you would like them. Generally, it's also a bad idea to just throw 10's of feature requests in one forum topic, and many of the ones you have mentioned here there already exists topics for.

thadigitaldj wrote:

- Trusted File Transfer: Allow automatic file transfers from (trusted) users on buddy lists (All, certain group, specified users)

i like it.

- Block file types: Block receiving certain file types (.scr, .bat, etc.)

Well, why not. I wouldnt use it, but who likes it...

- File transfer confirmation: When dragging a file over a conversation window, large "YES" and "NO" buttons appear to confirm transferring a file to this user. This would replace the pop-up confirmation window)

I think that makes no difference. If there is a pop-up, a question in the chatwindow or just nothing...

- Send button - Option to toggle a Send button on/off so that it can be clicked instead of having to hit Enter on the keyboard.

I missed that, too.

- Sametime & Lotus Notes: Support for Sametime IM protocol, and possibly to send emails via Lotus Notes

I have just looked what sametime is...
Looks interessting, but i would say it is even more than just a normal IM. Can be made, but i think its not really needed. Do it later, when you have no ideas anymore and dont know what to do

- Status bar in chat window: Add a status bar at the bottom of a chat window to indicate if a person is typing, stopped typing (entered text), went AFK (unavailable)...etc. Current notfication are a bit too subtle

is useful

- Enlarge names on mouse-over: Name in buddy list will enlarge upon mouseover (similar to the icon blow up thingy that mac's do)

I think that is part of design and a good design does always help getting more users

- Gaming mode:  No intteruptions (will not minimize), adjustable audio volume for incoming IM notifications, possibly even a window that pops up in-game that can be moved/resized

http://forum.digsby.com/viewtopic.php?id=188
I like the idea.

- Windows Explorer integration: right clickf ile --> Send file to User, upload image to social network or photobucket

Easy to do.
in

C:\Documents and Settings\Default User\SendTo

you have to add a file, that can do this.
Than you just have to rightklick and look in the SendTo.

- iPod + Digsby: allows IMs to be sent from an iPod Touch/Phone.  haha, sorry u can ignore that one if you want (Digsby Mobile!!)

Well...do you have an ipod with windows?

- Directory Sharing: Make a directory available for certain users to pull files from and send files to

Sounds nice, but i dont think, that this can be made.
You can only send, what is supported in the protocol.

Make an own one, Digsby IM Protocol and use it there

- Chatlog to PDF: allows conversation to be exported to PDF format for later review or blackmale

You can do that using other tools. A feature like this cant hurt, but i wouldnt use it.

- User filter/search: Seach text box to filter buddy list members

Good idea.

- New Widget User Notification: Audible noise or popup when a new Widget contact has been identified

Useless i think

- Dynamic smiley list, based on the IM client the receiver is using. This will prevent unusual smiles to be sent by a user that wont recognize the symbol

Nice idea, that is what i always missed on other multi im clients.

- Selective invisibility: Invisible to certain users, or visible to certain users (I assume this is limited to the IM protocol, so this can likely be skipped)

In ICQ does it work. This is the only feature, that keeps me on qip sometimes.
Get this working! ^^

- Auto-copy text: Highlight chat automatically copies the text from a chat window

not good, not good...
Or make it at least turned off at the beginning. thats what i hate on irc

- Chat Close button: Option to remove/disable the Close button on tabs for grouped IM windows, (I have closed too many by accident) As an alternative, there could be an option to double-click the tab to close it

Well, i close them often, too.
But this isnt bad, i just reopen it and thats it

- CAPTCHA-like filtering: Challenge code for new IM contacts not on buddy list (like CAPTCHA or w/e) to type a word to allow IMs to go through to prevent IM bots

Well, i think you have need a support of this webpage.
There is no other way to show a image in the chat.

Okay, all I am trying to do is submit suggestions to a website that isn't even run by the company producing the software.

I dont know about you, but when I brainstorm ideas...I dont write everyone down on an individual piece of paper. I honestly did not feel like making 52 different forum posts (even if it would have been more effective). I took the time to do so on YOUR fanboy website to boost your traffic, and possibly to get some ideas to go gold. Additionally, I went through every single forum topic in existence in this section prior to making my post. I bumped ideas for other people that I thought were appropriate, as well as elaborated on some that I thought could have been worded differently.

Additionally, what is the point of a voting sytem if the Admin just filters out the ideas that he doesnt like. Let the people decide.

Excuse me for trying to help a legitamate company, and a tag-along website. I'll go back to work instead of trying to improve a product we both enjoy.

LaberLu, thanks for taking the time and reading through some of the suggestions, as well as providing your opinion on each topic. I totally agree that some ideas mentioned are either not necessary, or can be put on hold for a while. I just wanted to get some concepts out there that may trigger new features to be created by the developers.

eia wrote:

Generally, it's also a bad idea to just throw 10's of feature requests in one forum topic, and many of the ones you have mentioned here there already exists topics for.

How is it a bad idea? I'd sure hope the Digsby staff isn't too lazy to read through multiple suggestions all in one thread. Or our community for that matter.

Because you get people talking about one or two of the features they want, and other people talking about other things on the list, and it becomes harder for the Digsby team to discern which are more wanted.

Even more reason for the staff to generate a system which registered users can vote on what features they would like to see. It would also give some visibility on the features that are being reviewed for possible implementation. I would participate in a formal voting process.

If a Digsby staff member requests that I create individual posts for each feature, taking up the first two pages of this section of the forum...I will happily do so.

Last edited by thadigitaldj (2008-02-22 14:49:19)

You could also just do a search and see which ones already have threads, as you should have done in the first place.

And as has been explained, there's currently a voting system being used by many of the members here

Last edited by itsatrap (2008-02-22 15:01:23)

And if you read anything, you would have already known I read all other forum posts before creating this one.

Additionally, my suggestions have been added to the site you listed. If you were paying attention, you would know this already.

When the forum police come knocking down my door, i'll be glad to cooperate but for now I wanted my thoughts to be in a simple place for me to update and follow up on.

The voting system that is there, from what I understand, is not even owned or represented officially by Digsby and a note on their site indicates that the suggestions may not be read by the Digsby developers.

First of all, sorry for the late reply to this, I have been afk this weekend.

thadigitaldj wrote:

Okay, all I am trying to do is submit suggestions to a website that isn't even run by the company producing the software.

You are right, and I really do appreciate your interest in the site and submitting feature requests to the wishlist.

thadigitaldj wrote:

I honestly did not feel like making 52 different forum posts (even if it would have been more effective). I took the time to do so on YOUR fanboy website to boost your traffic, and possibly to get some ideas to go gold.

Of course it's probably not a good idea to start "52" new forum topics, and I must admit that I can't really see a good solution to it. Like itsatrap said, "52" different topics in one topic makes it difficult to follow what's really happening, but then again posting lots of topics in one go is likewise problematic. That's probably why I haven't submitted my list of feature requests here yet

thadigitaldj wrote:

Additionally, I went through every single forum topic in existence in this section prior to making my post. I bumped ideas for other people that I thought were appropriate, as well as elaborated on some that I thought could have been worded differently.

I should've researched better before I said that about searching the forums for duplicate entries, as you probably are right. It's just that when reading your list, I remembered that stuff like e.g. gaming mode and auto-accept of file transfers had already been discussed, and I assumed you posted ideas before searching. I now see that you had actually tried to update some of them by linking to this post.

thadigitaldj wrote:

Additionally, what is the point of a voting sytem if the Admin just filters out the ideas that he doesnt like. Let the people decide.

Of course the wishlist has to be objective, but imho it has to maintain some quality for it to be taken seriously and be of some use to the devs and community. My biggest concern is that if we add every other odd feature request to it (e.g. something really silly like "Move the avatar 1 px to the right in the default theme"), it will render itself useless like the one for uTorrent the digsby wistlist was inspired from. But I'd really like a discussion around this, so if anyone has anything to say, please speak up.

thadigitaldj wrote:

Excuse me for trying to help a legitamate company, and a tag-along website. I'll go back to work instead of trying to improve a product we both enjoy. The voting system that is there, from what I understand, is not even owned or represented officially by Digsby and a note on their site indicates that the suggestions may not be read by the Digsby developers.

You are completely right, but that doesn't mean I'm not allowed to try to moderate the wishlist to keep it somewhat organized and focused. I will not in any way use it to boost my favorites (other than voting on them like everyone else of course), but I must admit I'd like it to focus on the big picture (and not minor tweaks) and things that are relevant to the sort of application digsby is. I don't want to be able to edit photos in digsby, burn a cd or make a toast, there are dedicated systems for that, but maybe that's just me. Again I'd like to hear people's opinion on what to include and not include in the wishlist and what it's focus should be, cause I'm more than willing to change if that's what we want.

Anyway, I'm glad we got a discussion around this and I do apologize for my last post, it was made in a hurry and I assumed way too much. I think we agree on many things, thadigitaldj, we just started off in a wrong way. So. Hi, I'm eia and I'm very interested in the development and well-being of digsby. I've spent many hours creating a website to try to help get a community going where we can share ideas and hopefully bring something good back to digsby and it's users.

Thank you all the support team for creating such amazing software. As soon as I used it, I addicted to it. It is quick, convenient, understanding and fun. After adding Twitter application, I was surprised it could work such smoothly. Thanks again and please keep it on.

Chat Close button: Option to remove/disable the Close button on tabs for grouped IM windows, (I have closed too many by accident) As an alternative, there could be an option to double-click the tab to close it

It would help if the tabs were just a bit wider by default.

wow, a lot of these were done, including digsby mobile

thadigitaldj wrote:

- Selective invisibility: Invisible to certain users, or visible to certain users (I assume this is limited to the IM protocol, so this can likely be skipped)

Don't skip it! I went looking for another mention of selective invisibility and couldn't find it. I'm currently not even logging into the google chat because I can't hide from That One Guy. It's like he doesn't ever get up from his computer. It doesn't matter what time of day I log in, he's messaging me within 30 seconds. Alternately, if I could just put him on "ignore", I'd be happy, too.

+1 for:
selective invisibility
gaming mode
search box for buddy list

Dynamic Smilies/Emoticons would be so useful!

yes, definitely a dinamic smiley list: i cannot use any smileys without it. what's the point in having a giant menu popping up (that won't even fit onto the screen) with a zillion smileys in it for all the im clients, that takes ages to open and is absolutely useless.

- Dynamic smiley list, based on the IM client the receiver is using. This will prevent unusual smiles to be sent by a user that wont recognize the symbol

- Dynamic smiley list, based on the IM client the receiver is using. This will prevent unusual smiles to be sent by a user that wont recognize the symbol

+1