We have just launched a new version of the eBuddy Web Messenger Beta. Thank you for all your feedback, we have put it to good use and made some changes to the design and the code. It is still very much a work-in-progress, so there will be some way to go before we put out the 1.0 release.

Contact Filter

One of the new features we’re delivering is the Contact Filter, which you can see in the screenshot. Just type in a few characters of the name of the contact you want to chat with to find them instantly! No more hunting and searching through your list of contacts to find that one guy (or girl). To see the entire list again, just delete the text in the Filter. It is instant! We are pretty sure you will love this feature.

Multiple Networks

Did you know you can access multiple chat networks at the same time? Chat with your buddies on MSN, Yahoo! and AIM, all from the same application. Click on the “plus” after your name to add more accounts. You can even have multiple accounts on the same network logged in!

Spit & Polish

Even though this Beta release is mostly stabilizing and bringing the application in line with the design we’ve made, there is already a little spit and polish going on… Try opening a couple of chat-tabs and rescaling your window for instance. This and some other stuff will be blogged about by the development team in a couple of days.

So, we’re really curious to hear what you think about this beta. If you got a Beta Account, take it for a spin, and leave us a comment!

Greetings from the eBuddy Development Team.

We have just launched a new version of the eBuddy Web Messenger Beta. Thank you for all your feedback, we have put it to good use and made some changes to the design and the code. It is still very much a work-in-progress, so please keep testing everybody!

Contact Filter

One of the new features we’re delivering is the Contact Filter, which you can see in the screenshot. Just type in a few characters of the name of the contact you want to chat with to find them instantly! No more hunting and searching through your list of contacts to find that one guy (or girl). To see the entire list again, just delete the text in the Filter. It is instant! We are pretty sure you will love this feature.

Multiple Networks

Did you know you can access multiple chat networks at the same time? Chat with your buddies on MSN, Yahoo! and AIM, all from the same application. Click on the “plus” after your name to add more accounts. You can even have multiple accounts on the same network logged in!

Spit & Polish

Even though this Beta release is mostly stabilizing and bringing the application in line with the design we’ve made, there is already a little spit and polish going on… Try opening a couple of chat-tabs and rescaling your window for instance. This and some other stuff will be blogged about by the development team in a couple of days.

So, we’re really curious to hear what you think about this beta. Take it for a spin, and please leave us a comment!

Greetings from the eBuddy Development Team.

We’ve started a Beta phase for our new Mobile Messenger !

Next to our Mobile Internet version we have developed a new downloadable application that you can install on your phone.

Why a downloadable application? Our Mobile Internet version is already used by close to 6 million people around the world and growing at a huge pace, so it doesn’t seem that there’s a need for an extra product. Plus on some phones it can be quite a hassle to download and install an app.
The main reason is because a J2ME application has some advantages that the Mobile Internet cannot deliver:

- Fast response, so you don’t need to press ‘reload’ all the time.
- Low data traffic
- Sound notification of a new message and vibration when you receive a buzz
- Much better user interface

Starting point was to develop a plain and simple multi-net application that you can use intuitively for the main thing that you want such an application for: Chat with your buddies.

We decided not to build the Swiss-army knife that does 50 things that sound good, but you will never use. We like to k.i.s.s.
This doesn’t mean that we will not add features .
Sure, there’s stuff missing, but we want you to tell us so we can make what you want.