We know how much you love to chat with your friends over IM and over the last few months I’ve been hearing from lots of you about what you’d like to see changed in our IM client. I’m pleased to say that the first phase of these changes are live for you all to enjoy.

So, just in case you haven’t discovered them all yet, here’s a run down:

*Adding friends from your IM buddy lists and email address book just got easier. Simply click on “Add” at the bottom of your TokBox contact list and start adding whole address books or individual friends

*Once you’ve added your friends you can edit how their names appear in your contact list. You no longer have to remember who the friend with the screen name Superstar1 is, just edit away by clicking on “Edit” at the bottom of the TokBox Contact list and then the pencil beside the relevant name

* Now you’ve got this many friends to IM with, the likelihood is that you are chatting with more than one at a time. Now, you can chat with all those people within one tabbed window. Simply click between friends. You’ll know you’ve got a new message thanks to the red alert and also the funky new sounds we’ve added

* And remember, if one of those friends becomes too much to deal with, you can simply remove them by clicking on “Edit” again and then the minus sign next to their name

Those with keen eyes, might also spot the changes we made to the left hand side bar to try and simplify the ways in which you can contact your friends and receive your messages.

To make a video call or send a video message, click on “Create a video” and select what you want to do and to check your messages click on “Messages” and you’ll find everything from video messages to missed call notifications.

Finally, to manage everything from your profile page to your privacy settings, click on “My TokBox” and you’ll find everything you need.

I hope you like the changes, but if you have questions or feedback, please feel free to contact me directly.

-Damon

:: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: ::