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Messenger 5 for Mac

osiris315 said:
I agree with this. Why bother to use M$N when Skype is available. To top it off, all sessions, both text and voice, are all encrypted. I have to travel to many different offices and rely on IM to chat to other engineers. Skype works wonders when most firewalls in offices block M$N.

It may not look like the best IM program inthe world but it does "just work"! :p
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The main reason is that everyone is using msn in the UK. A few years ago I used to chat alot on yahoo, but now it just seems everyone is on msn. I know about two people who use skype and about two or three people i can chat to on ichat. The only problem with those mates are that they are never online! So I have to use vpc7 if i want a decent msn im client! That sucks

jay
 
I used to use Yahoo all the time a few years back but over maybe the last three years everyone I chat to online has switched to MSN messenger.

I know a few people that use Skype, but everyone seems to have MSN anyway so that is predominantly used.

Was AIM heavily marketed in the US and thats why you all seem to use it - as I hadn't even heard of it until maybe 2003?

Hopefully this new version of MSN will come out soon as the whole Jabber/iChat solution doesn't work as well as I'd like.
 
yeah, as soon as i suggest AIM to someone they just say "eww AOL, hell no".

i only have 5 people from the uk on my ichat list only two that i have met personally.
 
Coming to OSx for the first proper time, msn has been the biggest dissapointment. Its awful I use v7 on my pc and its miles ahead of the mac version, I cant wait for the update its not a minute too soon. I.ve tried all the mac alternatives and they've been dissapointing :(
 
when you say all do you mean all but mercury messenger? because thats what i thought before i tryed it, i cant stand fire/adium/aMSN
 
what dont you like about mercury? i use it on my pc instead of msn 7.

avatars, one way video, nice brushed metal look, customiseable, you can tell when someone blocks/deletes you and it dose not discoonect you every 5 mins like msn 4 dose
 
Hector said:
what dont you like about mercury? i use it on my pc instead of msn 7.

avatars, one way video, nice brushed metal look, customiseable, you can tell when someone blocks/deletes you and it dose not discoonect you every 5 mins like msn 4 dose
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Its not extactly good looking, is it? Thats what I'm in for. And it is the reason I can't stand aMSN. Java, slow, ugly...
 
Hector said:
what dont you like about mercury? i use it on my pc instead of msn 7.

avatars, one way video, nice brushed metal look, customiseable, you can tell when someone blocks/deletes you and it dose not discoonect you every 5 mins like msn 4 dose
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You've switched me! I like it a lot :)

My cool discovery of the week GasLight (just incase you were interested)

Hob
 
i had thought MS dropped the mac version of MSN entirely. i am glad i was wrong. now give itt o us and make sure it doesnt suck! :D
 
poundsmack said:
i had thought MS dropped the mac version of MSN entirely. i am glad i was wrong. now give itt o us and make sure it doesnt suck! :D
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You're getting MSN Explorer and MSN Messenger confused. MSN Explorer was dropped; MSN Messenger is still supported. This thread is about MSN Messenger (the one that's still supported).
 
wrldwzrd89 said:
You're getting MSN Explorer and MSN Messenger confused. MSN Explorer was dropped; MSN Messenger is still supported. This thread is about MSN Messenger (the one that's still supported).
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How does someone get confused between a Browser and an IM client? :p ;)

I still have IE5 on my Mac, but never use it. As for Messenger, I don't IM a lot, but it suits my needs, so I'll definitely be grabbing this update once it is (eventually) released.
 
~Shard~ said:
How does someone get confused between a Browser and an IM client? :p ;)

I still have IE5 on my Mac, but never use it. As for Messenger, I don't IM a lot, but it suits my needs, so I'll definitely be grabbing this update once it is (eventually) released.
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lol, MSN Explorer. I've actually never seen ANYONE use it. Including PC peeps. It should be the butterfly icon in your start menu.
 
7on said:
lol, MSN Explorer. I've actually never seen ANYONE use it. Including PC peeps. It should be the butterfly icon in your start menu.
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I have also never seen anyone (other than myself, when I was experimenting with it on my Windows box before I found Firefox) use MSN Explorer. I agree with ~Shard~ - it's pretty useless in most cases.
 
Hector said:
what dont you like about mercury? i use it on my pc instead of msn 7.

avatars, one way video, nice brushed metal look, customiseable, you can tell when someone blocks/deletes you and it dose not discoonect you every 5 mins like msn 4 dose
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I didnt do all the simple thing that I want , like right click on the icon gives me all the easy option like the pc version, and when clicking on you have new mail links I want programs to take me to the email not the inbox. (Most of the replacements suffered from a variation on these problems)

I think mercury was my fav of the replacements but it wasnt as good as the standard msn for my use :)
 
wrldwzrd89 said:
I have also never seen anyone (other than myself, when I was experimenting with it on my Windows box before I found Firefox) use MSN Explorer. I agree with ~Shard~ - it's pretty useless in most cases.
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See, I didn't even want to experiment with it. Sure, the butterfly looks all nice and innocent, but I had a feeling it was nothing but trouble and a potential source of frustration. "No one ever suspects the butterfly"...
 
Maybe off-topic, but what the heck.

I downloaded Mercury. How do I use the Sametime Host-stuff? What do I type in?
 
Hector said:
what dont you like about mercury? i use it on my pc instead of msn 7.

avatars, one way video, nice brushed metal look, customiseable, you can tell when someone blocks/deletes you and it dose not discoonect you every 5 mins like msn 4 dose
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Can you provide screenshots or a link to some screenshots?
 
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