MSN MEssenger on MAC

[Eric Noa]

Hello,

Why does everytime somebody sends me Video Conversation, Im unable to connect because it tells me I have to download the latest version and when I download it, its the Windows version

 

[morrisman1]

becuase the mac version doesnt support video chat. microsoft are behind the times!! its frustrating because most people dont use yahoo aim or .mac. all my buddies use gmail or hotmail. there are alternatives to msn messenger but they arent very nicely finished.

 

[Eric Noa]

They should fix this, as many people use,. but probably many dont report it

 

[Ivan P]

They should fix this, as many people use,. but probably many dont report it

Download aMSN, it supports video chat.

 

[brandscill]

amsn may support all the features of normal msn, but my god why does it have to do it in the most clunky slow and ugly way?

 

[DYER]

for me the best alternative to msn was adium and its a great piece of software if you ask me

 

[Compile 'em all]

for me the best alternative to msn was adium and its a great piece of software if you ask me

Your post is totally irrelevant to what the OP is looking for. May be in 2 years it will be, but not now.

 

[mickbab]

so we get office 08 before windows does, but not msn?

 

[bertpalmer]

amsn may support all the features of normal msn, but my god why does it have to do it in the most clunky slow and ugly way?

You can download a "skin" so that aMSN looks EXACTLY the same as msn - it's on the amsn site.

 

[4np]

AdiumX is the best multi-protocol messenger there is

 

[brandscill]

You can download a "skin" so that aMSN looks EXACTLY the same as msn - it's on the amsn site.

still horribly slow and clunky, though I did check it out and will agree, does look exactly the same

 

[brandscill]

AdiumX is the best multi-protocol messenger there is

Still doesn't support a/v

 

[nick9191]

If you don't like aMSN, try Mercury Messenger, IMO its much better.

 

[peskaa]

so we get office 08 before windows does, but not msn?

Err, no. Office 2008 for Mac is basically Office 2007 for PCs - so, Mac users were a year or so behind.

 

[brandscill]

Err, no. Office 2008 for Mac is basically Office 2007 for PCs - so, Mac users were a year or so behind.

and we still lack some nice features from office 2007

 

[kolax]

"Version 7.0 was originally meant to include webcam and audio capabilities but was delayed once more. There was widespread annoyance among the Mac community when this version was released, as it only included very minor enhancements and bug fixes - many regard it as version 6.0.4 as nothing substantially new was implemented to bring it on par with the Windows version.

Webcam and audio support has been delayed due to Windows Live Messenger's webcam and audio engine being reworked, which meant that the Mac version had to wait until this was complete in order for both platform releases to function correctly. This has been questioned hugely, as basic webcam and audio support could have been implemented years ago and then updated to be compatible with the new Windows Live Messenger."

 

[bmullemeister]

Audio and Video chatting

Skype for Mac is the way to go
Bert

 

[chrisiw]

Skype for Mac is the way to go
Bert

Agree! I use it allot, it works so well

 

[Trip.Tucker]

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/384748/

 

[nidserz]

If I need to A/V chat I run Windows Live Messanger in parallels in a different space or just Skype.

I have a few friends who just MSN and browse all day. They don't wanna switch to Mac because the MSN sucks

 

[Eric Noa]

Hello,

I have install all of them and none seem to work, the only one that works but not perfectly is aMsn, and it sucks cause when the people Im talking to see me I can't see them and the same thing happens if Im able to see them, they are not able to se me....any advise?

 

[GGJstudios]

so we get office 08 before windows does, but not msn?

That's nothing new. Office was released for the Mac before Windows.
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_office

Prior to packaging its various office-type Macintosh software applications into Office, Microsoft released Mac versions of Word 1.0 in 1984, the first year of the Macintosh computer; Excel 1.0 in 1985; and PowerPoint 1.0 in 1987. Microsoft Office for Mac was introduced for Macintosh in 1989, before Office was released for Windows. It included Word 4.0, Excel 2.20 and PowerPoint 2.01.

 

[wesrk]

If I need to A/V chat I run Windows Live Messanger in parallels in a different space or just Skype.

I have a few friends who just MSN and browse all day. They don't wanna switch to Mac because the MSN sucks

yup, this is the same thing I do when I'm chatting with my girlfriend, sometimes I just boot directly into XP, but most times I just parallels

 

[Eric Noa]

So there isn't a solution to this with out having to use XP???????

 

[wesrk]

So there isn't a solution to this with out having to use XP???????

I've tried other programs, and in my opinion they were no better than MSN although some did offer audio and video capabilities. To each their own, of course.