itwire.com.au — An interesting piece of information to come out of the Microsoft and Yahoo messaging alliance is the news that Microsoft is still evaluating whether to include the Mac version of Windows Live Messenger in its interoperability plans
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sydtsaiJul 16, 2006
M$ already leave mac user out of the messaging plans.... just look at the function it does... it's almost like adium's current port... except it's bloat and unstable...I would say it's very reasonable for Adium to replace MSN Messenger for Mac.. (since there is no different for the feature they can offer, plus you get integration with Apple's address book) If you really want the features where Windows side offer, try aMSN...
starmanjonesJul 16, 2006
>why would a Mac version be called something else other than>GAIM? I'm still trying to figure out the relationship>between AIM and ICQ, how they communicate with each other.they decided to cooperate. thats why. iChat cooperates with them too.>At least with the Yahoo/MSN deal you don't have to have two>login accounts to chat with people on both networks. You>just add them like any other user name. Problem is I have to>install MSN messenger to just to see who I have on my buddy>list, and then add them to YM.just get adium. its the best IM client on any platform. there is gaim but its not very pretty. and trillian is about the same. its a little painful to use. adium has the market cornered on fucntionality and works with all the IM services transparently.
zonk3rJul 17, 2006
this is going to end in more lawsuits. microsoft, yahoo and aol are all being watched on this issue...
Closed AccountJul 17, 2006
I find it slow, though.
rasterbatorJul 18, 2006
Adium is simply the best looking OS X client. Psi, however, is available for Windows, Mac and Linux, so it fits an organization's needs. I hope they work on the interface though. Adium is not only the best client because it supports so many different protocols (MSN, Yahoo, GTalk, AOL, etc.) but the user community loves making and trading interface objects.Plus the duck mods are kewl. ;)
aliceinrealityAug 5, 2006
jeez, i keep getting jaguar and leopard confused for some reason. o.O sorry.