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MSN for OS X updated

November 10, 2006 · 4 Comments

I just spotted that Microsoft have updated MSN for OS X, haven't spotted much of a change yet, but it is finally a Universal Application rather than the old PPC, so it should run a bit faster. Some of the features it touts are:
  • Chat with Yahoo contacts (fantastic... right)
  • I can have a status message
  • You can see what I am listening to (your life must be so boring if you want to know that)
  • I can send custom "emoticons" (oh great, I managed to escape those stupid "lol" images by getting rid of windows, now they are back)
  • On a plus, I can search through my conversations using Spotlight
  • I can write well written messages as it has spell checking
Don't think it does video, voice or anything useful, once I manage to get MSN and Yahoo via iChat I can remove this puppy.
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Tags: apple · microsoft

4 responses so far ↓

  • 1 Rob Wilkerson // Sep 22, 2008 at 4:13 PM

    As a new Mac owner (about a month now), I find myself wondering...any reason you don't use Adium to handle all protocols? I've liked it pretty well, but when I see more experienced Mac users going other directions I wonder whether I'm missing out on something. :-)

    Thanks.

  • 2 Mark Drew // Sep 22, 2008 at 4:13 PM

    I hate the duck? The only duck I like is the duck on CyberDuck... what can I say... if I dont like the duck, I DONT like the duck.

  • 3 Rob Wilkerson // Sep 22, 2008 at 4:13 PM

    Any reason is a good reason, I suppose, when discussing options. :-) I turned the duck into Calvin (of Calvin & Hobbes), myself, but not because I'm a duck hata.

    Just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing out on something really good that iChat had to offer.

  • 4 Mark Drew // Sep 22, 2008 at 4:13 PM

    I havent used it much, but if you are talking iChat to iChat you can do video and voice, which is nice.

    I am sure Adium has it, and obviously I am also available on skype (which I have used more, damn you windows users!)

    I love my mac, the ability to DO Windows if I so choose to, as well as the ease of use of Mac.

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