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MSN Messenger to end after 15 years
Stig
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Microsoft finally kill Messenger
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28987797
I was working in a college in the mid noughties, and I remember the constant battles IT staff had to stop students (aka unruly teenagers) from installing Messenger. Kids who could barely spell their own name somehow knew they could setup Messenger in Portuguese to bypass security.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28987797
I was working in a college in the mid noughties, and I remember the constant battles IT staff had to stop students (aka unruly teenagers) from installing Messenger. Kids who could barely spell their own name somehow knew they could setup Messenger in Portuguese to bypass security.
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Was never really a fan of MSN Messenger but it seemed like the most popular IM client for people in the UK around the time. I found the only way to really make it usable was to apply the Messpatch utility to strip out all the guff then use the Messenger Plus! addon to Frankenstein it with extra features (being careful not to load the adware in the process). It was a total nightmare when they released an update cos you would have to wait for the patches to all be updated beforehand then go through the process again. Thing is even once you sorted the client out the service was still down every other week so it was handy to have AIM and YIM as backup.
tl;dr And nothing of value was lost. :cool:
Do you remember a program 'shoot the messenger' , now with a notice to go to Skype but if you click the x you can go ahead and download it. Messenger became a bit of a security/malware problem if I remember correctly hence the above to get rid of it.
I remember chatting away on MSN! It's kind of a shame that it's followed the fax, VHS, etc. into extinction.
https://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/
I tried Skype for it, was terrible so went back to messenger.
I re-iterate, Skype is terrible.
I used it between years 1999 to 2006ish, then more and more people seemed to stop using it. Then the rise of facebook happened.
At least Facebook chat doesn't have a load of useless guff in it like Messenger eventually did.
That, and the last few versions of messenger were terrible.
Skype isn't primarily for web chats though, that's just a secondary service - it's video function is the best video call service available in the World.
I've used it for years and this last couple of years it's become amazing, good quality call connections and picture and sound.
I used to use msn a lot and it did have a better text service but I think it's good Skype didn't alter it's layout to accommodate and instead focused on the best video call quality. Since it ended I've just use video call now and I don't text chat anymore. I prefer video and do what I can to avoid text talking chats to people as it's just easier.