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Attn Mac heads : MSN clients
Posted: 2006-04-26 03:30pm
by Bounty
I'm looking - actually, someone else is looking, I'm just trying to help - for a freeware, msn-compatible, Mac OSX IM client with, if possible, these features :
* Display picture
* File transfers
* emoticon support (default MSN emoticons, everything else's a plus)
* Idiotproof installation, setup and use
So far I've found
AdiumX and
Fire, but obviously I can't try them out.
What should I recommend ?
Posted: 2006-04-26 03:54pm
by Admiral Valdemar
Mercury Messenger. Just started using it on my Ubuntu installation today to replace GAIM for MSN support. No complaints so far, better than aMSN.
Posted: 2006-04-26 03:54pm
by General Zod
Posted: 2006-04-26 03:57pm
by Bounty
Yeah, she's using that and hates it.
Posted: 2006-04-26 04:47pm
by Bounty
Mercury is Java-based, right ? Isn't it a resource hog ?
Posted: 2006-04-26 05:32pm
by Stark
I use Fire. Does what it says on the tin. I don't use display pictures though, so I don't know if that works.
Posted: 2006-04-26 06:01pm
by Admiral Valdemar
Bounty wrote:Mercury is Java-based, right ? Isn't it a resource hog ?
That can depend on your machine and what version of Java. Right now, my system is running as fast as ever and I have Azureus running, Firefox, amaroK and Mercury Messenger, and it's only 300 megs or so of my 512 in RAM. When I get a mid-life upgrade for this PC, it should be absolutely negligible.
Posted: 2006-04-26 07:19pm
by Durandal
Adium. It's got pretty good MSN support, and it's light-years ahead of Microsoft's own MSN client.