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Old June 24th, 2003, 06:03 PM
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MSN Messenger 6 OSX

Now, I know many of you will have jumped at this topic thinking that there is some news/rumour that the equivalent of MSN6 for PC is coming out for Mac........well it isn't.....yet!

No one knows for sure how far MSN is going to develop on the OSX platform. I must say, I am very jealous of what PC users get with MSN!

I was thinking, how about we all write to the support enquiring about the future of MSN for OSX. This can be done quickly and simply using the support form which can be found at:
http://messenger.msn.com/support/contactus.asp?client=2

You never know....it may make a difference!
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Old June 25th, 2003, 06:14 AM
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owaters,
I have a copy of MSN 6 on my PC and I must say it's fantastic. I wrote to Microsoft via the website above and I received a reply stating that my suggestions have been seriously considered and have been forwarded to the development team (ie. emoticons lik they have, games server, etc., just everything the PC one has now so they're on par).

Fingers crossed!
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Old June 25th, 2003, 11:51 AM
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why msn6 for mac when there is ichatav?
It might be interesting if msn6 and ichatav could get compatible!
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I've tried iChat and I must say, compared with MSN and its features iChat is one of the trashiest chatting programs I've ever used. Plus, everyone uses Hotmail my age (teenage) so who the hell is there to talk to on iChat?
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Everyone on AIM, which is everyone I know here in the States. I know few people who chat on MSN or Yahoo more than on AIM, which is probably why iChat is compatible therewith. The fact that AOL let AIM be compatible with iChat should be commended on Apple's part, as AOL is rather picky about that kind of stuff.
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Hmmmm, I didn't try msn6 yet, but what kind of features are there that makes it so much better than ichat? I am using icq and yahoo and if my friends would have ichatav too, I would kick those messengers and keep ichatav. All I need is IM, sending files and audio-video-chat..
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Everyone on AIM, which is everyone I know here in the States.
Everyone on MSN , in Europe. No one knows AIM in Europe.
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