Hi there, Does anyone know if Microsoft plans to release a UB version of their MSN Messenger? I use Adium at the moment but its just not as good as the real deal - for me at least…

There are native alternatives such as Fire and Adium. I personally use Adium and I'm very happy with it. Since the Mac version has never supported video and audio chats, there is n…

Yeah I already said that I use Adium at the moment. I have come from 10 years of using a PC to a Mac and I have always used MSN Messenger on the PC. I like the MSN for Mac but its …

Adium and Fire are essentially the equivalents of Trillian.

Adium gives me pleasure bursts Sorry. I was missing WDLove.

Adium has more features than MSN Mac messenger, so there's no reason to use MSN really (especially if you're coming from a PC, where MSN is much better). You can make Adium more l…

No offense but do any of you people even read posts? I said i already use Adium but I do not like it as much as the mac version of MSN. Was hoping someone would know when a UB of M…

What 3rd party alternatives support file transfers 100% though?

Quote: Originally Posted by stuppy No offense but do any of you people even read posts? I said i already use Adium but I do not like it as much as the mac version of MSN. Was ho…

lol production_coordinator .. raised a smile out of me

For what it's worth, you can customize Adium until a UB of MSN messenger is released. Have you tried that? (And no, we don't know when it will be released )

Just curious, what about MSN messenger is it you like? Maybe we can help you find a similar experience.

MSN messenger for mac is horrid. Besides, I swear I remember M$ saying that along with Windows Media Player for Mac, they were also dropping support for Messenger for Mac

I dunno what it is about MSN Messenger I like. I think jsut after using it on the PC for years I have just got set in my ways. Adium is nice don't get me wrong, it just seems so bl…

You could give AMSN a try, it has many more features that the microsoft version (webcam, those huge smilies etc). It's a bit clunky, but if your Mac is new it should be ok. http:/…

Yuck! Tried aMSN a bit ago and it was wayyyyyy no good

Yes, During Macworld 2006, Microsoft said that they are working on a Universal Binary of Office and Microsoft Messenger.

As I thought, you haven't really looked at Adium Quote: Originally Posted by stuppy I like that I can have my Online and Offline contacts showing at once, and that they are g…

Ohhhhh Mr. CookieMonsterMan.... I was aware of this, HOWEVER.... When you sort by status it then sorts your online contacts into status of Online/away/Busy etc - not alphabetical…

As I said, you have to customize your Sort By Status. On the bottom of the corresponding dialog, you merely have to check the box `sort alphabetically within each group'. You can g…

Well bugger me! You are a clever person aint you That has made me happier already!. SOLVE MY BLOCK ISSUE!!!!

I'm still working on omniscience However, I would advise you to play with the preferences a bit yourself. There are various themes and you can download more or create your own. T…

Adium is very good, except for file transfers. I don't do much file transfer that way so it doesn't bother me. So as a pure chatting client, nothing beats Adium. Then again the k…

Personally I like iChat and jabber. I think Adium is too ugly.

I think iChat is way, way too bloated. I have a very minimal configuration for Adium which works very nicely, contains most info as a mouse-over and is unobtrusive. This is reason …