MSN live 8.1 sucked!

Angrist · 03-10-2007, 06:36 AM

It messed up all my smilies, made easy stuff so much harder to perform (switching avatar etc).... so I dumped it and went back to 8.0.

Anyone else who had this problem?

gekko · 03-10-2007, 12:42 PM

Don't use MSN. Problem solved.

I'm making a push to use Jabber so these problems don't happen. Only no one seems to want to join me in my pursuit

Typhoid · 03-10-2007, 01:01 PM

Gekko, practically everyone uses MSN except for people in the US. AIM is only really used there.

Anyways, I dont know what version I have. I think 7.5 or something like that. I see no point in updating it. It lets me talk to people. Job done.

manasecret · 03-10-2007, 03:14 PM

I've been using Trillian to stay in touch with some MSN friends, since it lets you connect to all the different IM programs -- AIM, MSN, Yahoo, ICQ -- with only one login and one program. Which is a lot like Jabber it looks like. I like Trillian but it has some small bugs that are annoying. Maybe I'll try out Jabber.

Jason1 · 03-10-2007, 09:39 PM

yea, AIM seems to be the standard in the US...at least thats what everyone I know uses.

gekko · 03-10-2007, 10:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by manasecret

I've been using Trillian to stay in touch with some MSN friends, since it lets you connect to all the different IM programs -- AIM, MSN, Yahoo, ICQ -- with only one login and one program. Which is a lot like Jabber it looks like. I like Trillian but it has some small bugs that are annoying. Maybe I'll try out Jabber.

Jabber is not a IM client, it's an IM server. You can create your own Jabber server, or join an existing one. The beauty of Jabber is that it's open-source software.

So let's say you I use a Mac, and I like using iChat, I can use iChat on any Jabber server. You may choose to use Trillion. Regardless, it becomes the user's preference on what program he wants to use, and on what platform.

I use Google Talk as my Jabber server. I love it! I use iChat to talk, but all my chats are logged in my gmail account. So if we were talking about meeting up, and I lose the directions. I can get online anywhere, and search my chats to find out. Very helpful.

manasecret · 03-11-2007, 03:24 AM

I do love the chat logs. Trillian does the same, though it only saves it to the host computer which can be a problem since I have a desktop and a laptop. But they are a life saver when I can't remember a name or number or an important story that someone told me.

Dylflon · 03-11-2007, 05:43 AM

I just use Facebook now if I need to communicate with people?

Anyone here on facebook? Give me your names.

manasecret · 03-11-2007, 01:49 PM

Facebook has been so useful. Like just this last week, I needed to contact a former roommate from a couple years ago, but our friendship has been on the outs recently so I didn't know where she was or which email she still responded to or what. Then I remembered, facebook! It has her current emails plus I can just post on her wall and quickly get her attention.

My name is David Drinnan at Tulane, btw.