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smclintocksmclintock
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in Mac Software edited January 2014
Hey,



I was wondering, do you think Apple will ever make iChat compatible with other messenger programs like MSN? When I switched from Windows I noticed the iChat icon on my dock, and before removing it thought to myself if I would ever be able to use it as my main messenger application instead of Microsoft's Messenger.



Being a recent switcher, all my friends use MSN, meaning if I were to use iChat it would be completey pointless.



What do you think? ... and do you use iChat?

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  • Reply 1 of 5
    dutch peardutch pear Posts: 588member
    Instant messaging is just a mess.



    There are more than a dozen proprietary systems that do not interoperate.



    I would really love to use iChat and videoconferencing but i don't have any friends or family with a Mac.



    It's actually the same with VOIP applications.



    Let us hope that the French will write a law forcing all these stupied companies to open up their propietary systems so everybody can chat/videoconference/audioconference with everybody else, regardles of the soft-/hardware they are using.



    Proprietary lock-in systems SUCK!!!!



    [done ranting now.]
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  • Reply 2 of 5
    zozo Posts: 3,117member
    I use iChat only if I have to video conf...



    otherwise, I have been using Adium for many years since I was sick of iChat ass-backwardness



    Also MSN for Mac works like crap at the end of the day, especially once you get into Adium...



    www.adiumx.com



    Supports everything.. but no video/audio



    I use Skype for audio chat anyway...
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  • Reply 3 of 5
    irelandireland Posts: 17,802member
    What I want is a service within iChat similar to Skypeout!

    So I could call normal telephones.



    If apple could provide a service similar to Skypeout for the same price or less I would give them the money instead of Skype, and I would have one app instead of two. What could be better!
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  • Reply 4 of 5
    denverkirranedenverkirrane Posts: 62member
    I use iChat for my MSN account - I got the directions from here



    works great, 1 app, 2 windows, iChat buddioes and and MSN buddies



    Its a bit fiddely to set up but works perfectly when done.



    Its all done through this Jabber business!



    Denver
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  • Reply 5 of 5
    mattclmattcl Posts: 16member
    I use Mercury Messenger for my MSN needs.



    www.mercury.to



    Allows use of an iSight, but only as a webcam, not for full video conferencing, although I think this feature is in the test stages.
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