aMSN 0.95 Released

An anonymous reader writes "After more than a year since their last update aMSN has published version 0.95. New features include 'webcam support, tabbed chat windows, improved skin plugin support, new file transfer protocol, many new plugins (like Ink and Nudge support), an improved bug report system, as well as LOTS of bug fixes.' In addition to many new features and fixes the aMSN site has been given a face lift to (hopefully) facilitate ease of use."

Comments

Website? Looks bad.

[vidarlo]

Really. They've got a nice website. But it requires javascript for downloading, it is broken in my Firefox, bypasses SF's default mirror system (which is bad in my eyes because it makes downloads potentially slower). So whilst I've not tested amsn itself, the website needs work.

i don't get it...

[twiggy]

So, it's just a clone of MSN written by someone else, still for windows?

Why is this a big deal?

If it offered multiple clients like Trillian does, or had some snazzy features that MSN didn't already have, I could see it being big news...

Strange indeed, seeing as MSN is probably the least popular messenger between AIM/Yahoo/MSN... I just don't understand the motivation behind writing a clone. Anyone see something I'm missing?

Re:i don't get it...

[mikael_j]

Strange indeed, seeing as MSN is probably the least popular messenger between AIM/Yahoo/MSN..

In the US perhaps.. In europe ICQ was pretty much "The" IM until Microsoft's bundling of MSN Messenger attracted the dimwitted hordes of teenagers, at this point anyone wanting to contact any of these people would use MSN Messenger (since before this point not a lot of people were using IM software) and this in turn led to a situation where only "nerds" were using ICQ and most of them ended up getting an MSN account just to be able to keep in touch with their friends..

Now if only Microsoft could get offline messages for MSN Messenger I wouldn't mind this situation but it seems they think "E-mail = offline message"..

/Mikael