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Windows Live Messenger with VoIP

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the soon-everyone-will-be-doing-it dept.

V-man writes "Microsoft has just launched Windows Live Messenger with free PC-to-PC phone calls and PC-to-phone calling as a pay service provided by Verizon Web Calling. Of course, most people doing PC-to-PC and PC-to-phone calling are probably using Firefox...too bad the Launch Page isn't Mozilla friendly."

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  1. Of Course! by mythosaz · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Of course, most people doing PC-to-PC and PC-to-phone calling are probably using Firefox
    Of course? Says who. Slashdot, opinions from nerds.
    1. Re:Of Course! by Overly+Critical+Guy · · Score: 4, Informative

      Yeah, I think he misspelled "Skype."

      Not only that, but Firefox loads the page just fine. What an idiotic submission.

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  2. Not Mozilla Friendly? by Bluey · · Score: 5, Insightful

    too bad the Launch Page isn't Mozilla friendly.

    What part isn't Mozilla friendly? I just went to the launch page with Firefox 1.5.0.4 and was able to navigate through the tabs and download the installer with no problem.

  3. Solution looking for a problem. by Tackhead · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Actually, it's worse than that. It's a bunch of crappy business plans and licensing arrangements looking for a solution looking for a problem.

    It's VOIP! And instead of bypassing the telco, it requires a telco! And instead of working on every computer, it only works on Windows computers. And instead of being free, it costs money! And instead of working with every IM system, it only works with MSN! And instead of rendering it in HTML, we decided to give Adobe/Macromedia a cut and do the whole web page in Flash!

    About all it's missing is a .us domain name for Web 2.0 buzzword compliance.

    1. Re:Solution looking for a problem. by Frosty+Piss · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Don't like it? Don't use it. Not everyone shares your objections. Not everyone hates every single implimentation of Flash. Some people have no issues with Windows. There are other solutions out there for you. This one is not for you.

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  4. Firefox? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "...most people doing PC-to-PC and PC-to-phone calling are probably using Firefox..."

    Oh? Where did you dig up this little nugget of information?

    Two points: 1) not only über-geeks are doing PC-to-PC calling. 2) Lots of über-geeks actually use IE.

    1. Re:Firefox? by Auntie+Virus · · Score: 4, Informative

      3) Skype is currently free for PC-to-Phone. Free as in beer.

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  5. Voice chat by Gax · · Score: 4, Informative

    I'm curious, why is everyone promoting it as a new feature for instant messaging? Yahoo Messenger has had voice chat facilities for ages.

    1. Re:Voice chat by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

      msn messenger has had voice chat for years too

  6. Provided by Verizon, eh? by QCompson · · Score: 4, Funny

    The nice thing about dealing with verizon is that the U.S. government will archive all of your conversations for free! Of course, you may not be able to access them, but it's nice to know there are backups out there somewhere.