I have used MSN for years. Then I was forced to 'upgrade' to Skype.
I'm not sure if many people ever used MSN for voice, but it had this great feature of feedback cancellation. Basically it had an algorithm that subtracted what was coming out of your speakers from what was inputted into the microphone and sent, meaning I could seriously be listening to music / playing a game, speakers blaring, with a crappy old microphone from the 90's on my desk, and the other person could hear me talking. They could not hear the music, the game sounds, themselves. Anything, except noise not originating from my speakers.
This is a pretty simple concept. Skypes solution to this is 'buy a headset'. A step backwards, but this is Microsoft, so what do we expect really...
Anyhoo - I found a program called MSN reviver which allows you to reinstall MSN and have been using it happily ever since. Give it a shot if you don't believe me. Does anyone else know of any voice chatting software that can do this? I don't want to have to wear headphones damnit.
Also - I liked having a button that showed how many new messages were in my inbox on my Hotmail account, and allowing me to open the inbox with a single click.
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I have used MSN for years. Then I was forced to 'upgrade' to Skype. I'm not sure if many people ever used MSN for voice, but it had this great feature of feedback cancellation. Basically it had an algorithm that subtracted what was coming out of your speakers from what was inputted into the microphone and sent, meaning I could seriously be listening to music / playing a game, speakers blaring, with a crappy old microphone from the 90's on my desk, and the other person could hear me talking. They could not hear the music, the game sounds, themselves. Anything, except noise not originating from my speakers. This is a pretty simple concept. Skypes solution to this is 'buy a headset'. A step backwards, but this is Microsoft, so what do we expect really... Anyhoo - I found a program called MSN reviver which allows you to reinstall MSN and have been using it happily ever since. Give it a shot if you don't believe me. Does anyone else know of any voice chatting software that can do this? I don't want to have to wear headphones damnit. Also - I liked having a button that showed how many new messages were in my inbox on my Hotmail account, and allowing me to open the inbox with a single click.
China has an earthquake. Australia spends millions of tax payers dollars in aid. When was the last time China offered Australia aid? And fuck america.