Msn is an instant message service, similar to the 'chat' feature on Facebook however msn is where they got the idea for it from. You can have conversations with multiple people at once, you just need to click on which contact you want to talk to & your conversation with that particular person ... Read review
Advantages: Brilliant way of communicating Disadvantages: Very addictive
Msn is an instant message service, similar to the 'chat' feature on Facebook however msn is where they got the idea for it from. You can have conversations with multiple people at once, you just need to click on which contact you want to talk to & your conversation with that particular person will come up on the screen. Of course you know when someone has replied to your last message as the certain conversation box will flash orange & make a sound. ... ...able to live without msn. I don't know anyone who doesn't have it. I've been using it for years now & it has become almost like a way of life. The great thing about it is that it's free, better than using the phone. You can have conversations using webcams which eliminates the need for a phone altogether. It's great to be able to see who you're talking to, it's like video calling on mobiles but a lot better quality & the fact that msn is free to ... more
Msn is an instant message service, similar to the 'chat' feature on Facebook however msn is where they got the idea for it from. You can have conversations with multiple people at once, you just need to click on which contact you want to talk to & your conversation with that particular person will come up on the screen. Of course you know when someone has replied to your last message as the certain conversation box will flash orange & make a sound.
I honestly don't think I'd be able to live without msn. I don't know anyone who doesn't have it. I've been using it for years now & it has become almost like a way of life. The great thing about it is that it's free, better than using the phone. You can have conversations using webcams which eliminates the need for a phone altogether. It's great to be able to see who you're talking to, it's like video calling on mobiles but a lot better quality & the fact that msn is free to use!
I've heard so much talk about msn not being free anymore, I keep getting emails saying I will be charged to use msn if I don't forward on the email to everyone in my inbox, I did it once but the rest of the emails I have discarded & I am still not having to pay for it… fingers crossed!
You can add pictures to have as a display picture for others to see or better yet you can use your webcam so when people talk to you they can see your face & if they have a webcam you can see them.
On msn you can change the font & colour of your writing, you can either use the same chosen font for all your conversations or you can have a different font & colour for each person you talk to. You can add animations such as smiley faces, you simply doing this by typing in J & a yellow animated face will appear. You can download more faces & animations, some that move & make sounds but be careful when you do this as some can be viruses.
Another great thing about msn is that you can sort your contacts into groups i.e. friends, family, work colleagues. This is especially good if you happen to have a lot of contacts. It's easy to see who's online as the people who are online have icons that are green & offline is grey. When a person logs on a quick pop up comes up on the bottom right of your screen just to let you know that they're online, if you wish to speak to this person you can simply click on the pop up message that appears or just as simply find them on your list of online people.
You can add your own personal message on msn which will appear directly under your name on your screen & on other peoples. This is just a way of writing a short message about what your up to, how you're feeling etc.
A great thing that I use a lot on msn is the 'appearing offline' feature. When I log in I use this feature therefore I can look at who's online & if there's someone I want to talk to I will appear online but if not I'll either log out or stay appearing offline until someone I want to talk to comes on. This is a great way of avoiding people you don't want to speak to, if you they can't see you they cant' speak to you!
Of course another way to avoid this is to block them. This means that when you're appearing online you can see that they're online but they can't see that you're online, this is great as it gives you privacy & also the person wont know that you've blocked them, it will just show you as offline on their screen.
One of the best things about msn is the hotmail feature. It is a free email service & is available to everyone. You simply use your msn address & password to log into hotmail to send emails to people & it is absolutely free, there's no hidden charges no matter how many emails you send. There is a quick link to your hotmail account via msn, simply click on the envelope icon that appears directly below your display picture. It will also tell you if you have any new messages without having to log on, it will simply show a number in brackets if you have any unopened messages.
You can customise pretty much everything on msn including your background colour, this is the colour you get around the outside, you can have a variety of colours to reflect your personality.
If you want you can store your log in information on your computer which means that when you turn your computer on it will instantly log you into msn, you can also have just your address stored so you only have to enter your password when logging on.
You get a lot of advertising with msn however if they didn't have the adverts splattered on the left side of the screen & one on the bottom then you would have to pay for it yourself so it's a good thing really & you get used to them, they don't hinder anything & some of them can be quite useful, displaying things like the latest film releases & showing you previews when you hold the cursor over it.
You can now get msn on your mobile if you have internet access on your phone, it is a great feature for if you're out & about & get bored. It is a bit slow, but of course being on a mobile that is to be expected & like msn on the computer it is also free apart from your WAP charges.
At the bottom of your msn homepage you have a long white search bar, this enables you to search for anything on the web & works in the same way google does. This is a great feature although I tend to use google if I want to search for something, just out of habit. Near the top of the page above where your contacts are displayed you'll see another search bar, this is to search for people on your contact list. This is particularly useful if you have a large number of contacts as the only other way of getting to them is to scroll down which can take a while. You can type in their name or a bit of their email address & everyone that matches that criteria will be on the screen.
On the right just above the contact search bar is the add button, this is where you add new contacts simply by entering their email address. You don't need to enter any other information like their name, date of birth etc except you can enter their name if you decide to. You can also choose which group to put them in or whether to put them in a group at all.
Overall I would say msn is the most addictive thing on the internet & is definitely on par with Facebook, they're like Pringles… once you pop you can't stop!
Great_reviewer07 15.01.2009 (15.01.2009)
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Review of messenger.msn.co.uk (Instant Messenger)
Advantages: Simple to use. Live communication with friends and loved ones. Free Service Disadvantages: sometimes has logon problems and service downtime
Want to hear a true life Love Story? You do? Then read on, for it was because of MSN Instant Messenger that this tale of Internet love and romance became more than just a dream.
I am sure by now that most of those who read my work know that I am living out in the USA with fellow CIAOer Pelenya. Many though, will be wondering how this all came about. Well, how we first met each other is our closely guarded secret, sufficed to say though that it was ... ...became our lifeline.
It all began one day in February this year, when two lonely people, hurt by previous relationships, first made contact. It was a new and exhilarating experience to be contacting someone over 4000 miles away. After the initial contact between us, Ellen suggested we chat some time on MSN. At that point I had never used MSN before but eagerly downloaded and installed it. Then my life took off. Here I was in live contact with this ...
jonwhite 18.07.2001
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Advantages: Easy to download and install, easy to use, fast, cheaper than text messages! Disadvantages: Occasionally the service will be 'busy'.
In my opinion, MSN IM is by far the best Instant Messenger around...it beats Yahoo, AOL, ICQ easily. --------
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The downloading process is fast and simple. You just follow the on screen instructions. Best of all its completely free!
NB: you have to have a hotmail or an MSN email account to enable you to use MSN IM. If you’ve not already got one go to:
www.hotmail.com or www.msn.com there you can sign up for an email account ... ...The signing up is free, you’ve not even got to figure out your POP3 things in Outlook express seen as hotmail is a web based email server. --------------------
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~ Email notification ~ When you are logged on to MSN IM you are automatically notified when you receive new mail. This can be in the form of a few ways. Either, if you're settings are in default, a little box will appear in the bottom right ...
Sarah_Louise 13.07.2002
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Advantages: Simple to use, does the job that it is required to do.. Disadvantages: none really.
"...but not just anybody..."
Well you have to hand it to Microsoft, they may have jumped on the instant messaging bandwagon (mostly due to the success of ICQ), but they have managed to come up with a relatively simple yet very effective programme.
I know a lot of people don't like these sort of programmes comparing them to chat-rooms and ICQ, but MSN Instant Messenger is JUST a chat programme for people who know who they want on their contact list. ... ...people that they don't know, so this isn't a chat-room programme, but simply a way of keeping friends intouch with each other.
I used ICQ for a couple of years but became glowingly fed up with its over use of gimmicky features which inevitable cluttered up its friendly interface and usability. INSTALLATION:
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seteo 26.03.2001
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Advantages: Instant communication Disadvantages: Can't always have the username/e-mail address you want.
***MICROSOFT INSTANT MESSENGER***
Microsoft instant messenger is another one of those programs that does exactly what is says on the ‘Tin’, it’s an ‘instant’ message service provided by Microsoft.
***FEATURES***
This service allows users who are logged in to talk in ‘Real time’ to any of the people in their address book, who are also online at the same time. This offers a great twist on the already popular ... ...love. But with instant messaging, it’s instant, you get an answer instantly. It’s almost like being on the telephone to your mates, for only the price of an internet call. But better still, there’s more; you can create a room with a few of you mates, and all join in, it’s brilliant.
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jamespugh 09.10.2001
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Advantages: Easy to use, Very fast, very reliable Disadvantages: none really
To those of you that like to keep in touch with friends and family, via the Internet, I suggest you download MSN Messenger, as it just about the best and most reliable messenger out there, its easy to set-up, easy to use and very handy.
What is MSN Messenger?
Just like ICQ, etc, MSN Messenger is an instant messenger that allows you to keep in touch with fellow internet users, friends and family, no matter where they may be in the world, it also ... ...computer or Send a message to a mobile device (WAP phones, Pagers, etc), MSN also informs you when you have received a new email.
Where do I get MSN Messenger?
Well if you already have a “Hot-Mail” account, you’ll have a pretty good idea already, if not, just go to www.msn.co.uk and click on the link stating “MSN Messenger services”, on here it will give you full instructions on downloading and setting the program ...
brianlfc 01.04.2001
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