Licensed Instant Messenger

[LastActionHero]

Did you guys know that MSN and odigo offer licensed instant messengers. That is instead of Odigo IM it is "yourname" IM!
Is there anyone who knows about this?

[Mrh0ax]

nope.. what is the URL?

i bet it is ghey tho.. heh

with lots o' ads!!

[LastActionHero]

For odigo it's

http://www.odigo.com/partner/

and for MSN it's
http://ieak.microsoft.com/
it takes you the IE developer kit. You are supposed to customize MSN Messenger using the kit.

and as far i know MSN doesn't have ads except for what you normally get when using MSN. I donno about odigo. Whatever little i know is that odigo even shares the ad revenue
so i guess it's pretty good

[KNK]

Just find out that the odigo partnership costs $5,000 ... IF you have that money go for it. But I am a student with a Non-profit site... yikes.. hehe:)

[LastActionHero]

thankx for the odigo info.
but as far as i know MSN is totally free. You just have to download the IEA (INternet Explorer Administration) Kit and apply for a licence, which i believe is also free

[Nfau]

Completley free (msn) even amke your own download page!

ps: you need to download all of 5.5 , but u can customise every bit of it!

[Epgs]

yeah takes a long time but is very cool. and you can burn all the ustomized stuff to your own cd's and all. very cool

[}:8) Supermoo]

To get that level membership you need to help the monopoly by placing your MSIE buttons above any other browser buttons...


Originally posted by Nfau
ps: you need to download all of 5.5 , but u can customise every bit of it!

Microsoft is evil!

[KNK]

Their not evil . .their a business and a business must do what they have to to survive :D ... I like IE .. and windows .. but I also like BeOS and Linux ... soo ..hehe .. :P

[Epgs]

I think that the only reason people use IE is cause that is what they have been using for a long time (including myself) and are used to it because they have beeen basically forced to use it. But i may be completely wrong. Whos knows

[Chicken]

Forced to use it? have you been threatened by Bill lately?

Really, I've used a few other borwsers, but prefer IE. Loads up quick and works well enough.

[KNK]

Originally posted by Chicken
Forced to use it? have you been threatened by Bill lately?

Really, I've used a few other borwsers, but prefer IE. Loads up quick and works well enough.

I agree with Chicken. Next people migiht start saying, oh, I am beingpaid to use IE.:D IE works better with a lot of websites. Netscape for some reason makes them look like crap. Also Netscape runs so slow;)

[Epgs]

i have been forced first i had to use it because worldspy makes u use it. Then when you have a 26.4 connection that will cut you off every so hours you can't download netscape. So there are reasons i can't use netscape. Oh and when i get dsl i will use netscape

[Mandrake]

I used to like Netscape, but now IE is way better... Especially Version 5.+... The only thing I use NS for is to check my sites to make sure they look alright in it for those still stuck in the past! :)

[Coolin]

Opera 5 is really nice, doesn't take up much resources and is fast. I would keep an eye on Mozilla though, they seem promising when they finally release their final version.

[KNK]

A note on MSN Messenger. That's not as customizable as Odigo. They allow you to have a gif image ... and add personalized title for the Messenger. Also if you have a email service they allow you to tie it up with that. But the user still needs to register with hotmail. or passport.com to use the Messenger. I just thouht I let you guys know what I setup.

BTW. Isn't IE based on Mozilla ... I thought all graphical broswer are written with the Mozilla code?

[Chicken]

Originally posted by Epgs
i have been forced first i had to use it because worldspy makes u use it. Then when you have a 26.4 connection that will cut you off every so hours you can't download netscape. So there are reasons i can't use netscape. Oh and when i get dsl i will use netscape

I thought worldspy was dead? Is it still kickin' ??? I had used it a couple of times.

[Webdude]

Originally posted by Epgs
i have been forced first i had to use it because worldspy makes u use it. Then when you have a 26.4 connection that will cut you off every so hours you can't download netscape. So there are reasons i can't use netscape. Oh and when i get dsl i will use netscape

What, you kidding?? I get Netscape in the snail mail on a mini disk at least once a week along with AOL's junk. I wish they would lose my friggin addy. The post office should have a pay option so that you dont get AOL's junk.

[psalzer]

Hmm..I never got Netscape in disk..AOL - several a week, but it's not so bad now that they're sending it out in useful plastic cases. :)
Netscape 2 was the only browser worth using. I keep asking people if they have any opinions on why they decided to stop being good. I guess it's because AOL owns it now..can't think of any other reason.

[LastActionHero]

I know MSN is not as customizable as Odigo. But something is better than nothing!!
As far as IE vs Netscape is concerned I have got so used to using IE that i don't use netscape. This is what monopoly does to the your rivals. I would recommend breaking microsoft into the number of departments they have and then see who uses MS products.

As far i know everybody on linux uses Netscape coz it's the only good browser on linux(gui interface). Yeah opera is there but it's still in beta.

[}:8) Supermoo]

How about BeOS? Those people are forced to use Opera or NetPositive that's when Time Warner/AOL and Microsoft (Two massive monopolies) don't want to help any other platforms. :(

Oh and from early on... Internet Explorer was forced onto me and now I can't be bothered learning NS6's GUI. The fact that AOL owns it dosen't help :(

MICROSOFT IS EVIL!
AOL IS EVIL!
TIME WARNER AOL IS EVIL!
THAT MAKES CNN EVIL!
THAT MAKES EVERYONE ON EARTH EVIL! - got a little carried away ;)