This is yet another opinion topic that i have started...
Here we will discuss whether or not people like one major Instant Message Company/Program than the other. (NOTICE: You cannot use third-party software; like, Trillian, etc.) This topic will give you a better idea what has happened in the past, present, and what may come in the future. I will start us off with some basic qualities of the Instant Messaging Softwares.
MSN Messenger
I'm open to any concerns or questions.
There was a technical error at about 19:00 (or 7:00) CST/CDT the problem continued until I finally figured it out. (Read Below) (This happened both on MSNM and AIM.)
The Technical Error was resolved at about 20:49 (8:49 PM) CST/CDT. The problem was due to the fact I had my Norton Personal Firewall enabled. If this continues... I WILL NOT use AIM, YIM, ICQ, Trillian, IRC, or MSNM for the rest of my days. (I have to disable NPF whenever I want to connect to MSNM/AIM.)
When/What in the Firewall Error Occured:
AIM - When upgraded to 5.x.xxxxxx
MSNM - When I upgraded.
Here we will discuss whether or not people like one major Instant Message Company/Program than the other. (NOTICE: You cannot use third-party software; like, Trillian, etc.) This topic will give you a better idea what has happened in the past, present, and what may come in the future. I will start us off with some basic qualities of the Instant Messaging Softwares.
MSN Messenger
- Somewhat reliable, but has frequent downtimes.
- Thousands of users use this program, but not the vast majority; if you want to look up a user just use the MSN User Search (However, the user you search for may not use MSN Messenger.)
- Does NOT have a stable Web version of the program which the company has made and hosts on their own servers. (AIM has one of these. You can look at the web version of MSN Messenger that is under development now at: http://www.msnger.com/ )
- MSN Messenger may have animated gif support for display pictures in the near future.
- Not easy to sign-up with (i.e: no sign-up page right on the messenger.msn.com site for users NOT using msn.com or hotmail.com suffixs.)
- Changable SCN.
- Reliable, no recordered downtimes on my side.
- Millions of users, can actually search right from the AIM prompt for users within your fields of interests (I think) otherwise, use the www.aim.com site or www.aol.com site.
- HAS a stable web version. View it by going to: http://www.aim.com then clicking on AIM Express on the left NAV Bar.
- AIM has animated GIF support.
- Sign-up right at www.aim.com
- Reliable, no recorded downtimes on my side. (only some lost passwords)
- Thousands [TO] Millions of users; you can see them in the user directory.
- Has a stable web version. chat.yahoo.com (one to one chat availible)
- Support for animated gifs.
- have to be a yahoo user. (only downfall really.)
- Changable SCN (kind of like MSNM)
I'm open to any concerns or questions.
There was a technical error at about 19:00 (or 7:00) CST/CDT the problem continued until I finally figured it out. (Read Below) (This happened both on MSNM and AIM.)
The Technical Error was resolved at about 20:49 (8:49 PM) CST/CDT. The problem was due to the fact I had my Norton Personal Firewall enabled. If this continues... I WILL NOT use AIM, YIM, ICQ, Trillian, IRC, or MSNM for the rest of my days. (I have to disable NPF whenever I want to connect to MSNM/AIM.)
When/What in the Firewall Error Occured:
AIM - When upgraded to 5.x.xxxxxx
MSNM - When I upgraded.