Ah.. you are right, its not an MS product.. but its not a real add-on,
something you download and install.
You just add a contact on the live messenger contact list and this starts
the whole service
that includes a specific additional sidebar with contacts..
its pretty cool..
I tried it already
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>Oh, and a lot of Russian women looking to get married.
that was some fake names that all led to dating services.. in other words
more spam.
"Synapse Syndrome" <synapse@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Clear Windows" <carlferedeck@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:481651a5$1@xxxxxx-privat.org... Quote:
>> lol.. that's exactly what came across my mind when I saw this...
>>
>> But you have to understand that new users (and that means the majority of
>> users alive today)
>> have not used IRC. Also its more user friendly. Also it's a good way for
>> MS to push their messenger.. (stab) lol
>
> This thing looks like a third party addon. As it is not an official MS
> thing, I doubt it will get very popular anyway. Look at the footer on the
> webpage.
> Quote:
>> I think there was something like this on ICQ too... Live messenger has
>> still to catch up with all the features that chat client had in 2000! lol
>
> I tried ICQ a decade ago, but it was just full of spammers, weirdoes and
> lamers. Oh, and a lot of Russian women looking to get married. I suppose
> they will not be in such a hurry to leave anymore.
>
> ss.
>