Microsoft Messenger and MSN Messenger

In a word, you can't. Unsupported. Adium does a poor attempt with a plugin that only works if others have the same plugin; and I am told that iChat will work, but this is a complex set up if you want MSN.

To the rescue comes aMSN, or Alvaro's MSN an Open Source application that will work with a webcam although sometimes it is a little creaky.

I note that your "location" is shown as GMT +7, which sounds awfully close to here. If you are trying to use any other languages than English (particularly Thai) there are problems. Let me know as I have an earlier version for the purpose.

MSN does not support video on the Mac.

Adium has more features than MSN for OS X, but does not have video.

aMSN (an Open Source application) has video but is not as smooth as MSN or Adium.

Forget what I said about Thai. If you are in Malaysia you use English characters, so the latest version will be fine for you.

That reject/cancel dance with aMSN is a bit frustrating at times but it depends on who is initiating the connection. If one way does not work, try the other.

However, Adium does actually now have a plugin which seems to work reasonably well: MBeam. The plug-in is about fourth in the list on that page.

When initiating a video chat, there is a menu item when clicking on the person's name, that has the words, Invite to MBeam chat or something of that nature.

Both parties then communicate via a web page format.

Try using Mercury Messenger. It supports Webcam with msn messaging.

http://www.mercury.im/

Message was edited by: Kampsjaak

I have just downloaded aMSN. True, not as smooth as MSN.

I have problems with Thai scripts. It seems that aMSN doesn't support Thai scripts. The characters appear as Chinese characters with boxes. I guess that there should be a plug-in for this. Where can i get that?

Or is there another way of solving that?

You probably have the latest version and that does not handle Thai. You need to go back to v.0.97RC1. The update did not allow Thai fonts to work. I was lucky enough to have Time Machine and went back to the previous version.

If you cannot find this online, let me know and I will send you a copy.

The latest version of Adium (with the MeBeam plugin) does handle Thai OK.

Thanks a lot. I couldn't find that version online but i found another app that supports MSN: Mercury. It runs a bit smoother and supports Thai scripts.

Thanks anyway. 😀

I find Mercury a bit flaky: it did not suit me. If you want that earlier Adium, drop me email (click on my name) and I will send it along.