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Mercury Messenger

Mercury Messenger (previously dMSN, but changed on request of Microsoft) is an Instant messaging programme written in Java programming language for Linux, Windows, Mac OS X and FreeBSD. It connects to the MSN Messenger and Jabber protocols.

= Features =

Mercury Messenger is a very full featured MSN client, especially compared to the other competing clients. Mercury Messenger offers support for most features offered in MSN Messenger and more. The most notable extended features are:

  • Tabbed Conversations - Similar to tabbed browing. Allows all conversations to be placed in one window, and to tab through them.
  • Multiple Accounts - Mercury offers the ability to be on multipe accounts at the same time. Each account occupies it s own tab.
  • Personal Names - Have a different MSN name in every conversation
  • Nickname Scroller - Changes your nickname every 30 seconds to one specified by you.
  • IRC Style Commands - Supports IRC slash commands (e.g /away)
  • Event Notification - Mercury offers superior event notification. It will notify you when you are deleted from a contact list, when someone begins typing a message to you, and when someone closes a window. It also offers support for many other minor events.

    • These are only a few of the many features offered by this client.

    = Mac OS X and Linux =

    One of the most heavily touted features of this client is the support for Mac OS X and Linux. As the clients currently available for the aforementioned platforms do not even incorporate the most basic functionalities of MSN Messenger (even Microsoft s own Mac OS X client), Mercury Messenger is generally considered to be the best choice for users of these platforms.

    == Disadvantages ==

    Generally, the Mac OS X version is always about a verison behind the current build, as porting to Mac OS X Java is more difficult. This leaves Mac OS X behind the game in the latest features available to most Mercury users.

    = External Links =

  • [http://www.mercury.to Official Site]
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