~~**$$MSN Messenger- Just Above Average~~**$$. Review on MSN Messenger

Note: Review based on personal experience.....And remember before you read it, opinions, experiences do differ from P2P (Person To Person)

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So, I am back to write on a software which is being used mostly by every individual(Having a Computer/Laptop) for having a chat with their friends and sharing lots of things like software’s, songs etc . Late August, in our class, the 'BHOOT' of chatting through a messenger over internet started. Everyone downloaded and tried a few messengers like MSN, Yahoo, AOL, Trillian, Zango, Google and many more!!!

What exactly it is/features???

Like some of the other clients, MSN is an internet messenger through which:

• You can have a chat with your friends,

  
  




• Do audio/video conversation (Webcam+Headphones required),

  
  




• Play games, share files like songs, documents, presentations, softwares.

  
  




• Also can send winks (Animated Files), emotions.

  
  




• Can Record your voice and send it.

  
  




• Block you friends,

  
  




• View message history,

  
  




• Create your own profile/contact card,

  
  




• Send a nudge (Shaking of the MSN window),

  
  




• See latest scores, news *updates, horoscopes by clicking on the tabs,

  
  




• Set display pictures, group your contacts like- enemies, best friends,

  
  




• Write the text in your own handwriting

  
  

(By downloading the Plug-In from microsoft.com),

• Change your background picture

  
  




• Whiteboard &

  
  




• The last one: Can Check the Inbox directly.

  
  

Coming to the interface it's very good. Clean & Smart too. It’s easier than zango messenger but more complex than yahoo, Google (The simplest).

The major issues/problems:

1. Usually during log in, the computer hangs and slows down a bit. Most of the times you need to close down MSN through Ctrl+Alt+Delete feature and then only the computer starts responding.

   
   




2. To use the winks/nudge feature you need to download the Macromedia Flash & Shockwave Player which most of the computers don’t have.

   
   




3. When sharing a file with an another person, the transfer speed is very low, thus it takes hours and hours. Sometimes you might have to leave the computer on overnight so that the transfer gets successfully completed. One thing more, some .zip/.rar files cannot be transfered.Coming to feature through which we can play games- the games page/windows is always unavailable.

   
   




4. No avatars can be created like in Yahoo messenger. Also at a time more than 10 persons cannot be fitted into one conversation. This is a major let down as people wanna chat to many people at times.

   
   




5. During an audio conversation, the voice often cuts in between making it difficult to chat.The video clarity is deteorated when doing a video conversation.

   
   




6. If anybody installs a plug-in named 'Block/Contacts Checker', then he/she can see the view contact list of an MSN messenger user and can also see that who has blocked whom.MSN should take legal action toward the developers of the plug-in..

   
   

In other words it's a surely a 'headache'

Recommended to whom?

I recommend this software to people who have spare time and wanna go through the above difficulties.Not recommendation for 'people who are practical and do not want the features it has.'

So, finally I think that I have been able to share my views on this 'Head Eater' & 'Time Consuming'software.

Thanks for reading the review. Do Rate & Comment !!!

Bye for now,

Best Wishes,

Take Care till my next review,

yours, CoMPuTer gEEK-------Have A Nice D.A.Y.------------>™

P.S---Shortly will write a review on Trillian messenger.

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