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Krypton · May 22, 2005, 02:54 PM

aMSN may not be the best looking app in the world, but it now supports webcam receiving and sending! It works very well in fact.

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Appleman · May 22, 2005, 03:18 PM

Originally Posted by Krypton

aMSN may not be the best looking app in the world, but it now supports webcam receiving and sending! It works very well in fact.

Download

Can't find a way in the preferences for video

ryju · May 22, 2005, 03:20 PM

Does this work with the iSight webcam too? Downloading now...

Krypton · May 22, 2005, 03:47 PM

It works with any webcam supported by OS X - my Fire-i firewire camera.

You need to be talking to someone first before you can see the webcam, and there are no prefs for it.

Appleman · May 23, 2005, 04:00 AM

Originally Posted by Krypton

You need to be talking to someone first before you can see the webcam, and there are no prefs for it.

Pretty bad implemented.

RevEvs · May 23, 2005, 04:36 AM

Looks ugly, but at least we are finally getting somewhere! Come on Gaim-VV and >> Adium

Krypton · May 23, 2005, 06:09 AM

Originally Posted by Appleman

Pretty bad implemented.

Well, one small group of guys seems to have accomplished more than a multi billion dollar corporation

Appleman · May 23, 2005, 06:44 AM

Originally Posted by Krypton

Well, one small group of guys seems to have accomplished more than a multi billion dollar corporation

That's probably more depending on the will to implement it than the ability to do so

analogika · May 23, 2005, 07:01 AM

This is a MAJOR step in the right direction.

I have personally seen several users NOT buy a Mac (one of them actually bought an iBook but sold it again after four weeks) SOLELY due to lack of MSN video chat.

Before you fret about how stupid this is, remember that many people use their PCs primarily as communication devices, and that MSN is market leader by a VAST majority in Europe. No, having these users ask their entire buddy lists to switch over to AIM is NOT an option.

-s*

Appleman · May 23, 2005, 07:04 AM

Originally Posted by analogika

... that many people use their PCs primarily as communication devices, and that MSN is market leader by a VAST majority in Europe.-s*

On the other hand, they still can use normal chat. Or different put: how often do you really rely on audio and/or video chat?

analogika · May 23, 2005, 07:26 AM

Originally Posted by Appleman

On the other hand, they still can use normal chat. Or different put: how often do you really rely on audio and/or video chat?

That post wasn't about me.

the point is that this is 2005, and those people - not I - WANT to video chat. ("Need" is irrelevant. Nobody "needs" chat, when they have e-mail.)

In fact, one of those customers bought his son an iBook expressly so they could video chat.

He sold it after four weeks and got his kid a Dell, after it turned out that there was no MSN video client for Mac, and he couldn't easily get AIM video chat to work on his Windows box. (Yes, yes, I know - but the point is that, incompetence aside, his son would still be using a Mac if there had been a video chat solution for MSN, plain and simple.)

wataru · May 23, 2005, 07:35 AM

I've been looking into this myself lately, and I found that Mercury Messenger does MSN webcam and video chat. You have to use the latest beta, and it's still a bit rough around the edges, but apparently it works (I haven't actually been able to test it yet).

brapper · May 23, 2005, 10:36 PM

download no worky!

JHromadka · May 23, 2005, 11:59 PM

Tested aMSN with a friend with a webcam, and I was able to see her fine. I may get that excuse to buy an iSight yet.

d.fine · May 24, 2005, 05:36 AM

Yahoo Messenger works with iSight cross-platform... and you can add the account to Adium to hide the ugly interface...

iluvmymactoo · May 24, 2005, 06:26 PM

Originally Posted by d.fine

Yahoo Messenger works with iSight cross-platform... and you can add the account to Adium to hide the ugly interface...

But can you video chat in Adium through your Yahoo account?

ajprice · May 25, 2005, 02:18 PM

OK I've got aMSN running and I'm trying to set it up as i want it. How do I change my profile icon? I've got a penguin at the moment, and i want to put my own picture in...

brapper · May 26, 2005, 06:00 PM

Originally Posted by ajprice

OK I've got aMSN running and I'm trying to set it up as i want it. How do I change my profile icon? I've got a penguin at the moment, and i want to put my own picture in...

first you need to download imagemagik, then right click on the penguin.

Paco500 · May 26, 2005, 11:17 PM

never mind.

Goldfinger · May 27, 2005, 05:29 AM

I've been using aMSN for months now and it's the only acceptable client on the mac right now.

ajprice · May 27, 2005, 04:50 PM

Thanks for that brapper, all is good now!