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Live Messenger...
Windows Live Messenger (formerly named MSN Messenger) is an instant
messaging client created by Microsoft that is currently designed to work
with Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Mobile/Windows CE and
Blackberry. The software has been part of Microsoft's Windows Live set
of online services since 2005. It connects to Microsoft's .NET Messenger
Service. The software was first released as MSN Messenger on July 22,
1999, and as Windows Live Messenger on December 13, 2005. In June 2009,
Microsoft reported the service attracted over 330 million active users
each month.
Features:
In addition to its basic functionality and general capability as an
instant messaging client, the latest version of Windows Live Messenger
offers the following features:
Album Viewer:
Windows Live Messenger's album viewer is based on Windows Live Photo
Gallery and provides users a photo viewing experience for photo albums
shared via Windows Live Skydrive and Facebook. The album viewer is
interactive and supports full screen and slideshow modes, as well as
viewing and uploading comments on Facebook and Windows Live Skydrive
albums. It also supports people tagging for Windows Live Skydrive. The
album viewer closely resembles the Microsoft Silverlight counterpart for
web photo albums present on Windows Live Photos.
See also: Windows Live Photo Gallery
Appear offline to individuals or categories:
Windows Live Messenger allow users to appear offline to particular
individual contacts, as well as to an entire category within Windows
Live Messenger, while appearing online to other contacts. This is a
recent feature of Windows Live Messenger 2011, and is a departure from
the previous versions of Windows Live Messenger, where blocking a
contact would prevent the "blockee" from sending the user any messages
to the "blocker". With the "appear offline to" configuration currently
implemented, "hidden from" users can still send "offline messages" to
the target. This change has caused some uproar among users.
Social networks integration:
Users can connect services such as Facebook, MySpace and LinkedIn
using Windows Live Profile, and display their contact's Messenger social
updates within the "Full view" of Windows Live Messenger. Users can also
post status updates and photos directly to the connected services within
Windows Live Messenger. Additionally, Messenger also imports all
contacts from the connected services and will support integration with
Facebook Chat (via the XMPP protocol) for instant messaging support with
users on Facebook.
Offline messaging:
One can send messages to contacts who are offline; they will receive
the messages once they come online. Additionally, a user can start
conversations even when his or her status is set to Appear Offline.
Games and applications for Windows Live Messenger:
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