Decent MSN Client?

[Scythe]

Hi, ive had Adium installed but i cant seem to add anyone to my contacts? I tried Microsoft messenger but that insisted onbeing mounted on my desktop, which I do not want? Is there any good MSN clients out there or is my Adium broke?

 

[LordSplodge]

I was going to say Adium...but looks like you use that and it's broken

Delete and re-install?

 

[[Robster]]

I've been using Adium for a while and have never had any issues with it. Try LordSplodge's suggestion an give it another go.

 

[Scythe]

Yeah, ive reinstalled it now. Cant test a new contact, have to try another time.

 

[theheyes]

Everyone seems to love Adium but I tried it and just couldnt get comfortable with it. I use the Microsoft client. Will MSN really not run from anywhere but the desktop?

 

[Scythe]

Everyone seems to love Adium but I tried it and just couldnt get comfortable with it. I use the Microsoft client. Will MSN really not run from anywhere but the desktop?

Nope, just mounted a image on the desktop when ran.

 

[gumbald]

Did you copy the app from the mounted drive to your HD?

I've not had any problems with Adium, only feature its lacking is webcam...

 

[Basher]

I always seem to get connection error when using adium, everyone else seems to love it though

 

[gumbald]

You behind a uni firewall or something? Tried turning on HTTP method?

 

[Scythe]

You behind a uni firewall or something? Tried turning on HTTP method?

Im on my LAN at home, just got a router and another computer and thats it.

 

[Deleted member 651465]

Everyone seems to love Adium but I tried it and just couldnt get comfortable with it. I use the Microsoft client.

 

[Phoen1x]

Another vote for the MS client here, installed to my Apps folder no problem

 

[Phate]

I use the msn client normally.

Or if I want to use a webcam I use Mecury.

Takes a little while getting used to it, but it works.

 

[Cromulent]

Nope, just mounted a image on the desktop when ran.

Sounds to me like you are just double clicking on the .dmg file. What you need to do is double click the file, open the disk image it creates on the desktop and then copy the Adium program from there into your Applications folder.

 

[artaxerxes]

aMSN, works just like MSN but with webcam support on macs

 

[unknowndomain]

I find it amazing how many people do not understand how mac apps work yet use them every day. To clarify...

When you download an application it usually comes in a file called a dmg, this is a way of storing the application because mac os x applications are not one file but a folder full of files which you can execute by double clicking, so as you cannot download a folder online only files. The folder is put inside a disk image file called dmg which keeps the application structure, and can easily be compressed in a zip or other type of archive.

When you open the dmg it appears on your desktop as a disk like a cd or hdd would do. You then can copy the application to your applications folder and then eject the disk image (dmg).

Once you complete these steps your set, at this point you can delete the old dmg file.

It is as with MSN messenger possible to just keep it on the desktop mounted forever but this is not ideal.

 

[Scythe]

I find it amazing how many people do not understand how mac apps work yet use them every day. To clarify...

When you download an application it usually comes in a file called a dmg, this is a way of storing the application because mac os x applications are not one file but a folder full of files which you can execute by double clicking, so as you cannot download a folder online only files. The folder is put inside a disk image file called dmg which keeps the application structure, and can easily be compressed in a zip or other type of archive.

When you open the dmg it appears on your desktop as a disk like a cd or hdd would do. You then can copy the application to your applications folder and then eject the disk image (dmg).

Once you complete these steps your set, at this point you can delete the old dmg file.

It is as with MSN messenger possible to just keep it on the desktop mounted forever but this is not ideal.

I did install it correctly. I even reinstalled it to no avail.