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Robz

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#17305 20-Nov-2007 14:55

The place I am currently employed at has blocked access to MSN and Yahoo messenger so I have not been able to use the desktop versions of these. So - over the last little while I have been playing around with web messengers mainly ILoveIM, Meebo and e-buddy. I have settled on e-buddy as it flashes on the tool bar when some one messages me, runs in a pop up window, allows me to log into Yahoo and MSN at the same time and displays emotcon from MSN.

Does anyone else use a web messenger? If so - which one? What is the good and the bad with it?

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nate

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#96114 20-Nov-2007 18:57

I remember doing this when I was studying at MIT. Was great until the sysadmins found out and blocked the sites we were using

chakkaradeep

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#96120 20-Nov-2007 19:43

Robz:
Does anyone else use a web messenger? If so - which one? What is the good and the bad with it?

I use meebo

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Chaks

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confuciousnz

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#96141 20-Nov-2007 21:14

I too used Meebo for a few years, because the bloody Admin on my home PC wouldn't install MSN. Nowadays I've discovered portable software, and I always have my 256MB USB on me, wherever I go, with portable MSN Messenger 8.5, either Firefox or Opera, and VLC. They're all extremely useful at my school, where everything's usually locked down.

stu28

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#96202 21-Nov-2007 11:31

Robz:
Does anyone else use a web messenger?

http://webmessenger.msn.com/

http://messenger.yahoo.com/webmessenger.php?fh=1