I have really gotten tired of MSN Messenger. Like, really tired.
See, to me, an IM client should let you, oh, send messages back and forth. It should let you see if someone is online. That’s — oh, about 99% of what I want.
MSN seems to think that its IM client should also be your browser portal, your place to shop, your access to eBay, a place to advertise, a location to tell what kind of music you’re listening to, etc.
As a result, it is the ugliest, most cluttered IM client I currently have. So I’m shutting it down. Instead, I’ll let the older Windows Messaging client handle both in- and out-of-office Microsoft messaging. I lose the little news blurbs, but that’s about it, and I can so live with that.
Yahoo! IM is a decent IM client, too. It can be just as crufty as MSN Messenger, but it has very straightforward options for turning all that crap off. I actually prefer it to Windows Messenger, and for a shiny nickel I’d get rid of all my MS IM accounts and encourage folks to just use YIM.
Or, of course, to use Google Talk, which I like best. Fast, simple, clean, easy.
Seriously considering getting both sets of ‘rents set up with YIM or Google Talk over the holidays. That would be a real step forward.
Blasphemer!
Unclean!
Bill knows what you want and you should not question his choices for you.
May you bathe in the light of the Blue Screen of Death and feel peace of the multiverse wash over you.
Heh.
Actually, already had one person (hi, Amanda!) send me her YIM ID.
I’d love to be able to shut down Windows Messenger by the end of the year.