Microsoft last year ended development of its Internet Explorer Web browsers for the Mac after Apple launched its own Safari browser, but the company has remained committed to developing other applications for the Mac. MSN Messenger competitor AOL Instant Messenger in February added support for video chats between its AIM client for Windows and Apples iChat AV application. Last years launch of MSN Messenger 6 for Windows brought users the ability to chat using Webcams, something currently not available in the Mac release.
Microsoft officials declined to answer questions about the difference in features between the Mac and Windows versions of MSN Messenger.īut one difference, according to users, is in support for video. Some Mac users have complained that the features in the Mac version of MSN Messenger have lagged behind those in its Windows counterpart, going so far as to start an online petition drive. That new release, Version 6.2, focused on adding more online games to the IM service. The release for the Mac follows by about a week a new version of MSN Messenger for Windows.
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The Redmond, Wash., software maker on Tuesday released MSN Messenger for Mac Version 4.0 with additional integration into its new Office 2004 for Mac, a new feature for stopping unwanted messages and improvements to file sharing and alerting.
Microsoft Corp., just weeks away from shipping the next release of its Office suite for the Mac OS X, has launched a new version of its MSN Messenger instant-messaging client for Apple Computer Inc.s operating system.
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