This version introduced features such as handwriting and nudges.
Application Details:
| Version: | 7.0 |
| License: | Free to use |
| URL: | http://messenger.msn.com |
| Votes: | Marked as obsolete |
| Latest Rating: | Silver |
| Latest Wine Version Tested: | 1.3.17 |
Maintainers: About Maintainership
What works
Virtually everything I tested, which includes all general IM functions, adding smileys and using them (animated or otherwise), winks, logging in and out and having it work without a crash, applying a color scheme to the program or a picture background, using an avatar (set to small size), and a few other small things.
What does not
Using avatars set to the bigger size, running without DLL overrides, and the tab listing a minimized chat window will not blink when a new message is recieved.
Workarounds
What was not tested
Webcams and some other random settings I can't name off the top of my head.
Hardware tested
Graphics:
Additional Comments
I'd give it a gold but I don't know if there are bugs in the other features of MSN. However, it's great this is working. I didn't really care if it worked or not, but the rest of my family sure like having a familiar piece of software to use for IM (none of them like Pidgin or Kopete).
| Operating system | Test date | Wine version | Installs? | Runs? | Used Workaround? | Rating | Submitter | ||
| Show | Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick" i386 (+ variants like Kubuntu) | Apr 07 2011 | 1.3.17 | Yes | Yes | Silver | an anonymous user | ||
| Show | Ubuntu 8.10 "Intrepid" i386 (+ variants like Kubuntu) | Mar 01 2009 | 1.1.16 | Yes | Yes | Garbage | Jaime Rave Torres | ||
| Show | Ubuntu 8.10 "Intrepid" i386 (+ variants like Kubuntu) | Jan 09 2009 | 1.1.12 | Yes | Yes | Silver | Claudio | ||
| Current | Ubuntu 8.04 "Hardy" i386 (+ variants like Kubuntu) | Oct 11 2008 | 1.1.6 | Yes | Yes | Silver | Justin Soulia | ||
| Show | Ubuntu 8.04 "Hardy" i386 (+ variants like Kubuntu) | Sep 20 2008 | 1.1.0 | Yes | Yes | Silver | an anonymous user |
- Set wine to Win2K
- Do sh winetricks riched20 msxml3 flash
Then just install and enjoy it.
