A return of MSN Messenger should take on WhatsApp, iMessage and more in Windows 12 - here's why.
Why is MSN Messenger still highly regarded?Nostalgia can be a powerful thing, and even loading up version 6 of Messenger from 2004 onback in 2022 brought plenty of memories back for me. Logging on after school and talking about nothing in a bunch of group chats was something many of us did.
But for others, it was also a great way to catch up on some work from days that may have overrun, especially as you could transfer files to one another. As this was before social media was even a thing , MSN Messenger was a big factor in changing perceptions of exactly what a PC was. It was slowly changing from being something individuals used in a darkened room, to kids asking parents if they could use the family computer to talk to their friends.
It was a rare time when Microsoft was ahead of the curve, and it would quickly bring in updates that came with more emojis, Nudges that would send screen-shaking popups to your conversational partners, and the ability to ‘Appear Offline’, so you could stay online but be invisible to others - as well as webcam support, a rarity in those days.
But of course, Microsoft 'did a Microsoft', and started rebranding the app with a different name in 2006 with ‘Windows Live Messenger’, alongside a new look.
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