Microsoft to kill the Messenger on March 15

chev65 · 09 Jan 2013

Skype shows 0 resources being used for me.

I remember when Msoft purchased Skype for 8.5 billion last May 2011, figured they would change over eventually. I received the email with the link for the upgrade this morning.

COMPUTIAC · 10 Jan 2013

I thought it was a prank,

so I killed the message about killing the messenger !

Never used it anyway.

FerchogtX · 10 Jan 2013

Ha... glad I uninstalled Messenger and replaced with Skype... I rarely used Messenger on the last year or so... O_O
Indeed, looks lightweight compared to WLM... I hope the keep Skype the same as it is now.

Lebon14 · 12 Jan 2013

I was personally using it but, even though, I was connected, I was rarely chatting. But, the main reason why I used Messenger (2009) was because how useful it was regarding e-mail notifications. If I had a new e-mail coming in, a popup would appear and if I clicked it, it would open a new tab immediately in Firefox. If I missed that notification, there was the button in upper right corner showing a (1) so I would click on it and get to my new e-mail. That's the only thing I would miss it for.

Cash · 12 Jan 2013

As much as I like Messenger, I seldom use it. I have accounts on both and I very much prefer Skype so this news is good for me. :)

x BlueRobot · 12 Jan 2013

I used to use WLM, but I only used the Windows Messenger ID for my e-mails, however they seem to already have switched the Hotmail interface to the Outlook version.

Lebon14 · 13 Jan 2013

x BlueRobot said:

I used to use WLM, but I only used the Windows Messenger ID for my e-mails, however they seem to already have switched the Hotmail interface to the Outlook version.

Not me. I still have the old UI (Hotmail UI). Not complaining at all!!

x BlueRobot · 13 Jan 2013

Lebon14 said:

x BlueRobot said:

I used to use WLM, but I only used the Windows Messenger ID for my e-mails, however they seem to already have switched the Hotmail interface to the Outlook version.

Not me. I still have the old UI (Hotmail UI). Not complaining at all!!

How did you manage to keep it? Is it based upon browser version?

UnknownReverent · 13 Jan 2013

Lebon14 said:

x BlueRobot said:

I used to use WLM, but I only used the Windows Messenger ID for my e-mails, however they seem to already have switched the Hotmail interface to the Outlook version.

Not me. I still have the old UI (Hotmail UI). Not complaining at all!!

As do I. I have the option to opt to the new one though.

Lebon14 · 14 Jan 2013

x BlueRobot said:

How did you manage to keep it? Is it based upon browser version?

I really don't know how I was able to keep the old version. Sorry, I can't help.