Website: http://www.msn.com Software Provider: Microsoft, Inc. Current Version: Windows Live Messenger 14 (2009) Operating Systems: Windows 95, 98, ME, 2000, XP, Vista Licence: Freeware
The major use of MSN Messenger is for instant messaging, although other features which now come as standard include support for voice conversations, webcams (MSN Messenger 7.0 and later feature full screen audio video conversations), transferring files, and built-in multi-user online games such as Tic Tac Toe. In a similar vein to many of MSN Messenger's competitors, MSN Messenger allows messages to be enlivened with graphical emoticons, sometimes called smileys, Flash animations called winks, animated display pictures, styled text, and many more with third-party add-ons.
