I believe msn is the best ’’chat’’ program available today. They upgrade the program on a regular basis so you aren’t stuck with the same ’’boring’’ features. They are constantly adding new things, making the program ’’essential’’ to you, the consumer.
Msn Chat is my favorite because first of all I like the ability to choose who I will chat with and whom I will not. You have to approve any requests to add your nick to anyone’s list.
Your friends that you have approved will appear in a list within the program and you will be able to see with a quick glance who is online and who is not. A separate window pops up when someone on your list signs on telling you they are ’’online’’.
Another feature that I like is the ’’away’’ settings. You have one for away, busy, be right back, on the phone, out to lunch and the best one of all appear offline. This feature is nice if you really don’t feel like chatting but do need to talk to one person on your list. This way you can sign online whenever they sign on and you don’t have to be bothered with other chats.
A fun feature that msn has are all the symbols that you can use. They call them ’’emotions’’ here. You will find a variety of faces, smiley, frowns, tongue out, sunglasses, surprised faces, etc., along with stars, hearts, broken heats, phone, cake, camera, roses, and more! You can express yourself here not only with words but symbols! It just adds some fun to chat!
Msn also has different fonts, you can change the size as well as the color of your print. I like this feature! You can easily distinguish in between what you say and your friends!
You can send an email to a friend with the click of the mouse, start net-meeting, send files and/or photos, or make a phone call. You can also have multiple chats, and invite others to your conversation which is a nice feature. I belive this is limited to 5 per chat session, but not sure. I don’t usually what with more than 2-3 at once anyway.
I find the service is very good and rarely not available. I highly recommend this chat program to anyone that likes to chat!