Mercury Messenger 1.8 review
DownloadMercury is a Java Based MSN client.
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Mercury is a Java Based MSN client.
With Mercury you can do the same things as with your normal messenger:
Talk to friends
Change your nickname and status
Add a display picture (also know as avatar)
Send files through the msn server (for people with a firewall etc..) or direct
Play games (Tic Tac Toe and Connect4 only at the moment)
Here are some key features of "Mercury Messenger":
Be online with several MSN adresses at the same time.
Login with your status on 'Invisible' or any other status you want.
Have a different MSN name in every conversation
Use and create your own plugins
See when someone starts a conversation with you (before he says something)
See when someone closes the chat conversation window.
See who added you into a conversation with multiple people
See when someone deletes you from their contactlist.
See the difference between MSN, Mercury users and webcam capable MSN users
See your fake, faked and ghost friends
All avatars downloaded are stored on your computer in PNG format (96x96)
All personal emoticons downloaded are stored on your computer in PNG format (96x96)
Avatar scroller, automaticly change your avatar every 5 minutes
Send larger avatars then normal
Override someones avatar
Enter notes while in a conversation you might need later (date of birth, last name, phone numbers)
Away message, if you are online, busy or whatever you can always have an away message.
Auto log, always log your chats so you can read back everything that is said between you and your contacts.
Auto login multiple accounts on startup.
Auto away, change your status to away (or anything else) after x seconds of idle time (Windows only)
Auto update when a new version is available (Mercury asks if you wish to update when new version is available)
XML and text based chat logs
Customise all menu bars.
Show emoticons in the list
Sort contacts by group, status or both
Show contacts in the program (except contact list) by email, MSN name, alias or a combination of the above
Add new status icons
Mercury has 10 custom skins and 3 java skins
Send screen shots to your contacts
Add more then 12 users in one conversation (MSN messenger limit)
Specific triggers for each person (trigger = action after chat event)
Supported actions for a trigger include sound, a popup window and a windows balloon
Special codes in your name.
Nick scroller, change your name every 30 seconds into something complety different (allows the usage of the special codes)
You can use 'forbidden' words in your name.
You don't have to worry about Messenger worms and virusses, they wont work on Mercury(Windows only :P)
Text recall.
XML based setting files.
What's New:
Universal Binary !!!
Offline Instant Message sending/receiving
Full and easier blocking of Nudges and Winks for people who don't like them
Improved webcam sending/receiving
Improved filetransfer direct connect handling
New contact list component, rendering should go faster, views can 'do' more
Unread message count in title of chat windows
Display picture cropping like MSN has
When a contact updates his/her display picture, the new picture will 'blend' into the old one.
Participant list in a group conversation
Sending keepalive messages, the chat connection will not timeout. As long as you keep the conversation open, you will always know when the contact closes it.
Some small but required UI improvements
Checking if a animated gif is 'broken' before showing it (broken gifs have no timeout between frames, cause 100% cpu)
A lot of other bug fixes...
Mercury Messenger 1.8 keywords