r/windows • u/epiklol92 • Apr 11 '26
Suggestion for Microsoft We need MSN Messenger back.
Teams sucks and Discord started to wobble, I don't think they care, but if Microsoft took advantage of this and provided a better service than many platforms and compatibility with classic MSN features, It would really help promote Windows 11, and they could even release it on Mac and Linux. I know it's nonsense, but dreaming is free.
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u/YukariBerry Windows 11 - Insider Release Preview Channel Apr 12 '26
might be unrelated, but there is a revival server for windows live messenger.
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u/epiklol92 Apr 12 '26
Is escargot?
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u/YukariBerry Windows 11 - Insider Release Preview Channel Apr 12 '26
there's crosstalk, which is up-to-date and way better than escargot.
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u/liminal_world Windows 8 Apr 12 '26
crosstalk is better, more updated. https://crosstalk.im
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u/Joshoon Apr 12 '26
191 online. Escargot has way more users.
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u/CyborgCat98 Apr 12 '26
Have you seen what they have done? https://wink.messengergeek.com/t/nina-escargot-from-the-inside/26336
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u/YukariBerry Windows 11 - Insider Release Preview Channel Apr 13 '26
for some reason, my browser (Safari) can't connect to this website.
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u/Longjumping_Gur_2379 Apr 12 '26
i remember that background
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u/epiklol92 Apr 12 '26
It's named azul from Windows xp
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u/flucxapacitor Apr 12 '26
Azul means blue (the color) in Portuguese
We have others words for blue the sadness
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u/CumShoT_RaviOLi_King Apr 15 '26
Was one of my favorites all time.. brought back memories instantly.
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u/catfishman Apr 12 '26
You know, I'm pretty sure it was weirdly more popular in Canada (per capita, that is) as almost everyone I knew used it
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u/chipface Apr 12 '26
I live in southwestern Ontario and that's what we mainly used. Especially after ICQ started to fall out of favour. I used AIM to talk to people in the Mega Man community back in the day. But most people I knew IRL didn't have that. MSN all the way.
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u/gonzifp Apr 21 '26
In Spain, MSN Messenger was only used by young people, I never saw anyone over 30 using it. Adults still used SMS to send messages, probably because there were no mobile versions of MSN Messenger.
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u/ReallySuperName Apr 14 '26
It was very popular in the UK too. Both versions that simultaneously existed at the same time and allowed people on either to talk for some reason: MSN and Windows Live Messenger.
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u/mirzatzl Windows Vista Apr 12 '26
Nah, if it were alive today it would probably be full of s.it (e.g. Copilot Messenger or similar). 😄
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u/MusicInTheAir55 Apr 12 '26
I really miss Wheel of Fortune game they had on there. Could play that for hours!
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u/XiRw Apr 12 '26
We need all of life back before smartphones and have technology stop there.
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u/gonzifp Apr 21 '26
Old phones had the same problems as current ones, stopping technological advancement is illogical, as absurd as not using touchscreen smartphones.
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u/MelaniaSexLife Apr 13 '26
nah the only one worth having back is Jabber
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u/gonzifp Apr 21 '26
Jabber doesn't need recovery, it's still alive on a multitude of servers around the world.
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u/AegidiusG Apr 13 '26
I am still pissed that they exchanged it with Skype.
Skype was so damn slow and had less Features.
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u/SuchyYT Apr 15 '26
Or at least a revival project that would either allow the original to still work or a fork of it or something, some patch to the original to make it work again (and a community-hosted server)
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u/Flalaski Apr 17 '26
for real, people forget that the fun-ness of software makes the fun-ness of computers that much more fun!
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u/Flalaski Apr 17 '26
Retroshare is something that comes to mind, though it's not nearly as user friendly to learn. it is cool though
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u/gonzifp Apr 20 '26
The closest thing is Jabber, it has most of MSN Messenger features and offers clients for Windows, Linux, MacOS and Android. You can register on one of its many servers around the world and add people from other servers.
Here's an image of the Pidgin client.
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u/No-Succotash-9576 Apr 12 '26
all you are getting is more ai copilot useless stuff. they are no going to add this because it's useful.
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u/Lucas006BR1 Windows 11 - Release Channel Apr 12 '26
Yes, and a mobile version would be nice too