iTunes navigation [was Re: iTunes Question.]
And yet again Esther, you've thrown out a little tidbit that makes such a difference. The control f7 hotkey I've known about for a while but being stuck in some windows mind sets, when I found how to set tab to move through all controls, I jumped at the chance to get to what I had previously had in windows. Although your tip was in reference to navigating within iTunes, it works equally well with Apple Mail. Now when I press control f7, I can use tab and shift tab to jump through mailbox table, message list and message text so easily. No more multiple tabs between mailbox table and message list which drove me nuts when upgrading to Mountain Lion. Kind regards, Danny: On 04/11/2012, at 4:21 AM, Esther mori...@mac-access.net wrote: Hi Jim, What do you mean by easiest way to return to the source list in iTunes? If someone is completely lost in the iTunes window, pressing Command-Option-F, which is the shortcut to move to iTunes' search text field, followed by a navigation command such as VO-Right arrow (or just Right Arrow with QuickNav on), or a press of the tab key, will always work to move to the source list. If you're moving between a songs list for your Music library or playlist, then you can use VO-J to jump between the two tables. A very convenient way to navigate in iTunes is to switch your tab key behavior to move between text boxes and lists only instead of all controls by pressing Control-F7. Then you can simply press your tab key to cycle continuously between the search text field, the sources list, and the songs list -- or you can use Shift-tab to move in the reverse direction. If you toggle on your column browser with Command-B, in order to search or select more specifically by album, artist, composer, or genre, then using the tab key will also move you through any of these categories that you have enabled for your column browser. So, for example, you could select tab to select an artist and then a few specific albums by that artist in the column browser lists, and then continue tabbing to the songs list and have all your selections show up. The one warning about using Control-F7 is that it changes your tab navigation everywhere. So if you expect to use tabbing to move through all controls in another app, or perhaps when you navigate a web site, you should make sure to issue another Control-F7 and check that you've changed this behavior back before you leave iTunes. The place where this is setting for tabbing is established can be hard to remember: it's iSystem Preferences Keyboard under the Keyboard Shortcuts tab. There's an entry for Full Keyboard Access: In windows and dialogs, press Tab to move keyboard focus between: and radio buttons to set this to either Text boxes and lists only or All Controls. Another quick tip for iTunes and the search text box. If you want to quickly search for something in the iTunes Store, rather than in your own music library, you can use the search text field (Command-Option-F to go there), type in your search terms, and then hold down the Option key while you press return. This directs the search to the iTunes Store instead of your own library. Of course, if you want more specific searching according to album title, artist, or composer, use the Store menu on the iTunes menu bar and select the Search… option. HTH. Cheers, Esther --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/ --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/
Fwd: Microsoft to Close Messenger and consolidate Im Services on Skype
so this will mean no more adium usage? Begin forwarded message: From: Chris christopher...@gmail.com Subject: Microsoft to Close Messenger and consolidate Im Services on Skype Date: 6 November 2012 22:27:01 GMT To: Techno-Chat ... Technology Enthusiasm! techno-c...@techno-chat.net Reply-To: Techno-Chat ... Technology Enthusiasm! techno-c...@techno-chat.net This will be the end of an era for some of us. The article is pasted below. The source is unknown. *Microsoft to close Messenger and consolidate IM service on Skype** **By Juan Carlos Perez, IDG News Service** ** **Nov 6, 2012 12:45 PM** **Microsoft will shut down Windows Live Messenger next year, compelling users to migrate to Skype, whose latest version can import users' Messenger contacts.** ** **With the exception of mainland China, Windows Live Messenger will close in the first quarter of 2013, and its users should install the latest version of Skype, Microsoft said on Tuesday.** ** **Users can sign into the Skype service with the credentials they use to access their Microsoft online services, including Windows Live Messenger. They will find their Windows Live Messenger contacts on their Skype contacts list. If they used both Windows Live Messenger and Skype, the contacts lists will be merged.** ** **We want to focus our efforts on making things simpler for our users while continuously improving the overall experience, wrote Tony Bates, Skype's president, in a blog post.** ** **To encourage Windows Live Messenger users to update to Skype, Bates touted several benefits they'll get from Skype, including support for more devices such as iPad and Android tablets, screen sharing, the ability to place calls to landline phones, and group video conferencing.** ** **However, this type of migration is rarely seamless, and users are already raising questions in comments to Bates' blog post, including the availability of certain Windows Live Messenger features and the capacity of the Skype infrastructure to sustain the new workload.** ** **Microsoft, which acquired Skype in October 2011 for $8.5 billion, will provide more information about the transition, as well as introduce special offers for fee-based Skype services, in the coming months, Bates wrote.** * -- Christopher Hallsworth === The Techno-Chat E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free To modify your subscription options, please visit for forum's dedicated web pages located at http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/techno-chat You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Techno-Chat group at either of the following websites: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/techno-chat/index.html Or: http://www.mail-archive.com/techno-chat@techno-chat.net you may also subscribe to this list via RSS. The feed is at: http://www.mail-archive.com/techno-chat@techno-chat.net/maillist.xml --- --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/
Re: Microsoft to Close Messenger and consolidate Im Services on Skype
Well since skype is accessibal on the mac, at least for the forseeable future I woudl not worry too much about it. but it is the end of an erra as someone said on twitter. Just trying to kee this on topic. lol! Be blessed. On Nov 6, 2012, at 14:47, william lomas will.d.lo...@gmail.com wrote: so this will mean no more adium usage? Begin forwarded message: From: Chris christopher...@gmail.com Subject: Microsoft to Close Messenger and consolidate Im Services on Skype Date: 6 November 2012 22:27:01 GMT To: Techno-Chat ... Technology Enthusiasm! techno-c...@techno-chat.net Reply-To: Techno-Chat ... Technology Enthusiasm! techno-c...@techno-chat.net This will be the end of an era for some of us. The article is pasted below. The source is unknown. *Microsoft to close Messenger and consolidate IM service on Skype** **By Juan Carlos Perez, IDG News Service** ** **Nov 6, 2012 12:45 PM** **Microsoft will shut down Windows Live Messenger next year, compelling users to migrate to Skype, whose latest version can import users' Messenger contacts.** ** **With the exception of mainland China, Windows Live Messenger will close in the first quarter of 2013, and its users should install the latest version of Skype, Microsoft said on Tuesday.** ** **Users can sign into the Skype service with the credentials they use to access their Microsoft online services, including Windows Live Messenger. They will find their Windows Live Messenger contacts on their Skype contacts list. If they used both Windows Live Messenger and Skype, the contacts lists will be merged.** ** **We want to focus our efforts on making things simpler for our users while continuously improving the overall experience, wrote Tony Bates, Skype's president, in a blog post.** ** **To encourage Windows Live Messenger users to update to Skype, Bates touted several benefits they'll get from Skype, including support for more devices such as iPad and Android tablets, screen sharing, the ability to place calls to landline phones, and group video conferencing.** ** **However, this type of migration is rarely seamless, and users are already raising questions in comments to Bates' blog post, including the availability of certain Windows Live Messenger features and the capacity of the Skype infrastructure to sustain the new workload.** ** **Microsoft, which acquired Skype in October 2011 for $8.5 billion, will provide more information about the transition, as well as introduce special offers for fee-based Skype services, in the coming months, Bates wrote.** * -- Christopher Hallsworth === The Techno-Chat E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free To modify your subscription options, please visit for forum's dedicated web pages located at http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/techno-chat You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Techno-Chat group at either of the following websites: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/techno-chat/index.html Or: http://www.mail-archive.com/techno-chat@techno-chat.net you may also subscribe to this list via RSS. The feed is at: http://www.mail-archive.com/techno-chat@techno-chat.net/maillist.xml --- --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/ --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/
Re: Microsoft to Close Messenger and consolidate Im Services on Skype
Skype on the mac is accessible, in some ways it would make things simpler if this is true. On Nov 6, 2012, at 4:47 PM, william lomas wrote: so this will mean no more adium usage? Begin forwarded message: From: Chris christopher...@gmail.com Subject: Microsoft to Close Messenger and consolidate Im Services on Skype Date: 6 November 2012 22:27:01 GMT To: Techno-Chat ... Technology Enthusiasm! techno-c...@techno-chat.net Reply-To: Techno-Chat ... Technology Enthusiasm! techno-c...@techno-chat.net This will be the end of an era for some of us. The article is pasted below. The source is unknown. *Microsoft to close Messenger and consolidate IM service on Skype** **By Juan Carlos Perez, IDG News Service** ** **Nov 6, 2012 12:45 PM** **Microsoft will shut down Windows Live Messenger next year, compelling users to migrate to Skype, whose latest version can import users' Messenger contacts.** ** **With the exception of mainland China, Windows Live Messenger will close in the first quarter of 2013, and its users should install the latest version of Skype, Microsoft said on Tuesday.** ** **Users can sign into the Skype service with the credentials they use to access their Microsoft online services, including Windows Live Messenger. They will find their Windows Live Messenger contacts on their Skype contacts list. If they used both Windows Live Messenger and Skype, the contacts lists will be merged.** ** **We want to focus our efforts on making things simpler for our users while continuously improving the overall experience, wrote Tony Bates, Skype's president, in a blog post.** ** **To encourage Windows Live Messenger users to update to Skype, Bates touted several benefits they'll get from Skype, including support for more devices such as iPad and Android tablets, screen sharing, the ability to place calls to landline phones, and group video conferencing.** ** **However, this type of migration is rarely seamless, and users are already raising questions in comments to Bates' blog post, including the availability of certain Windows Live Messenger features and the capacity of the Skype infrastructure to sustain the new workload.** ** **Microsoft, which acquired Skype in October 2011 for $8.5 billion, will provide more information about the transition, as well as introduce special offers for fee-based Skype services, in the coming months, Bates wrote.** * -- Christopher Hallsworth === The Techno-Chat E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free To modify your subscription options, please visit for forum's dedicated web pages located at http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/techno-chat You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Techno-Chat group at either of the following websites: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/techno-chat/index.html Or: http://www.mail-archive.com/techno-chat@techno-chat.net you may also subscribe to this list via RSS. The feed is at: http://www.mail-archive.com/techno-chat@techno-chat.net/maillist.xml --- --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/ --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/
Re: Microsoft to Close Messenger and consolidate Im Services on Skype
Ok, I've installed the newest version of skype. And yes, if you sign out of your skype account it will provide an option to sign in with your windows live messenger account and to merge the 2 together. Once you do this, you will use your windows live messenger user name and password to sign in to skype, and the messenger contacts do show up along with your skype contacts as well as an indication as to whether it's a messenger or skype contact. Realy nice actually no need to use a separate messenger app anymore, I like the change. On Nov 6, 2012, at 4:47 PM, william lomas wrote: so this will mean no more adium usage? Begin forwarded message: From: Chris christopher...@gmail.com Subject: Microsoft to Close Messenger and consolidate Im Services on Skype Date: 6 November 2012 22:27:01 GMT To: Techno-Chat ... Technology Enthusiasm! techno-c...@techno-chat.net Reply-To: Techno-Chat ... Technology Enthusiasm! techno-c...@techno-chat.net This will be the end of an era for some of us. The article is pasted below. The source is unknown. *Microsoft to close Messenger and consolidate IM service on Skype** **By Juan Carlos Perez, IDG News Service** ** **Nov 6, 2012 12:45 PM** **Microsoft will shut down Windows Live Messenger next year, compelling users to migrate to Skype, whose latest version can import users' Messenger contacts.** ** **With the exception of mainland China, Windows Live Messenger will close in the first quarter of 2013, and its users should install the latest version of Skype, Microsoft said on Tuesday.** ** **Users can sign into the Skype service with the credentials they use to access their Microsoft online services, including Windows Live Messenger. They will find their Windows Live Messenger contacts on their Skype contacts list. If they used both Windows Live Messenger and Skype, the contacts lists will be merged.** ** **We want to focus our efforts on making things simpler for our users while continuously improving the overall experience, wrote Tony Bates, Skype's president, in a blog post.** ** **To encourage Windows Live Messenger users to update to Skype, Bates touted several benefits they'll get from Skype, including support for more devices such as iPad and Android tablets, screen sharing, the ability to place calls to landline phones, and group video conferencing.** ** **However, this type of migration is rarely seamless, and users are already raising questions in comments to Bates' blog post, including the availability of certain Windows Live Messenger features and the capacity of the Skype infrastructure to sustain the new workload.** ** **Microsoft, which acquired Skype in October 2011 for $8.5 billion, will provide more information about the transition, as well as introduce special offers for fee-based Skype services, in the coming months, Bates wrote.** * -- Christopher Hallsworth === The Techno-Chat E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free To modify your subscription options, please visit for forum's dedicated web pages located at http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/techno-chat You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Techno-Chat group at either of the following websites: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/techno-chat/index.html Or: http://www.mail-archive.com/techno-chat@techno-chat.net you may also subscribe to this list via RSS. The feed is at: http://www.mail-archive.com/techno-chat@techno-chat.net/maillist.xml --- --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/ --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan,
Re: Microsoft to Close Messenger and consolidate Im Services on Skype
This will certainly be nice for some, but what about those that don't want to use Skype? Are they just left in the dark? Sent from my iPhone On Nov 6, 2012, at 9:22 PM, Mike Arrigo n0...@charter.net wrote: Ok, I've installed the newest version of skype. And yes, if you sign out of your skype account it will provide an option to sign in with your windows live messenger account and to merge the 2 together. Once you do this, you will use your windows live messenger user name and password to sign in to skype, and the messenger contacts do show up along with your skype contacts as well as an indication as to whether it's a messenger or skype contact. Realy nice actually no need to use a separate messenger app anymore, I like the change. On Nov 6, 2012, at 4:47 PM, william lomas wrote: so this will mean no more adium usage? Begin forwarded message: From: Chris christopher...@gmail.com Subject: Microsoft to Close Messenger and consolidate Im Services on Skype Date: 6 November 2012 22:27:01 GMT To: Techno-Chat ... Technology Enthusiasm! techno-c...@techno-chat.net Reply-To: Techno-Chat ... Technology Enthusiasm! techno-c...@techno-chat.net This will be the end of an era for some of us. The article is pasted below. The source is unknown. *Microsoft to close Messenger and consolidate IM service on Skype** **By Juan Carlos Perez, IDG News Service** ** **Nov 6, 2012 12:45 PM** **Microsoft will shut down Windows Live Messenger next year, compelling users to migrate to Skype, whose latest version can import users' Messenger contacts.** ** **With the exception of mainland China, Windows Live Messenger will close in the first quarter of 2013, and its users should install the latest version of Skype, Microsoft said on Tuesday.** ** **Users can sign into the Skype service with the credentials they use to access their Microsoft online services, including Windows Live Messenger. They will find their Windows Live Messenger contacts on their Skype contacts list. If they used both Windows Live Messenger and Skype, the contacts lists will be merged.** ** **We want to focus our efforts on making things simpler for our users while continuously improving the overall experience, wrote Tony Bates, Skype's president, in a blog post.** ** **To encourage Windows Live Messenger users to update to Skype, Bates touted several benefits they'll get from Skype, including support for more devices such as iPad and Android tablets, screen sharing, the ability to place calls to landline phones, and group video conferencing.** ** **However, this type of migration is rarely seamless, and users are already raising questions in comments to Bates' blog post, including the availability of certain Windows Live Messenger features and the capacity of the Skype infrastructure to sustain the new workload.** ** **Microsoft, which acquired Skype in October 2011 for $8.5 billion, will provide more information about the transition, as well as introduce special offers for fee-based Skype services, in the coming months, Bates wrote.** * -- Christopher Hallsworth === The Techno-Chat E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free To modify your subscription options, please visit for forum's dedicated web pages located at http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/techno-chat You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Techno-Chat group at either of the following websites: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/techno-chat/index.html Or: http://www.mail-archive.com/techno-chat@techno-chat.net you may also subscribe to this list via RSS. The feed is at: http://www.mail-archive.com/techno-chat@techno-chat.net/maillist.xml --- --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/ --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive:
Re: Microsoft to Close Messenger and consolidate Im Services on Skype
I hope not. I meant eh api should still be available for those that want to use a program such as adium., right? Be blessed all. On Nov 6, 2012, at 6:34 PM, Josh Gregory joshkar...@gmail.com wrote: This will certainly be nice for some, but what about those that don't want to use Skype? Are they just left in the dark? Sent from my iPhone On Nov 6, 2012, at 9:22 PM, Mike Arrigo n0...@charter.net wrote: Ok, I've installed the newest version of skype. And yes, if you sign out of your skype account it will provide an option to sign in with your windows live messenger account and to merge the 2 together. Once you do this, you will use your windows live messenger user name and password to sign in to skype, and the messenger contacts do show up along with your skype contacts as well as an indication as to whether it's a messenger or skype contact. Realy nice actually no need to use a separate messenger app anymore, I like the change. On Nov 6, 2012, at 4:47 PM, william lomas wrote: so this will mean no more adium usage? Begin forwarded message: From: Chris christopher...@gmail.com Subject: Microsoft to Close Messenger and consolidate Im Services on Skype Date: 6 November 2012 22:27:01 GMT To: Techno-Chat ... Technology Enthusiasm! techno-c...@techno-chat.net Reply-To: Techno-Chat ... Technology Enthusiasm! techno-c...@techno-chat.net This will be the end of an era for some of us. The article is pasted below. The source is unknown. *Microsoft to close Messenger and consolidate IM service on Skype** **By Juan Carlos Perez, IDG News Service** ** **Nov 6, 2012 12:45 PM** **Microsoft will shut down Windows Live Messenger next year, compelling users to migrate to Skype, whose latest version can import users' Messenger contacts.** ** **With the exception of mainland China, Windows Live Messenger will close in the first quarter of 2013, and its users should install the latest version of Skype, Microsoft said on Tuesday.** ** **Users can sign into the Skype service with the credentials they use to access their Microsoft online services, including Windows Live Messenger. They will find their Windows Live Messenger contacts on their Skype contacts list. If they used both Windows Live Messenger and Skype, the contacts lists will be merged.** ** **We want to focus our efforts on making things simpler for our users while continuously improving the overall experience, wrote Tony Bates, Skype's president, in a blog post.** ** **To encourage Windows Live Messenger users to update to Skype, Bates touted several benefits they'll get from Skype, including support for more devices such as iPad and Android tablets, screen sharing, the ability to place calls to landline phones, and group video conferencing.** ** **However, this type of migration is rarely seamless, and users are already raising questions in comments to Bates' blog post, including the availability of certain Windows Live Messenger features and the capacity of the Skype infrastructure to sustain the new workload.** ** **Microsoft, which acquired Skype in October 2011 for $8.5 billion, will provide more information about the transition, as well as introduce special offers for fee-based Skype services, in the coming months, Bates wrote.** * -- Christopher Hallsworth === The Techno-Chat E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free To modify your subscription options, please visit for forum's dedicated web pages located at http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/techno-chat You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Techno-Chat group at either of the following websites: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/techno-chat/index.html Or: http://www.mail-archive.com/techno-chat@techno-chat.net you may also subscribe to this list via RSS. The feed is at: http://www.mail-archive.com/techno-chat@techno-chat.net/maillist.xml --- --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/ --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You
Re: Microsoft to Close Messenger and consolidate Im Services on Skype
Possibly, but why would you not want to use skype, it's accessible. On Nov 6, 2012, at 8:34 PM, Josh Gregory wrote: This will certainly be nice for some, but what about those that don't want to use Skype? Are they just left in the dark? Sent from my iPhone On Nov 6, 2012, at 9:22 PM, Mike Arrigo n0...@charter.net wrote: Ok, I've installed the newest version of skype. And yes, if you sign out of your skype account it will provide an option to sign in with your windows live messenger account and to merge the 2 together. Once you do this, you will use your windows live messenger user name and password to sign in to skype, and the messenger contacts do show up along with your skype contacts as well as an indication as to whether it's a messenger or skype contact. Realy nice actually no need to use a separate messenger app anymore, I like the change. On Nov 6, 2012, at 4:47 PM, william lomas wrote: so this will mean no more adium usage? Begin forwarded message: From: Chris christopher...@gmail.com Subject: Microsoft to Close Messenger and consolidate Im Services on Skype Date: 6 November 2012 22:27:01 GMT To: Techno-Chat ... Technology Enthusiasm! techno-c...@techno-chat.net Reply-To: Techno-Chat ... Technology Enthusiasm! techno-c...@techno-chat.net This will be the end of an era for some of us. The article is pasted below. The source is unknown. *Microsoft to close Messenger and consolidate IM service on Skype** **By Juan Carlos Perez, IDG News Service** ** **Nov 6, 2012 12:45 PM** **Microsoft will shut down Windows Live Messenger next year, compelling users to migrate to Skype, whose latest version can import users' Messenger contacts.** ** **With the exception of mainland China, Windows Live Messenger will close in the first quarter of 2013, and its users should install the latest version of Skype, Microsoft said on Tuesday.** ** **Users can sign into the Skype service with the credentials they use to access their Microsoft online services, including Windows Live Messenger. They will find their Windows Live Messenger contacts on their Skype contacts list. If they used both Windows Live Messenger and Skype, the contacts lists will be merged.** ** **We want to focus our efforts on making things simpler for our users while continuously improving the overall experience, wrote Tony Bates, Skype's president, in a blog post.** ** **To encourage Windows Live Messenger users to update to Skype, Bates touted several benefits they'll get from Skype, including support for more devices such as iPad and Android tablets, screen sharing, the ability to place calls to landline phones, and group video conferencing.** ** **However, this type of migration is rarely seamless, and users are already raising questions in comments to Bates' blog post, including the availability of certain Windows Live Messenger features and the capacity of the Skype infrastructure to sustain the new workload.** ** **Microsoft, which acquired Skype in October 2011 for $8.5 billion, will provide more information about the transition, as well as introduce special offers for fee-based Skype services, in the coming months, Bates wrote.** * -- Christopher Hallsworth === The Techno-Chat E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free To modify your subscription options, please visit for forum's dedicated web pages located at http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/techno-chat You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Techno-Chat group at either of the following websites: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/techno-chat/index.html Or: http://www.mail-archive.com/techno-chat@techno-chat.net you may also subscribe to this list via RSS. The feed is at: http://www.mail-archive.com/techno-chat@techno-chat.net/maillist.xml --- --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/ --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the
Re: Microsoft to Close Messenger and consolidate Im Services on Skype
No, sorry. Perhaps I wasn't clear enough. I did not mean that I won't, but I meant for others that might not want to. Not necessarily here, but in general. As for Skype, I use it all the time and love it! Sent from my iPhone On Nov 6, 2012, at 10:41 PM, Mike Arrigo n0...@charter.net wrote: Possibly, but why would you not want to use skype, it's accessible. On Nov 6, 2012, at 8:34 PM, Josh Gregory wrote: This will certainly be nice for some, but what about those that don't want to use Skype? Are they just left in the dark? Sent from my iPhone On Nov 6, 2012, at 9:22 PM, Mike Arrigo n0...@charter.net wrote: Ok, I've installed the newest version of skype. And yes, if you sign out of your skype account it will provide an option to sign in with your windows live messenger account and to merge the 2 together. Once you do this, you will use your windows live messenger user name and password to sign in to skype, and the messenger contacts do show up along with your skype contacts as well as an indication as to whether it's a messenger or skype contact. Realy nice actually no need to use a separate messenger app anymore, I like the change. On Nov 6, 2012, at 4:47 PM, william lomas wrote: so this will mean no more adium usage? Begin forwarded message: From: Chris christopher...@gmail.com Subject: Microsoft to Close Messenger and consolidate Im Services on Skype Date: 6 November 2012 22:27:01 GMT To: Techno-Chat ... Technology Enthusiasm! techno-c...@techno-chat.net Reply-To: Techno-Chat ... Technology Enthusiasm! techno-c...@techno-chat.net This will be the end of an era for some of us. The article is pasted below. The source is unknown. *Microsoft to close Messenger and consolidate IM service on Skype** **By Juan Carlos Perez, IDG News Service** ** **Nov 6, 2012 12:45 PM** **Microsoft will shut down Windows Live Messenger next year, compelling users to migrate to Skype, whose latest version can import users' Messenger contacts.** ** **With the exception of mainland China, Windows Live Messenger will close in the first quarter of 2013, and its users should install the latest version of Skype, Microsoft said on Tuesday.** ** **Users can sign into the Skype service with the credentials they use to access their Microsoft online services, including Windows Live Messenger. They will find their Windows Live Messenger contacts on their Skype contacts list. If they used both Windows Live Messenger and Skype, the contacts lists will be merged.** ** **We want to focus our efforts on making things simpler for our users while continuously improving the overall experience, wrote Tony Bates, Skype's president, in a blog post.** ** **To encourage Windows Live Messenger users to update to Skype, Bates touted several benefits they'll get from Skype, including support for more devices such as iPad and Android tablets, screen sharing, the ability to place calls to landline phones, and group video conferencing.** ** **However, this type of migration is rarely seamless, and users are already raising questions in comments to Bates' blog post, including the availability of certain Windows Live Messenger features and the capacity of the Skype infrastructure to sustain the new workload.** ** **Microsoft, which acquired Skype in October 2011 for $8.5 billion, will provide more information about the transition, as well as introduce special offers for fee-based Skype services, in the coming months, Bates wrote.** * -- Christopher Hallsworth === The Techno-Chat E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free To modify your subscription options, please visit for forum's dedicated web pages located at http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/techno-chat You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Techno-Chat group at either of the following websites: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/techno-chat/index.html Or: http://www.mail-archive.com/techno-chat@techno-chat.net you may also subscribe to this list via RSS. The feed is at: http://www.mail-archive.com/techno-chat@techno-chat.net/maillist.xml --- --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the
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Hi Mike this is not the topic ofthe email but I played your podcast of android phones and would like to email you about them if its okay.I am replying to this email cos I do not have your email. regards Michael. -Original Message- From: Mike Arrigo Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2012 2:41 PM To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility Subject: Re: Microsoft to Close Messenger and consolidate Im Services on Skype Possibly, but why would you not want to use skype, it's accessible. On Nov 6, 2012, at 8:34 PM, Josh Gregory wrote: This will certainly be nice for some, but what about those that don't want to use Skype? Are they just left in the dark? Sent from my iPhone On Nov 6, 2012, at 9:22 PM, Mike Arrigo n0...@charter.net wrote: Ok, I've installed the newest version of skype. And yes, if you sign out of your skype account it will provide an option to sign in with your windows live messenger account and to merge the 2 together. Once you do this, you will use your windows live messenger user name and password to sign in to skype, and the messenger contacts do show up along with your skype contacts as well as an indication as to whether it's a messenger or skype contact. Realy nice actually no need to use a separate messenger app anymore, I like the change. On Nov 6, 2012, at 4:47 PM, william lomas wrote: so this will mean no more adium usage? Begin forwarded message: From: Chris christopher...@gmail.com Subject: Microsoft to Close Messenger and consolidate Im Services on Skype Date: 6 November 2012 22:27:01 GMT To: Techno-Chat ... Technology Enthusiasm! techno-c...@techno-chat.net Reply-To: Techno-Chat ... Technology Enthusiasm! techno-c...@techno-chat.net This will be the end of an era for some of us. The article is pasted below. The source is unknown. *Microsoft to close Messenger and consolidate IM service on Skype** **By Juan Carlos Perez, IDG News Service** ** **Nov 6, 2012 12:45 PM** **Microsoft will shut down Windows Live Messenger next year, compelling users to migrate to Skype, whose latest version can import users' Messenger contacts.** ** **With the exception of mainland China, Windows Live Messenger will close in the first quarter of 2013, and its users should install the latest version of Skype, Microsoft said on Tuesday.** ** **Users can sign into the Skype service with the credentials they use to access their Microsoft online services, including Windows Live Messenger. They will find their Windows Live Messenger contacts on their Skype contacts list. If they used both Windows Live Messenger and Skype, the contacts lists will be merged.** ** **We want to focus our efforts on making things simpler for our users while continuously improving the overall experience, wrote Tony Bates, Skype's president, in a blog post.** ** **To encourage Windows Live Messenger users to update to Skype, Bates touted several benefits they'll get from Skype, including support for more devices such as iPad and Android tablets, screen sharing, the ability to place calls to landline phones, and group video conferencing.** ** **However, this type of migration is rarely seamless, and users are already raising questions in comments to Bates' blog post, including the availability of certain Windows Live Messenger features and the capacity of the Skype infrastructure to sustain the new workload.** ** **Microsoft, which acquired Skype in October 2011 for $8.5 billion, will provide more information about the transition, as well as introduce special offers for fee-based Skype services, in the coming months, Bates wrote.** * -- Christopher Hallsworth === The Techno-Chat E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free To modify your subscription options, please visit for forum's dedicated web pages located at http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/techno-chat You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Techno-Chat group at either of the following websites: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/techno-chat/index.html Or: http://www.mail-archive.com/techno-chat@techno-chat.net you may also subscribe to this list via RSS. The feed is at: http://www.mail-archive.com/techno-chat@techno-chat.net/maillist.xml --- --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options
