Hi Graham, you won't have problems accessing the windows site, I do it regularly using chromium (with no modifications) on ubuntu.
Personally, I have a @live.co.uk account because they won't allow me to sign up with a @gmail.com one... but it's not that bad. I use the @live.co.uk account in Empathy (with 1 yahoo, 1 SIP phone and 2 googletalk accounts) with few problems. Some of my MSN contacts have commented that I normally appear offline, but it doesn't prevent messages from getting through. Matt On 13 January 2011 14:07, Tony Pursell <a...@princeswalk.fsnet.co.uk> wrote: > On Thu, 2011-01-13 at 15:53 +0000, Graham Smith wrote: > > My better half wants to communicate with a relative in Canada, who has > > told her its easy, "you just click on the Windows Messenger icon on > > your desktop" > > > > > > However, given that my better half is looking at a Ubuntu desktop, it > > isn't as easy as suggested. I know nothing about Instant messaging, > > but now have to sort this out. > > > > > > Can I assume that she will need a Windows Live account, can she sign > > up for this from Ubuntu or is Microsoft going to say this isn't > > Windows go away. > > > > > > I gather from what I have read that Empathy will work with Windows > > Live, once she has an account. > > > > > > However, does anyone have any advice that will help me avoid any > > obvious problems, or suggestions of a best approach. > > > > > > Many thanks, > > > > > > Graham > > > > In theory, empathy should be able to work with MSN (aka Windows Live > Messenger), however, there are problems. > > Firstly, if you go to the Windows Live web site to sign up for an > account it may tell you to get lost as you are not using Windows. > However, there are ways for Firefox to fool websites into thinking you > are using Windows. Maybe someone will tell us how that's done. > > Then there is the big problem that Empathy does not work well with MSN. > At least, I have not been able to get it to work with the full video > experience. Personally, I think this is one of the major deficiencies > in Ubuntu at present. However, straight typed chat is no problem. > > Tony > > > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >
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