Mercury Messenger for Mac2.0 RC7-5

Well is this the end of Mercury Messenger for Mac? The developers site Mercury.im now just gives a link to the Android market place. Where of course, you only find an android version of Mercury now. (sic) No good bye, no thanks for your support through the years, Nada. It would have been nice if the MSNP16 or 18 protocol would have been stabilized before shutting down. I'm guessing this was the last build: 2.0 RC7-5 Build: 20100608 At least Danny didn't try to stick us with a $5 fee. Good luck anyway Danny.

I have Snow Leopard and Adium is being a bitch, doesn't let me add some contacts Some friends do get my messages but can't reply. Trillian is THE SAME. This program works very well, no crash and it's very effective, but the inter phase is VERY UGLY if you're used to Adium, you will think it is very old fashion PC. And it doesn't combine your contacts from different accounts, it opens several acccounts but separate the contacts by tabs, not nice if you wanna keep an eye on all of them at the same time.

Anyone with a brain uses Skype !!!!!!!!

great program! i like it very much! and its extraordinary options are marvelous! :) (showing the relationships between you and your (former -> 'faked friends') contacts. so you can get an overview about who has deleted you from his list ('fake friends') and so on...

mercury cant keep the connection up, it automatically logs out and relog in. this is happening since 2 weeks.

My msn 9 buddies cant see me through my isight cam. I have macbook and this cam only works if i use Mercury but since this new msn came up my friends cant see me and i cant see them... what can i do to solve this? any ideas?? tia

God bless you guys for this update :D ;) My "MSN 9.0 buddies" have already been screaming, that they couldn't see my emoticons etc. anymore... keep on rocking =)

This seems to be the only client that supports legacy MSN Messenger video as well as Asian languages. Adium doesn't support video and aMSN didn't support Asian languages the last time I tried it. Microsoft Messenger will be supporting video the next time round, as they're waiting for the Windows version to catch up. This is a good client. It works reasonably well at all times. CPU usage seems reasonable finally and it's able to be themed so it can take on other look-and-feel skins, including the Mac OS X look-and-feel. I've used it to connect to a number of MSN Messenger/Live Messenger clients and it always seems to do okay but it's not spectacular. Version 2.0 is being developed at the current time.

Wow, 1.9 is Great. Gone are the bugs from 1.8 and the interrupted video chats. The new logo is very nice. I wish It had it as the new logo showing in the opening progress bar too. I really don't know what the others are talking about regarding CPU use. I have it open on a G4 1.5Ghz. Powerbook. My activity is 4.5% to 8.3% and only ~10.3% with the Emoticons panel open. I'm moving back to Mercury from aMSN. At least untill Adium gets video. Thanks, guys for a great product.

GGRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!! TOO MUCH CPU LOAD !! its a nice MSN option.... but un-usable soo bad....

I don't like this app for 2 main reasons: 1. how much RAM does this thing need? I mean seriously? 2. Half of my contacts list doesn't appear anyway so as a messenger app its pretty useless. binned it and switched to Adium. much better, much faster

I really want to like Mercury. I've been using it for quite a while, and I've stuck to it because it offers so many features that I use. However, it has some problems. It's a bit buggy for a start. It'll randomly crash from time to time, or hang for a while. The worst thing by far is the amount of RAM this uses. Activity Monitor usually reports that Mercury is hogging ~ 150MB of RAM, which puts it at the top of the list most of the time. I only have 1GB of RAM, and giving over this much memory is no longer an option. I'm afraid that unless this can be optimised somehow to use much less memory, I'll have to bin it for good.

What on earth are the developers thinking? Have they been smoking too much special stuff? This application has been next to useless from the very outset. Now this is worse than useless, impressivey useless... impressive even for the dotless morons who wrote it. You cannot select text fields to even enter your msn email address yet alone when you eventually get around this ridiculous flaw, it is slow, buggier than a rainforest on a hot summers day, seems to be eating an impossible amount of RAM and almost 100% of my CPU. Eventually this app becomes so bogged down that the whole machine gives up and hangs on the perpetual beachball, not allowing you to switch apps or force quit. I couldn't even ssh into the machine to kill the process. Kindly decist from developing the hideous wart of an application any further. It will make everyones days go that much better.

when it starts, it is good, but, after some minutes, it becomes intolerably slow, almost still -WHY?

Pros: + Video chat support Cons: - Slow - Ugly - Buggy

The download link is broken. Does anyone have an updated link? I see that the download link at mercury.to is also directing to the same broken link.

PROBLEM: -it uses like 90% of my macmini cpu....if i want 2 use it instead of adium i simple can´t have any other app open...

Whenever I use webcam I appear blue... I cannot find any settings to change the colouration... I have the Imac with the Intel dual core processor... Does that have anything to do with it???

please backup your claims with reasons

its me or Mercury V.1710 its a bit slower and with some "graphical" erroneous behavior than v1709??? maybe JAVA or something its responsible for that...

CAn someone tell me how to speed up a webcam connection, i cant seem to get more than like 2 fps please!!!!

for functions, it was great - made me feel a little less behind my other friends who don't have MACs. Extra functions were nice - seeing when people close sessions, etc. BUT While it didn't make my computer dead slow or freeze, I could hear my fans whirling like mad and I only had one other app open. Made me fear what would happen if I wanted to switch between this and Photoshop. I didn't change the skin, so this could be unfounded, but aesthetically, I foiund the contact list awkward. Proportions seemed to be stretched and everytime I tried to change the window size, it took a while to reappear. Overall, I think it's probably one of the best out there, and sure, it doesn't have to be beautiful, but i'd be more inclined to replace my MSN 5 if it didn't make me fear my powebook would freeze.

recently i "update" my copy of Mercury.... nice software without doubt! but, my Mac go sooooooo slow... and seeing "Activity Monitor"... i found that Mercury uses between 50 - 70% of my CPU cycles! im back with MSN messenger until Mercury will be a better CPU-option.

I use MSN a lot to talk to pc friends but always lacking the little extra's. Which makes me wonder if microsoft is unable or unwilling to implement video on msn for mac. Or maybe they just consider it a low priority. Anyhow.. great job :)

Pay attention when you use terms like "Talk to friends". Nobody likes waisting the time that way.

Mercury is the most complete MSN client for mac , I think its even better than aMSN in that way . The only thing is that it EATS LOTS OF PROCESSOR !! , I have a dual G5 1.8 GHZ and I often have to force quit Mercury cause its eating all processor speed. MAybe its because its writen in Java... I don't know , but aMSN is more stable in that way than mercury, any way , I stick with mercury

Functionality is greater than in aMSN. e.g. sending winks, display Music listening under special nick. Actually great job about flash, looking forward for integration in app it self. Hope soon integration of integration of my space as star in buddy list like msn 7. Ability to safe animoticon, emoticon directly from chat window. Best MSN Client for Mac OS X user !

after a while you're using the webcam, amsn will progressively slow down the chat until freezing. don't forget that we're talking here about BETA versions (RC = Release Candidate) so please don't exceed with useless criticism.

To developer: you should change userdir.mercury location (in Location.xml file). Sensible (or, rather, logical) place should be "(user.home)/Library/Application Support/Mercury/"

have have serious problem with mercury, its desconect and conect at his rithm, now i can"t introduce to it.

I'd use it all the time if it weren't slow as hell on my G3 400... So I have to stick to Adium, very fast, but no webcam. BTW I only get 1 to 2 fps on webcam chats even though I use a 600k connection. Doesn't happen with Y! Messenger for example.

If you have any question(s) or bug, please visit the forum : http://forum.mercury.to

how different between msn (normal one) and mercury messenger?

This is such a great improvement from bloody M$N Messanger for mac.

is it possible to speed the webcam up? I can not get over 2 fps. (In fact over 1.5fps)

It is a great program but it seems that i always have to download it again because it always f's up

This software is far the best in his class....!!!!!!!!

one major bug: for each buddy/tab in use, a new set of contact, action, view, tabs, options menus appear. with only 3 conversations, they run all the way across the menu bar... (running 10.4.1)

webcam rocks. the quality of webcam image is lower compared to amsn, however mercury doesn't cause my system to block after a few minutes of usage - as instead use to happen with amsn. 4 stars for features just because I'd like to have the capability to see the transmitting and receiving webcams together and not just one at a time. Great job anyway. with this and amsn, who else needs still to wait for microsoft official msn?

very good way better than msn messenger because it can do more and looks a lot better

It doesn't work at all, even when one opens the ports in firtewall get amsn!!!

Anonymous, does adium support webcam on msn? i guess the answer is "no". so why should i divert to something else that's NOT doing what i'm looking for while this app does it?

I could send videostream once, and after that it stopped working, have yet to experince recieving videostream. In conjunction with macam plugin it caused my first kernal panic since running OS X 10.1 and Mercury seems to freeze when quitting and webcam is still plugged in. I use a Logitech Express. Otherwise it works great, but the interface is clumsy.

Use Adium. Supports every possible service, and it looks great. Why limit yourself with an app that only supports one service?

Can anyone tell me which webcams are supported?I installed IOXpert driver but none of the required cams seem to work,not even the Macally cam i bought in Apple Store.

i've been following the development of this app for a while now, and it's really turning into a great messenger program now. good work! Just a small niggle with this latest release: after closing a chat window, i can't seem to open one again with that person, even though i can still here their messages coming in

I can recieve webcam feeds but when I send i doesn't seem to go through. I have port forwarded 40080 to mu local ip and turned of my firewall, but nothing helps.

the sever is down allot or i think it is when ever i try to log on it says i dont have a connection to the internet. but it is the only good messenger out on the mac.

i downloa dit and it brings me 2 exal were i read but then i dont no wat to do next? plz help i ahve downloaded it before but i dont no how i did it but some1 deltete doff my computer im trying 2 egt it back but i dont nohow?

Everytime I write to someone $1 is infront of what I write.. how do i fix this?? please help

Having owned a Mac for the last 2 and a half years and stuggling to find a DECENT MSN this is easily the best one. And now with webcam recieving it's even better. NO other Mac MSN has this. All we need is webcam sending and we're as damn near the PC version ! The offical MSN isa SHITE, I used aMSN for a while cos that pissed on THAT but now THIS is the one to use!

Why would you build messenger program that only is good for one type when there are many that offer multiple types and for free?

when i downloaded 1708 version, it appeared on my desktop as a .php file, which opens in macromedia dreamweaver. I dropped it into stuffit expander and that worked and now ive got a version of mercury - but it doesnt have video conferece support. I then downloaded a 1709 version, again it ended up as a .php file. However, when i dropped it into the expander, it tells me there is nothing to expand and will be opened in macromedia dreamweaver from now on. I have download every possible 1709 version on every possible website I can find, but its always the same. what the hell is going on? is it just me?

this is a great MSN app, maybe the best for OSX... but... arggg! Mercury dont show apropiates names or after some use, user list dissapear and you need quit and re-launch to see it again... another problem is a repeating MENU in menubar... when you are using a window with various tabbed chat sessions... and when switching between them, in menu bar star to show a repetitive menu of mercury!... please, fix! THANX

please! in past versions Mercury remember windows size/position and now dont! please, FIX. THANX!

send/receive video, does it work now?

i hadnt had any problems until today and dont know why, all my friends are able to run mercury but me, ive tried downloading it in all its modes and versions etc and nothing. I do love mercury. i think its the coolest messenger available! specially for mac users that need to contact non mac users jeje hope to be able to use it soon again.

When you only see the mercury icon bouncing a couple of times and then nothing appears, then you've problems with java. You can download a patch from this site: http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/securityupdate2005002macosx1034orlater.html

ive been useng mercury for a while but recently it hasnt been working the icon only jumps up and down in the dock could you email me on mjb_max@hotmail.com if you know why or leave another revew

AH! Help! Everytime somebody comes online, goes offline or sends me a message with this app I don't get a notification box, eep, somebody help me

Better Interface!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, it would be 10/10.

if someone can help me please..! when I try to send or someone send me a wink I can't play it on my mercury, everytime a try to play it it starts opening Adobe Illustrator....does someone know what i have to do?? thanks..!!

Can someone tell me what do I have to do to recieve web cam conection? I dont Know what to do. Thanks.

yesterday, MSN crash or some connection trouble... today something is wrong... i cant connect to MSN using Mercury... maybe M$ change some protocol or something else (Mercury try to connect, but the progress bar dont "load")... MSN mac version works. well, i hope someone can get some help or some fix :) anyway, great MSN software!

I can't help it but the Java thing.. ugh it's so god damn ugly!!

Yeah, I have a Mac G5. It's suppose to be the fastest in the world, but Mercury MSN is slow. I don't know what it could be, this is the only application that is slow on my computer. Maybe if it can be updated so it'll be like Window Messenger?

Send/Receive Video the one and only thing that matters to mac users. when will this feature be availlable?

its a good little client although its unstable, I would use it as my main client if it (java) didn't keep quitting!

I'm runing 1709.08 and recently i have alot of random quiting of the app im hoping that v.1709.09 wont do this, even so its only being doing this since i changed the display picture so that may have somethink to do with it

how do you get the webcam working? it wouldn't connect

The best, better than MSN from Windows

It keeps unexpectedly quitting on me, it is slow, and it won't run idle in the background. apart from that it's great. if these bugs get fixed it'll be great.

to developers.... when try to send a file (.jpg, .zip, .sit) using Mercury to my Mac and PCee friends i can't! They are using "official" MSN for Mac and PCee. Its me or its a bug in Mercury? THANX! eMac, 1 Ghz, 512 RAM, 10.3.8 OSX (full update) .

Today I did webcam on this app with my friend (obviously I was watching him) and I was so happy it worked! One thing I would like is send/recieve and it to be better quality.

The only feature that Mac users want is webcam support (send/receive) when this is finally available it will kick msn messenger out my Mac. I herd rumors ms is planing to add webcam in msn messenger 5, if this happens I still will choose Mercury even if it becomes shareware. http://r-james.myby.co.uk/mac/msnmessenger/article.php?id=015

If someone says something while I'm in another application, it doesn't make a noise! How do I fix this? Besides that, this program is awesome!

I cannot change my avatar!

This is the 21st century and still no WebCam support as MSN has in its PeeCee version!

I've been using mercury since it was dmsn and I like it a lot. My only wish is for webcam support (send/recieve) to be complete. is there any chance of audio chat?

its great! everyone should use it.

Use it :D

when this app support video (send/receive) will be the ichat killer(mac to windoz) for now still ivisit is the only choice so far great work, getting closer to version 2.0

WHY CANT WE HAVE WEB CAM SUPPORT IN OS X 10.2x!!!!????

This version fixes a lot of bugs: - a bug in the preferences (lis view). - Videoconference bug (someties other's users invite for videoconference and you don't see the invitation) - program speed improved - does not crash on startup - lots of GUI bugs fixed ( several in the chat window)

1709.05 now available in Metal-look! Just use the download link

Webcam support coming up ... more info in mercury.to

lol from everyones commetsn its seems good.. some people are saying harsh things.. but ah well. Btw guys this is better.. but if your finding it dosent work for you.. you can always try www.adiumx.com.. but its not as good as this lol dunno why i jjst said that

Coming Soon Metal Brushed style !! in Beta 6

From : http://www.mercury.to/index.php?sub=Changelog TODO Add support for direct connect conversations Add all options in the button panel to the menubar aswell Add a better encryption for conversations Improve the simplicity: simplify how to remove an account, further seperate normal usage (like setting a single avatar) and advanced usage (multi ava) Known Bug: With the new input area, sometimes you will see the default font (small font size, black etc...) Known Bug: With the new input area, the attributes change when you have an empty input area (compared to when you type a char just after that) Not Fixed: The new cache system prevents the nodes from changing color when selected, nothing I can do about it 1709 B5 - Build 20050213 added a progress view to avatar receiving (might be in .04) added some new speed hacks added speed tests to all MSN setting pages and try catches with ExceptionHandler references added synchronisation to chat area, should prevent the emoticons not appearing (you can notice this happening by hearing a beep) added a minimum event interval option, if the same event for the second time happens within X seconds, it is not shown in event viewer, event box etc... added a open url button in the msn profile viewer general view heeft zelfde als list view (contact toevoeg systeem) added /setpm to set a personal message added %pm and %song in the list view added personal message and current song in the tooltip split the privacy panel a bit, now has a seperate backup contact list item cleaned up some hotmail/email code chatPanel ID and the current chatpanel contact didn't match up in very specific cases, this could cause a lot of problems, messages not coming through, 2 convo's for 1 person etc... (very small chance it happens but still a major bug...) disabled a lot of commands in a multi convo to insure the correct contact is being used in these commands... removed moods (didn't work anymore anyway) fixed a problem with some settings that are empty but still seen as settings

Well the program seems to be promising , actually a new version is in the webpage... is so cool , (Mac Look and Feel --Options -- Global---Look and Feel--- Java Looks --- Mac OS X)

UGLY and CONFUSING! I tried to use it ONLY to view webcams, but I didn't even manage to chat... Good Job!

- The user interface is the worse for a mac msn client. - Lot's of bugs, this program is contantly freezing and crashing on my mac. - it uses lot's of memory, slowing down my mac a lot.

Hogs most of your system resources. I can hear the fans on my iMac G5 (with 1,2gb of ram) working hard whenever I run this app. I have other Java apps which work much better than this. And the GUI is butt ugly. With those issues above sorted out, this would be the number one MSN app for mac!

Don't like this beta? Download 1708 Final Release from http://www.mercury.to/ That version is 99% bug-free but isn't supporting VideoConference...

This program is amazing...and with a bit of work you can mac it look mac os x-like and with growl support on the way this is becoming way more mac-ish

Honestly, this is not worth my time. It's too buggy to be of real use, and who wants to restart the program every time they want new video chat? I appreciate it's beta, but still. this is beyond what most people i know would accept as good enough for release. alpha might be a better term. Pooh to this.

Way too many bugs. I do have problems with this continuesly. Frustrating.

Oh God Yes!!! Finally a way to videochat with all my Windows inflicted freinds on MSN !!! Thank you! Thank You!! Thank You!!! Still in Beta but there is hope!!!!!!

Can Mercury support webcam (send or recive?)

Just the best MSN Messenger for Mac, i love it!