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For a limited promotional period, Messenger:Mate for MSNM v1.7.2 will be made available free of charge. This version adds no new features and simply prevents Messenger:Mate from installing or running if you have Windows Live Messenger installed rather than MSN Messenger due to incompatibilities.

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Messenger:Mate for MSN Messenger v1.7.2 Setup
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The installer has detected that "Messenger Plus!" is running at the moment.

Messenger:Mate is not compatible with this software and installing Messenger:Mate beside it will cause instability in MSN Messenger.

If you wish to install Messenger:Mate you must first disable or uninstall "Messenger Plus!"
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Messenger:Mate for MSN Messenger v1.7.2 Setup
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The installer has detected that "Messenger Plus!" is running at the moment.

Messenger:Mate is not compatible with this software and installing Messenger:Mate beside it will cause instability in MSN Messenger.

If you wish to install Messenger:Mate you must first disable or uninstall "Messenger Plus!"
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oh yes ... posting an add on which tells you to disable the add on this forum is for is dodgy .

why cant you make it compatible? , not that i would use your shareware anyway but i seem to recall discussion about this and the maker of messengermate was the one that refused to allow them both to run at the same time.

It's not shareware, it's currently FREEWARE.

Also, you can always uninstall Messenger Plus! and see which you like best.  The two are not compatible, sorry.

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Originally posted by Just1n
Also, you can always uninstall Messenger Plus! and see which you like best.  The two are not compatible, sorry.

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I think I know one of the reasons why it's not compatible with Messenger Plus!. I'm not going to link to it but you can find it on the Messenger:Mate forum in the General section.

I'd rather eat my own excreetment, thank you.

You could, theoretically, install Mate before Plus.  But I don't know how stable that would be...

oh yeah?  well this forum is more msgplus, not msgpleaseletuschangeplus.

Wow, that last reply was amasingly witty, NOT.

I figured by posting this here numerous people would be excited about the opportunity to try Mate and compare the two programs.  Clearly, I was wrong.

I don't see why so many people have such negative things to say.  If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all?

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If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all?

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Originally posted by linx05
I think I know one of the reasons why it's not compatible with Messenger Plus!. I'm not going to link to it but you can find it on the Messenger:Mate forum in the General section.

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The reason that the two are incompatible is clearly logic.  Running the two alongside one another can lead to instability issues.

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Originally posted by Just1n
The reason that the two are incompatible is clearly logic.  Running the two alongside one another can lead to instability issues.

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Originally posted by Millenium_edition
with a bit of work from mister versoworks, they are

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Originally posted by Cool Rik

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The reason that the two are incompatible is clearly logic.  Running the two alongside one another can lead to instability issues.

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Originally posted by Millenium_edition
with a bit of work from mister versoworks, they are

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Originally posted by Cool Rik

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The reason that the two are incompatible is clearly logic.  Running the two alongside one another can lead to instability issues.

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Originally posted by Millenium_edition
with a bit of work from mister versoworks, they are

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I give up.  You have absolutely no perception.

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You have absolutely no perception.

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If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all?

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This program looks odd. It looks exactly the same as msgplus in terms of features. And since everything works beautifully on msgplus i see no point in even trying this program really.

If i see no fault in a program why change it to something which has the same feature list.

thats pretty much the point a lot of people are making!

I would download it, if I had MSN 7.5 installed (I'm using WLM) to test the skinning feature...

Is the full list of features?
If so, I don't see why it is worth it to be downloaded at all.

It's simple.
One who is used to drive a Mercedes will not change his/her car to BMW.

Everyone here is used to with Plus! and...
Plus! has more useful features.
it supports plugins.
most importantly, it has high credibility

I'm sorry everyone is ditching you

on the full list of features when they compare mate and plus, just about everything they say about plus is false.

at the bottom of this page

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]on the full list of features when they compare mate and plus, just about everything they say about plus is false.

at the bottom of this page

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It is biased.
I remember the other thread.
Why they dont include ALL msgplus function?

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]on the full list of features when they compare mate and plus, just about everything they say about plus is false.

at the bottom of this page

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Features                                                           M:M                      Messenger Plus!
Support Plug-ins to do all that stuff and more         NO                         YES!

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]just about everything they say about plus is false.

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Originally posted by linx05
I think I know one of the reasons why it's not compatible with Messenger Plus!. I'm not going to link to it but you can find it on the Messenger:Mate forum in the General section.

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if that's the reason then it's totally fake

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It was reported by a Microsoft MVP by the looks of it. :/

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I was merely stating that MVPs are meant to be a trusted source. But what do I know ay?

Look buddy, have the maker make it compatible with Plus!, stop stealing features, and in your features list, don't lie about Plus' many features... then maybe we'll try it.

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have the maker make it compatible with Plus!

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stop stealing features

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and in your features list, don't lie about Plus' many features...

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Look buddy, have the maker make it compatible with Plus!, stop stealing features, and in your features list, don't lie about Plus' many features... then maybe we'll try it.

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I agree with Just1n here. Give the guy a break. If you don't like his program, fine, but that isn't a reason to be hostile. If you think his post is just spam for his own site, fine, report the post and shut up about it.

Others are allowed to talk about their Messenger related projects too, why shouldn't he?

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Originally posted by buqingzi
Ha! Most software developers know this: feedback from your potential customers is VERY important. A developer needs people to give a honest opinion about what THEY want, what they THINK the software is lacking. Especially if the developer is selling the software. If the developer doesn't recognise this, THAT is more equivalent to a toddler throwing a tantrum. Why? Because ANY feedback is useful (your potential customer is telling you what it takes for them to try/buy your software) and so you should appreciate the feedbacks. If you ignore the feedbacks, well that isn't very smart (especially if the software is commercial); but if you actually diss your potential customer for telling you what they think, well that is just dumb. Hence the tantrum throwing analogy.

Also let us agree that outright lies can not be called something like competition, which is actually encouraged. Outright lies are kinda annoying, because you can prove conclusively that it is false (so it is pointless. Pointless things are annoying, to me anyway). Outright lies from an ulterior motive is more than annoying, it is offensive. It is bad. The forum rules don't allow flaming and personal attacks. So I will refrain from questioning the morality of the developer.

Finally, let us exercise something I'd like to call common sense, the rumoured death of which on the net is greatly exaggerated. When you ask people to try some software on the forum of a competing software; and two softwares are not compatiable, for highly questionable reasons (you may disagree with this, but the rest of the paragraph still applies); AND don't state this fact of imcompatibility in your post, well ... hmm.... common sense, like I said.

All that being said, however thank you for bringing this news to the forum.

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How are you a customer?  The software is FREE.

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