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August 11, 2005
MSN Messenger for Mac OS adds common features
As MacWorld reports, Microsoft has released a new version of its Instant Messenger for Mac OS:
Among other features, Messenger 5.0 now has tabbed browsing and users can simultaneously access corporate and personal Messenger accounts and set a unique user status on each. The personal tab allows users to instant message with friends and family, while support for Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005 enables enterprise customers to IM in a security-enhanced manner via the corporate tab with colleagues inside and outside the network.
About a week ago I saw screenshots of the upcoming Internet Explorer for Windows Longhorn, now dubbed Vista (if their lawyers can settle current law suits). It featured tabbed browsing and a couple of other enhancements known from open source browsers such as Firefox. It doesn't really surprise me that Microsoft follows a pattern of what it can do best: Let others invent something, watch how it goes, and once people like it and got used to it, snatch it.
Resources:
Firefox
MSN Messenger
Posted by Henning von Vogelsang at August 11, 2005 06:21 AM
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