Now that Messenger 8.0 supports video and audio webchats, not many users will
see the need to use version 7. However, if neither of these are particularly
important to you then version 7 might still be useful to you. Of course,
whichever version you choose, you still have to sign in using your *Hotmail
or Windows Live account*. Once installed, the first thing you'll see is that
Microsoft Messenger 7 offers a slightly updated interface to version 6.
Messenger 7 offers *Bonjour suppor*t, so you can detect and connect with
users on the same local network as you. Features like* sending files,
displaying a picture or emoticons* are unchanged. You can *change your
display name and add a personal message* just by clicking on them. One new
feature is that you can give *nicknames* to your friends. Just click on their
display name and start typing. We also liked the *search feature*, which is
really handy to quickly find a contact or email address. It's obvious that
this upgrade is aimed at corporate users as they get the most significant
updates though. The highly touted audio and video feature, with which you can
have video conferences with your contacts, is only available to them. The
same goes with detailed presence information, as you'll need a version of
Office Communications Server 2007 to use it. *Corporate users will love the
new features in Messenger for Mac 7, like Bonjour Support, detailed presence
information and especially audio and video. General users will find barely
anything different from version 6 and should download Microsoft Messenger
8.0.*Download *Messenger for Mac 7.0.3* in Softonic
