decided to shut down its veteran web-based messenger service 'MSN Web
Messenger' on 30 June 2009. MSN Web Messenger launched back in August
2004. In fact, the company will replace the old messenger platform MSN
by the new IM in the Windows Live Hotmail.
"With new web-based instant messaging (IM) now available in Windows
Live Hotmail worldwide, we are preparing to retire MSN Web Messenger.
The old MSN Web Messenger experience will end on June 30, 2009,"
states Windows Live blog.
With Hotmail's new web-based IM, you can chat from your Hotmail inbox
or contact list, instead of going to MSN Web Messenger. Go directly to
the Windows Live People page and sign into Messenger (orange arrow in
the picture below) to continue instant messaging on the web with your
Messenger friends.
"Instant messaging from Hotmail makes it easier to communicate and
share in new ways in comparison to MSN Web Messenger," the company
claims. "Give it a try! We hope that you'll enjoy Hotmail's web-based
IM, the new version of Messenger on the web."
MSN Web Messenger is one of the last remaining MSN branded web
applications still available, with other online services such as
Hotmail and software such as Messenger itself having moved to the
Windows Live brand several years ago, reports Neowin.
In addition to MSN Messenger, June 30 is also the last date for
Microsoft Money, Microsoft Encarta and Windows Live OneCare.
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