Simple open sourse MSN Messenger client – Emesene

January 15, 2010 in Softwares by Jitto

Emesene MSN Client

Emesene MSN Client

Emesene is an open source MSN messenger client. The Emesene development team is trying to replicate the functions of the official Windows Live client in a simpler, cleaner and easier to use interface.

Emesene is a cross platform client which works well with Ubuntu and Windows. It is written using Python, GTK+, PyGTK and Pycairo.

Official Windows Live Messenger features supported by the client are:
*Offline messaging
*Personal messages
*’Now Playing’ personal messages
*Nudges
*Contact list retrieval from server
*Nickname retrieval from server
*Tabbed chat windows
*File transfer
*Webcam support (still in development)
Other features specific to emesene are:
*Plugins (now playing, AES Encryption, Gmail checker, POP3 mail checker, spell checker, Youtube videos, last.fm song reporting, MSN Premium and others)
*Auto-reply
*Minimize to notification area (System Tray)
*Window and icon themes
*Emoticon themes
*Multilingual support

Emesene Main

Emesene Main

Emesene team has recently released a new version emesene 1.6 – “mate”. The following are changes in this version.

*  Improved gui usability
* New preference window (arielj, ukblacknight, nicolaide, mehd36)
* Implemented nick and personal message roaming (pablo)
* Fixed tons of bugs all around the code (we’re too lazy to write ‘em all)

Home Page: http://www.emesene.org

You can download Emesene from HERE