MSN Messenger and Firefox

[starrylizard]

OK, so I recently switched to using Firefox rather than Explorer and I love the tab thing etc. Anyway, it was bugging me that when messenger alerts me to a new hotmail message, it will only open in Explorer when you click on it. So, I sent an email asking if there was a way around this.

The first reply:
Hello Inge,

Thank you for contacting MSN Messenger Technical Support.

I've reviewed the information provided and it appears this issue is related to MSN Hotmail. As we specialize only in supporting the MSN Messenger product.

I have forwarded your message to the MSN Hotmail for investigation and resolution. They will get in touch with you typically within 24 hours.

I apologize for any inconvenience, and wish you the best toward the resolution of the MSN Hotmail issue. If you have any issues or questions with MSN Messenger, please feel free to contact us back.

Best Regards,

Roberto
MSN Messenger Technical Support

For questions or self-help with MSN Messenger, at anytime you may also visit: http://messenger.msn.com/help or http://support.msn.com

A bit later, as promised, I received a second response from Hotmail:
Hello Inge,


Thank you for writing to MSN Hotmail Technical Support.

This is Glenn and I gather that you would like to know if you could change the way to view your email. I understand how important it is for you to have your issue resolved at once and I am glad to be of assistance.

Inge, your inquiry is a feature, which currently Hotmail does not support. What I can do for you now is to take note of your inquiry and submit it to our Product Development team as a feature request.

You are valuable at MSN and we look forward to providing you with consistent and effective service. If you have other concerns, please contact us again.


Sincerely,


Glenn M.
MSN Hotmail Technical Support


Bah! So it looks like it isn't possible. Unless there's an add-on or something. Anyone know of one?

Comments

[lark_ascends]

You want to know the easy way around it?

Get gmail.

And I am serious about that, I can send you an invitation to join. Think of it as the Firefox of emails. And their messenger alert thingie for new emails works with Firefox. Plus, they also have google talk, which is cool. I assume the using firefox is not an issue for actually IMing using MSN?

[starrylizard.livejournal.com]

Um dude. I've been talking to you with the beta stuff ...from my gmail account. *silly face*

But I don't have google talk. Is that good? The thing is all my friends are on MSN and my LJ is linked to hotmail, but maybe I can change that last one. I'll check. I can get around it anyway by having hotmail as a hotlink and just logging in when a message pops up. I was just curious.

[lark_ascends]

*hits head on desk*

I blame my momentary insanity on writing the proposals. Google talk only allows you to talk to have gmail users at the moment, but it is quite good.

Is firefox set as your default browser? If it's not, it might fix the problem.

*goes off to hit head against the wall repeatedly*

[starrylizard.livejournal.com]

Awww! *Takes pity and hands you a pillow - hurts less that way*

Yeah it is my default. I'm loving it. I wish someone had pointed it out sooner. I downloaded a little add-on that makes all the tags different colours too, so it's all pretty and another one that lets you control windows media player from the browser. *grin* I love gimmics. Anyone that wants to recommend other add-ons, go for it.

[lark_ascends]

*accepts pillow and rests head on it*

What do you man all the tags? Where do you get the add-ons you've got?

[starrylizard.livejournal.com]

I mean "Tabs". Sorry for confusing you.
You get the add-ons from the firefox site. https://addons.mozilla.org/?application=firefox
There are so many, that I couldn't decide which ones to try, but there's a little one that make the tabs different colours and I like it alot.

[lark_ascends]

Bah! Now I'm installing lots of them...I'm going to have to close all my tabs to install it!!

[starrylizard.livejournal.com]

Oooh! Tell me which ones you like, because I really couldn't decide and I have serious computer memory issues at the momnet, so I resisted loading heaps of them. The music player one is fun though. :D

[starrylizard.livejournal.com]

*giggles* How's this for a firefox add-on? Virtual Joint! 1.2, December 10, 2005 - Relax with a virtual joint!
I'm tempted to download that one just to see what it is. :p

[starrylizard.livejournal.com]

Bwahahaha! Just read the comments on it...and I quote:

a product of BC ?

by larry, December 13, 2005 12:15am

Let me quess this was developed in British Columbia I have not tried it from fear that it may blur my screen, slow down my internet connection and turn my hard drive into a floppy Drive . Let me guess the next version of windows will include stoned , sleep and hibernate settings . Hey how about a virtual viagra plugin!!!!

Phazed;

by The Reaper, December 13, 2005 4:42am

Great Idea, useless extension... everyone who hates this extension - have a real one and enjoy yourselves!!

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Does it work?

by gehx, December 13, 2005 1:21am

2 stars for the idea :) However, when I click the Joint icon and select the type of joint it doesn't do anything. When I repeat the process it says 'You are still smoking the virtual joint! Please wait...'


*Giggles* Not so tempted anymore.

[lark_ascends]

The colours one is going to take some getting used to!

I've downloaded a weather one, which is kind of cool, plus a download manager. There's also one that allows you to email people a full webpage, which is kinda cool, although I haven't tried it yet. The one for music is cool, gives me extra windows tabbing space!

I also downloaded an ad blocker.

[starrylizard.livejournal.com]

Hey seriously, just reload and look at what I'm babbling about above. :P Virtual joint add-on! Bwahahahaha!

[lark_ascends]

I did see that one.

The weather one is really cool, I can see what the weather is at the moment, and the forecast for the next two days!

I just tried out the emailing a full webpage, so cool!!! It allows you to email password protected webpages, pages that might change or be different (such as searching google).

[starrylizard.livejournal.com]

I don't get it. You email a whole webpage? Wouldn't that be really huge? Is it for searches and things, so you can email results? Something like that?...

[lark_ascends]

Right, I've just emailed you a webpage. It really is quite cool, and would be really good for things like searches.

[starrylizard.livejournal.com]

Oooh! You're a crazy fic100 person. I didn't know that. How cool is that? I got the whole webpage. :D

[lark_ascends]

Yep. I celtic_sky mentioned it, trying to get people to talk her out of doing it, instead I decided to do it myself and talked her into it! :-D

Ah!!! So cool!!! The tab mixer one allows you to close mozilla with multiple tabs open, reopen it and they all reload!!! An absolute saver for me, who usually has at least 6 tabs open.

Okay, I'm going to stop playing and start working on my proposals again.

[starrylizard.livejournal.com]

I just signed up for alphabetasoup. That way I'll only have to write 26 fics and I like their spark words. I figured that was a goal I might manage. :D

OK so I'm getting the tab mixer one. That sounds like the most useful one.

[lark_ascends]

Well, I figure I'll get to 100 eventually, I've got about 11 so far, and it's openended on the time to do it, so I'll do it.

With the tab mixer, it might be useful to get one (which I think is on the third page of popular add-ons) which puts a close button on each tab. Because the close isn't the last one on the right click list anymore.

Did I mention that the ad-blockers are probably useful?

[starrylizard.livejournal.com]

Um I just got tab mix plus. I couldn't find anything called tab mixer. Is that the same thing? I think I may already have adblocker. I can't remember.

[lark_ascends]

Yep, I think that was it. Was in the first three pages of the popular bit. Just make sure you change things in the settings for it, which you'll find under tools, and apply, because then everything initialises.

[starrylizard.livejournal.com]

OK. Can't find anything that "puts a close button on each tab" though?

[lark_ascends]

So, I can't count, it was on page 4 ;-P

here

[starrylizard.livejournal.com]

Oh you're right. That is useful! I'm always annoyed that I have to open the tab to close it, so to speak. *grins*
I'll let you work or whatever. Goodnight. :D

[lark_ascends]

Bah! Still not receiving some comments via email.

I'm really liking the add-ons.

I got a card games one, just because I love card games. Haven't had a chance to play it though.

[starrylizard.livejournal.com]

Oooh! Card games! *wishes her memory wasn't already pushed to the extreme*

[lark_ascends]

Oh, and I can't remember which one it is, I think it was Tab Mix plus, allows you to unclose tabs!!!!!!!!

The amount of times that I've accidently closed something!!!

[starrylizard.livejournal.com]

Oh I gotta get me that one. I'm always shutting windows accidentally.

[wickedalchemist.livejournal.com]

Well ... in all honesty, I don't understand that one bit, but are you able to be online right now? Or too busy?

[heylittleriver.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that really sucks. I use Opera (and absolutely adore it) but I could enver get Messnger links to open in it. So I've sort of given up - switched to Gmail for most things bar RL friends and family, and got notifier.

You might be able to check around some Firefox site (I have no idea where but Google probably will ^_^) and see if anyone's written some code.

[starrylizard.livejournal.com]

Yeah that was going to be my next move. There are so many add-ons for firefox that it's overwhelming. Go the pretty-coloured tab one. *g*

[heylittleriver.livejournal.com]

Go the pretty-coloured tab one. *g*

Oooh! Cool! Kinda makes me wish I liked Firefox.

[lark_ascends]

They do have different themes for it...there are things that make it look more like opera.

[heylittleriver.livejournal.com]

That's kinda cool. But I guess I'm just used to Opera now. *g* *pats it* Which is weird, because I didn't like it when I used it at friends - though that may have been because she had the address bar hidden.