Amsterdam-based e-messenger.net had the web chat market all to themselves before Meebo came along and stomped all over them, matching their traffic in four short months and raising venture capital from Sequoia.
Earlier this week e-messenger fired back with an ajax implementation of its own. At this time it only works for MSN IM. Implementation is via a pop-up, whereas Meebo places the chat box within the page. There are pros and cons to this approach. With e-messenger the popup looks and feels like a normal instant messenger client, although with Meebo the page can simply be resized to achieve the same effect.
Who wants to resize the browser? I prefer Meebo.com because I can keep it up on a 2nd or third tab in FF and forget about it. No more annoying flashing pop ups to worry about.
Even if you wanted to resize the browser, you still have all the pesky bars such as navigation, links, etc.
And you cannot resize if using tabs.
The one feature that I need that meebo has that e-messenger doesnt is it can run on secure. My school blocks most things but cant (dont know how to) block secure. Meebo wins hands down.
I have to comment on the last one. E-messenger supports the secure login. If you go to the website http://www.e-messenger.net and comment the checkbox for secure login on for example MSN Login then you are logged in secure.
Interesting. Thats a big con (at least for me) in terms of the popup. That’ll be hard to switch off or minimize while your working and want to hide because your boss is coming. Isn’t this one of the reasons why we have apps like Meebo… because IM ports/IPs were blocked by a University and/or employer? Just my $0.02
An interesting nugget of information has been missed…
> Meebo came along and stomped all over them, matching their traffic in four short months and raising venture capital from Sequoia.
Look at the web2.0 innovation map at fourio.com, there are very few companies based in Europe. Are all web2.0 endeavours doomed to be also-rans given that Europe doesn’t have anything like california’s VC community ?
[edit] Are all *European* web2.0 endeavours doomed to be also rans [/edit]
I figured out that you don’t need to work with a new window for each chat; just set it to work with tabs instead! Every chat will now be opened in a new tabpane…awesome! I favor this one over Meebo, no offence.
wow, the advertising is just all over the place, so I would go with meebo anytime.
I’ve been using e-messenger.net for over a year, really impressed with their technology, even think they have some patents on it. Curious what meebo uses? Do they license third party technology?
i recall giving e-messenger a run for a bit before meebo came out. the ads and bright colors of e-messenger are a serious distraction. i prefer meebo’s approach of recreating the desktop messenger feel within a single browser window. add to that the fact that i can run meebo as a desktop wallpaper on public terminals… it feels like a real chat application.
for those that want an actual chat client to work with while away from home, load up a copy of [portable] gaim on your thumbdrive.
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I only see cons in not using a pop-up. Resizing the browser is wrong in so many ways that it doesn’t make sense. Now, I like Meebo, but in this market (a highly volatile one too, because messaging in a browser is always subpar technology-wise) e-messenger does have the interface lead.
The only thing that can have an impact here is the protocol implementations. Meebo, being layered on top of libgaim (if memory serves me right) is automatically compatible with pretty much any standard IM protocol out there, whereas e-messenger.. well, isn’t.
Ok. Let’s face it… You can tell who the people are who have earned their way to the top (e-messenger) and who baught their way to the top (meebo)
John – #16 – support for that comment?
eMessenger seems to have their own backend. Meebo’s model is not sustainable without fundung I am afraid, since they do not make any money.
Hi,
Considering that ICQ, & MSN have their own web (java based) applications, why use Meebo or e-Messenger.net.
http://www.icq.com/icq2go/
http://webmesse....com/?mkt=en-us
I just don’t seen how this application can get so much attention and VC money when Web Browser Chat techology is not anything new.
That’s my 2 cents
looks like a IM war on the horizon…it used to be just browser wars….Let the best ajax site win
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this suks my school has blokd u
i think that e-messenger shouldn’t be alowed to be blocked on any computer even if parents try to block it.
[quote]I can’t remember in which forum I read (but if I remember I’ll put up a link here) that the owner of the domain http://www.e-messenger.us likes meebo so much that he want to divert all his traffic ( for the moment is going to e-messenger.net) to meebo.
Wouldn’t that be keool!? [/quote]
Is allready done….he must love Meebo..
http://forum.me...7692ef78d25af57
i hate the way you can not get msn at school
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If nothing works you can try:
http://www.meebo.biz
http://www.meebo.us
http://www.e-messenger.us
http://www.scipo.eu
http://www.scipo.com
http://www.scipo.net
http://www.scipo.us
http://www.scipo.co.uk
http://www.scipo.org
http://www.scipo.info
or you can even add your name or a number
ex:
http://www.nathan.scipo.com
http://www.chicago.scipo.net
www65.scipo.net
www33.scipo.com etc …and so on
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a need a way to get on msn in skool… its boraing in nout lessons there is noot to dee… sum 1 plz help and need a website tht can unblock thm …
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my school is gay and blocked this site
how do you un block it?
is there a way to do it without the school knowing it was me ?
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my scool is a shitty skool man its cheap i cant even chat i dont know why man fuck well they just blcoked every site wit a chat room
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that proxy thing it dosent work i have tried for ages dose any 1 know any messenger websites that have not been blokrd from school coz i need 2 have summat kk
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