Alternative To MS Messenger on Mac?

[euro2019]

Hey guys, I don't know about the rest of you but my MS messenger on my mac won't let me change my display name, and video chat is a pain when all I want to do is video. Is there any other alternative to MS Messenger other than aMSN (which no longer does video unfortunately)?

 

[VaudevillianVeteran]

Hey guys, I don't know about the rest of you but my MS messenger on my mac won't let me change my display name, and video chat is a pain when all I want to do is video. Is there any other alternative to MS Messenger other than aMSN (which no longer does video unfortunately)?

Skype is pretty much the only alternative I can think of, I had it on my Mac before it died on me. Was pretty solid and had video chat too.

 

[Calcium]

Windows Live Messenger doesn't let me change my display name after the last update too, and I'm running it on Windows so I don't think it's the OS which is the issue. Apart from Skype I know of no good alternatives though.

 

[Lyri]

Mercury messenger.

Edit: Or Pidgin.

 

[Lilani]

Not that I know of. I much prefer Skype to MSN, anyway.

 

[Blitzwarp]

Adium. It's a good little program that can connect to MSN, Yahoo! Messenger, AOL Chat, LiveJournal Chat, FaceBook Chat, ICQ, IRC...and Google Talk. It's quick, easy to use, and free.