The MSN Web Messenger beta will pose a problem before those teachers who stop their students from chatting in class by means of baning the use/installation of instant messengers. Now they have to come up with some other new ways to make it -- even without a MSN messenger you can also keep contact with you friends via its web application counterpart.

You need the following before you can taste it:

A web browser: Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or later, Netscape 7.0 or later, or Mozilla 1.6 or later, running in Microsoft Windows.

An Internet connection (56 Kbps or faster recommended)

A Microsoft .NET Passport. If you have a hotmail.com or msn.com account, you already have a Passport.

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The interface of the web messenger is almost exactly the same as its software sister. Most basic functions of MSN messenger can be implemented so it is a good choice if your are "at school, at work, at a friend's house or anywhere you can't install the MSN Messenger software."