MSN for Mac OS X

MSN for Mac OS X

MSN for Mac OS X was a dial-up client interface to Microsoft's pay-for-access online services for Mac users available from 2002 to 2005. The software was, in some respects, comparable to the AOL dial-up client given its channel-based interface, built-in chat and instant messaging capabilities, parental controls, and ability to accommodate multiple screen names. It used the Tasman layout engine made for the Mac edition of Internet Explorer 5. The software was discontinued in March 2005. After the discontinuation of MSN for Mac OS X, Microsoft continued offering its Microsoft Messenger for Mac software, an instant messaging-only client that required only a free Microsoft account for use, until it was replaced by Skype in 2013.