Is this yet another messaging client on yet another protocol? Can we please just all agree on one backend for these things?

Seriosuly. I could see this taking off or any IM network taking off it they would all just work together.. like email.

And like email, they will one day all work together. I just wish that day would hurry up and get here.

No, it's not just another IM client. It's for MySpace users, and for what it's intended for, it does the job very well. It's even more light and clean than GTalk.

seem like the features totally lost to other IM client. Features limited on IM client

After sniffing packets with Ethereal it identified the traffic as MSN Messenger protocol.

Why do you have to import your friends? The one thing I would expect from a client tied to a social network, would be the logical extension of your myspace friends into the IM client. Why didn't they do this? It might be a small step, but if I where MySpace, I would avoid any extra hassle.
On a side note, this could get very big, very fast (in the US that is, here in Europe Myspace isn't that widespread). Especially if they couple this with a mobile client, myspace (IM, webbased or mobile) could become one of the main communication providers for their target group, as they allready have all the contact info and networking effects running for them (and can be much cheaper than traditional telco's are nowaday's with SMS and voice).

Great; a tool for pedophiles and pervs to chat up and groom future conquests.

MySpace continues to have their finger on the pulse of tomorrows victims today.

So it's a "beta" but there's no clear way to send feedback/bug reports? Smooth.

Here are my issues. Also sent to customer service at MySpace:
* doesn't work through my corporate firewall
* doesn't work on a Mac
* yet another IM client
* yet another custom GUI "skin"

Uninstalled.

It's not about features, it's about friends. Most kids have friends on both AIM and MySpace, so this battle is about to get interesting.

I added an article to wikipedia for this new product...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MySpaceIM

This looks like a nightmare that went bad.... I mean if they were so fond of simplicity and the colour "white", then they could've just invented an IM on dos prompt with a with background.

eh!

PS: I've never been to your blog...but I must say, I loooove the simple bluish look and the (AHEM!) better looking "universal feed icon" being used

This is a great blog! So happy Mashable pointed it out to me. Regarding MySpace...I don't know...I wrote my own piece about it at http://www.degardener.com/2006/05/11/why-myspace-messenger-will-fail/

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Excellent article.
I recently found out that eBuddy now also supports MySpace IM (also MSN, Yahoo, AIM, Gtalk), very handy at work: http://www.ebuddy.com/#myspace

Thanks Hank, I just tried ebuddy and it simply works great.

Hank, you're the best! I really LOVE eBuddy :D

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There is an IM that links EVERYTHING together.... Trillian. I just haven't found out whether or not they have added or can add MySpace IM to it yet. I have Trillian and it loads up everything..... Yahoo!, MSN, Hotmail, AOL, ICQ (ICQ is the oldest, one of the firsts). Anyway, I'm still researching. I'm not a paid member, I use the free version, so they don't answer my question very quickly.

the little IM thing in my toolbar is blinking...it says I have alerts but I can't find them. Where are they?