Windows Live Messenger IM Control

Infobox Software
name = Windows Live Messenger
"IM Control"


caption = Windows Live Messenger IM Control
developer = Microsoft
latest_preview_version = Beta 2
latest_preview_date = 2007-11-07
language = Multilingual
genre = Instant messaging
license =
website = [http://settings.messenger.live.com/Applications/WebSettings.aspx http://settings.messenger.live.com]

Windows Live Messenger IM Control is a service provided by Microsoft as part of its Windows Live services which enables websites or blogs to show the presence of Windows Live Messenger users, and let site visitors engage in instant messaging conversations with the Messenger users. A website can invite its users to share their Messenger presence and exchange messages with visitors to the site. When a site hosts the Windows Live Messenger IM Control, site visitors can instant message Messenger users directly from the browser without installing the Windows Live Messenger desktop client on their computers. The IM Control is supported in Internet Explorer 6 or 7, and Firefox 2.0 on Windows and Firefox 2.0 on Mac OS X. The IM Control is supported in 32 languages.

Windows Live Presence API

Windows Live Presence API is an HTTP-based API that returns a Windows Live Messenger user's presence using JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) or an image. The Windows Live Presence API can be used in conjunction with the Windows Live Messenger IM Control. A Web site can show a user’s presence using the Windows Live Presence API and let visitors send messages to the user with the Windows Live Messenger IM Control.

See also

* Windows Live
* Windows Live Messenger
* Windows Live Web Messenger

External links

* [http://messengersays.spaces.live.com/default.aspx Windows Live Messenger official team blog]
* [http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb936682.aspx Windows Live Messenger IM Control] in MSDN Library
* [http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb936691.aspx Windows Live Presence API] in MSDN Library
* [http://blogs.msdn.com/angus_logan/archive/2007/11/07/announcment-windows-live-messenger-im-control-presence-api-conversations-from-web-to-client-querying-presence.aspx Angus Logan's blog: Windows Live Messenger IM Control & Presence API - conversations from Web to Client & querying presence]