# Microsoft announces Messenger 5.0 for Mac

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/microsoft-announces-messenger-5-0-for-mac/158436>\
**Category:** random\
**Created:** [August 9, 2005, 6:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/microsoft-announces-messenger-5-0-for-mac/158436 "2005-08-09T18:33:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jeff\_Wheeler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/59ef9b/32.png) [@Jeff\_Wheeler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jeff_Wheeler)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 6:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/microsoft-announces-messenger-5-0-for-mac/158436/1 "2005-08-09T18:33:46Z")

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[http://www.microsoft.com/mac/default.aspx?pid=msnmessenger](http://www.microsoft.com/mac/default.aspx?pid=msnmessenger)

It’s actually quite nice. It sports a decent macified icon, and some nice light blues.

However, it clearly breaks the Apple Human Interface Guidelines (HIG), as it uses the brushed metal in a non-appropriate application. Too bad ☹ (It really ruins it…)