Tired of Windows Live Messenger bloat and wishing that there was a simpler and cleaner replacement that would let you use your live.com and hotmail.com accounts? Look no further, now you can have all that messenger goodness with Emesene!

厭倦了Windows Live Messenger膨脹，并希望有一個更簡單，更清潔的替代方法，讓您使用live.com和hotmail.com帳戶？ 別無所求，現在您可以使用Emesene擁有所有的使者優勢！

Installation & Initial Startup

安裝和初始啟動

The nice thing about Emesene is that it is an open source messenger that works on Windows and Linux (cross-platform is always a good thing!).

Emesene的好處是它是一個可在Windows和Linux上運行的開源Messenger(跨平臺始終是一件好事！ )。

One point of interest during the install is that Emesene states that it will require 51.4 MB of disk space…but this messenger is more than worth it!

在安裝過程中，有一個有趣的地方是Emesene指出它將需要51.4 MB的磁盤空間……但是這個Messenger絕對值得！

Once you have finished the installation process and started Emesene for the first time, you will see the initial login window. To login you will need to enter your full live.com or hotmail.com address (i.e. user-name@live.com). You can select to have Emesene “Remember me”, “Remember password”, and “Auto-Login”. As with other messengers, you may also select your Status before fully logging in.

一旦完成安裝過程并首次啟動Emesene，您將看到初始登錄窗口。 要登錄，您需要輸入完整的live.com或hotmail.com地址(即user-name@live.com)。 您可以選擇讓Emesene“記住我”，“記住密碼”和“自動登錄”。 與其他Messenger一樣，您也可以在完全登錄之前選擇狀態。

Pre & Post Login Menus

前后登錄菜單

Here is a quick look at the pre-login menus…not too much that you can access at the moment.

快速瀏覽一下登錄前菜單……目前您不能訪問太多。

Once you do get logged in though, you will have access to the following menus.

不過，一旦登錄，便可以訪問以下菜單。

Plugins Manager

插件管理器

You may access the Plugins Manager through the Options Menu. To add plugins, select the ones that you are interested in and then click “Load New Plugins”. Notice that a brief description is provided for each plugin selected directly beneath the selection area (very nice!).

您可以通過“選項”菜單訪問“插件管理器”。 要添加插件，請選擇您感興趣的插件，然后單擊“加載新插件”。 請注意，為直接在選擇區域下方選擇的每個插件提供了簡短描述(非常好！ )。

Preferences

首選項

The Preferences Window has three tabs to choose from. Here you can see the first one for General Preferences. You can make adjustments for File Transfers, Desktop Settings, and Connection Settings. Notice that one of the Desktop Settings will require a restart if selected.

首選項窗口有三個選項卡可供選擇。 在這里，您可以看到“通用首選項”的第一個。 您可以調整文件傳輸，桌面設置和連接設置。 請注意，如果選擇了“桌面設置”之一，則需要重新啟動。

In the Appearance Tab you can make adjustments for Icon Size, Themes, Smiles, Text Formatting & Layout in Conversations, and Color Schemes. If you need to, you also have the option to “Revert” to the original default setup (wonderful!).

在外觀選項卡中，您可以調整圖標大小，主題，微笑，對話中的文本格式和布局以及配色方案。 如果需要，您還可以選擇“還原”為原始默認設置(妙極了！ )。

In the Interface Tab, you can make adjustments regarding Tabs in the Conversation Windows, Displaying of Avatars, and the areas that will display in the Main & Conversation Windows. To make changes in the Main & Conversation Windows, click on any of the “Blue Areas”…this performs the same action as “Select” and “Deselect”. This makes it extremely easy to adjust the layout and display for Emesene’s Windows!

在“界面”選項卡中，可以對“對話”窗口中的“選項卡”，“頭像顯示”以及將在“主對話”中顯示的區域進行調整。 要在“主要和對話”窗口中進行更改，請單擊“藍色區域”中的任何一個……這與“選擇”和“取消選擇”執行相同的操作。 這使得調整Emesene Windows的布局和顯示變得非常容易！

Ready To Go

準備好出發

Here you can see Emesene open and ready to go. Notice that in the upper right corner there is a small mail counter. This does a wonderful job of displaying the amount of new e-mails that you have and quickly adjusts to reflect any changes in that number (i.e. you have read some or all of them).

在這里，您可以看到Emesene打開并準備開始。 請注意，在右上角有一個小型郵件柜臺。 這樣可以很好地顯示您擁有的新電子郵件的數量，并Swift進行調整以反映該數量的任何變化(即您已閱讀了部分或全部電子郵件)。

There is a very nice Right Click Menu available as well.

還有一個非常不錯的右鍵菜單。

The Message Window has a very nice layout with a Formatting Icon Bar available. Notice that you may also add new people to the conversation (Blue Plus Sign) and control file transfers (Green Arrow Symbol) from here as well.

消息窗口的布局非常漂亮，并帶有格式圖標欄。 請注意，您也可以從此處向對話中添加新人員(藍色加號)，并控制文件傳輸(綠色箭頭符號)。

Conclusion

結論

If you are looking for a very nice, uncomplicated, and “lite on system resources” replacement for Windows Live Messenger, then Emesene is definitely worth taking a close look at.

如果您正在尋找Windows Live Messenger的非常好用，簡單且“精簡的系統資源”替代品，那么Emesene絕對值得仔細研究。

Links

鏈接

Download Emesene (version 1.0.2) – SourceForge

下載Emesene(版本1.0.2)– SourceForge

Emesene Homepage

Emesene主頁

Learn More About Emesene – Emesene Wiki

了解有關Emesene的更多信息– Emesene Wiki

翻譯自: https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/2933/replace-windows-live-messenger-with-emesene/