Exclusive: MSN Messenger 6.0 Build 0250 Screenshots

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Continuing our Exclusive coverage of MSN Messenger 6.0 we bring you new screenshots of every single new feature in MSN Messenger 6.0. We got our grubby hands on a copy and have had the chance to play around with it and get well acquainted with everything new.

Here's what we have found out:

XML Chat Logging

Individual chat backgrounds for each contact

Array of display pictures for "My Display Picture"

File sending improved

Availability of Virus scanning for recieved files

New file transfer interface

And even more emoticons!

All in all this MSN Messenger is a great improvement from MSN Messenger 5 and previous versions. The interface is clean and yet allows customization per contact, the audio/video capabilities and file sends are the best yet in any Messenger version I have used - allowing the user to not worry about XP's or even Windows Server 2003's inbuilt firewall. The only thing we were unable to test was the games side of this new Messenger, we recieve an error message when trying to start a game - obviously the servers aren't ready yet.

Although we're not sure on when MSN will launch their preview site for Messenger 6.0 we've taken every screenshot we thought was worth taking and now you can see exactly what MSN Messenger 6 will look like and function. Enjoy.

Screenshot: Main Window

Screenshot: Instant Message Conversation

Screenshot: Multiple Conversation

Screenshot: New Contact Signs In

Screenshot: New Email

Screenshot: Emoticons!

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Screenshot: Selection of Chat Backgrounds

Screenshot: Microsoft's Pre-Prepared Chat Backgrounds

Screenshot: Chat Backgrounds implemented in an Instant Message conversation

Screenshot: Custom Emoticons

Screenshot: New File Send Interface

Screenshot: New File Send Interface #2

Screenshot: Message Logging Prompt

Screenshot: XML Message Logging

Screenshot: My Display Picture

Screenshot: Microsoft's Pre-Prepared Display Pictures

Screenshot: Options #1

Screenshot: Options #2

Screenshot: Options #3

(3 replies) #1 nathanintu on 21 May 2003 - 14:07

in luuuuuuuuv

#1.1 Quick Reply on 22 May 2003 - 01:05

I'm in luv too, there are so many new features in this new version, that staying with MSN Messenger 4 or 5 would probably make it hard to communicate with MSN6 users This certainly is making such a bigger gap between Windows Messenger and MSN Messenger, the problem is that half use WM and half use MSN Messenger, so it's just deviding the users into two services (so now there's MSN Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, ICQ Messenger, Yahoo Messenger and Windows Messenger), I'm not quite sure how to explain what I mean right... kindof like MSN Messenger and Windows Messenger are no longer the same thing Of course I would like MSN Messenger to be like this, and then Windows Messenger would be the lightweight version of MSN Messenger, w/o skins and other useless features. For those who want leaks, I'm sure the beta testing program will start in a few weeks

so I can wait And I have a question for creameister, does this work on longhorn?

#1.2 nathanintu on 22 May 2003 - 07:27

Yup! I know what you mean

#1.3 DreamSayer on 30 Sep 2004 - 14:20

hey where can i downloa it? can anyone send me by mail? thanx in advance

nightmarebd@gmail.com

(1 reply) #2 stezo2k on 21 May 2003 - 14:07

wow, this looks awesome, cant wait to use it

#2.1 matsna on 22 May 2003 - 15:29

Send me your email address and I can arrange it

#3 DarkLordSouron on 21 May 2003 - 14:11

nahahahahahice

#4 killuminati on 21 May 2003 - 14:12

leak it...

cant wait....

#5 Riccionetxp on 21 May 2003 - 14:15

Where can I download it ? (exscuse me for my english, I'm Italian)

#6 OrangeSoul on 21 May 2003 - 14:18

ok enough screenshots (thanks btw) now i need to download it....come on!

#7 XeroByte on 21 May 2003 - 14:18

xml chat logging for home users... can't figure out why it still ain't included in windows messenger 5 :/

#8 Nickbee on 21 May 2003 - 14:21

awww i'm so excited!!! We need a sneaky leak of this

#9 SkaterAustin on 21 May 2003 - 14:21

mm i love the new version of msn messenger now why cant u guyz leak a copy for us little peeps to have hehe... but other words the new interface kicks major ass.

#10 Arnaudt on 21 May 2003 - 14:23

You know ... posting "leak it" as a comment perhaps might be useless, have you thought of that? Just a hunch :whistle: and XeroByte - windows and MSN messenger are for different markets ...

(1 reply) #11 IdobI on 21 May 2003 - 14:26

Me wants...(drooling) What really interests me is how well it integrates (or doesn't) with Windows Messenger...(we all know how crappy the integration between MSN Mess. 5 and Windows Mess. is). Creamhackered - can you share your experience with this issue & the new version? Many thanks!

#11.1 bennyboyamo on 21 May 2003 - 15:58

[neoquote=#11.0 by IdobI]Me wants...(drooling) What really interests me is how well it integrates (or doesn't) with Windows Messenger...(we all know how crappy the integration between MSN Mess. 5 and Windows Mess. is). Creamhackered - can you share your experience with this issue & the new version? Many thanks![/neoquote] I'd like to find out too Ben

#12 xDEATHx on 21 May 2003 - 14:27

SWKDDDDDDDDDDDD !!!!!!!!!!!!

#13 Matthey on 21 May 2003 - 14:28

Sweeeeeeet. 1 can't find 1 link, the download link.

#14 Tom Servo on 21 May 2003 - 14:29

Looks interesting.

#15 rob.derosa on 21 May 2003 - 14:30

Looks good

#16 memodude on 21 May 2003 - 14:34

Why can't I download it!

(2 replies) #17 bangbang023 on 21 May 2003 - 14:35

am I the only one who thinks it looks awefully bloated?

#17.1 xDEATHx on 21 May 2003 - 14:38

#17.2 slang123 on 21 May 2003 - 14:46

I thought this initially with the interface of msn messenger 5, but its not that bloated. i never thought i see a messenger like this from microsoft, its actually a response to what people want and im very impressed

#18 1337 on 21 May 2003 - 14:36

Leak it cream!!!!

#19 whistlerxp on 21 May 2003 - 14:37

That is cool!

#20 scoult01 on 21 May 2003 - 14:41

Man one thing that is missing from MSN, Windows Msgr, MSN Plus is the ability to show timestamps... Im sure its not that hard a bloody task to make. And anyone who uses IRC would surely appreciate them.

#21 Dark Vageta on 21 May 2003 - 14:44

SCREW THEW SCREENE SHOTS WHERE CAN WE DOWNLOAD !!!

#22 Relativity_17 on 21 May 2003 - 14:48

I don't think these new features make it all that. First, buddy icons are already present in AIM... New emoticons...blah, who really uses all the ones that are already present? There aren't any real good features added, especially not custom away messages/statuses, and people have been requesting those for years. So all in all, it looks nice, and you'll love it for a week before it gets annoying.

#23 kljs on 21 May 2003 - 14:51

now all we need is to wait for a download link....

(1 reply) #24 Shaahin on 21 May 2003 - 14:53

Emotions: Still looking ugly Custom Emoticons: Replacing others emoticons with ugly MSN emoticons Chat background: iThink therefore iCopy iChat Interface: Curves, prisoners inside Windows! Is there any graphic designer inside that Huge DeathStar?

#24.1 Dessimat0r on 22 May 2003 - 12:37

I agree with you totally. why are people so quick to adopt/like ugly interface design? Makes no sense.

#25 freeza on 21 May 2003 - 15:01

people think this looks good but yet hate aol 9.0 beta....lol

(2 replies) #26 pylesj on 21 May 2003 - 15:05

I want this SO SO SO BAD!!!! /me wets himself... Josh

#26.1 xDEATHx on 21 May 2003 - 15:08

lol calm down!!!

#26.2 pylesj on 21 May 2003 - 17:26

I was kidding, sheesh... but I do want it realy bad, and I could host it as well cream. Josh

#27 joosu195 on 21 May 2003 - 15:13

creamhackered neobond, do u guys mind sharing this with us, i can host it so u guys cant be blamed

#28 Jasco on 21 May 2003 - 15:15

yeah. leak it!

(2 replies) #29 Savarize on 21 May 2003 - 15:20

no pictures of the games that are integrated into MSN Messenger 6?

#29.1 Razor_D on 21 May 2003 - 15:23

Read the post, it says the servers arent ready yet.

#29.2 killuminati on 21 May 2003 - 15:26

[QUOTE]The only thing we were unable to test was the games side of this new Messenger, we recieve an error message when trying to start a game - obviously the servers aren't ready yet.[/QUOTE]

#30 Razor_D on 21 May 2003 - 15:22

*bets cream is getting 100 emails a minute, and a few thousend IMs a minute of people wanting this*

#31 hobsgrg on 21 May 2003 - 15:24

now they're just toying with us, come on guys leak it

#32 madyz2k on 21 May 2003 - 15:33

can someone put a link to download it ? thx

(3 replies) #33 net-cruizer on 21 May 2003 - 15:36

And people have the nerve to say ICQ is bloated, lol.

#33.1 Daffy_Duck on 21 May 2003 - 16:25

How can you speak about software you have only seen screenshots of? I like ICQ but it is bloated. We will just have to try this one to see if it feels slow.

#33.2 net-cruizer on 21 May 2003 - 16:46

Hmmm, I never said anything about MSN Messenger 6 being bloated at all, lol. All it's features seem pretty cool going by the screenshots. But right now I'm liking Windows Messenger 5 and Microsoft Portrait.

#33.3 Gism0 on 22 May 2003 - 01:39

[neoquote=#33.2 by net-cruizer]Hmmm, I never said anything about MSN Messenger 6 being bloated at all, lol. All it's features seem pretty cool going by the screenshots. But right now I'm liking Windows Messenger 5 and Microsoft Portrait.[/neoquote] But using the english language in the way you did suggests that you think MSN Messenger 6 IS bloated..

#34 xmintox on 21 May 2003 - 15:36

go creamy, go creamy

(1 reply) #35 Tai on 21 May 2003 - 15:51

it says My emoticons ... can we customise our own ? ,, was gonna add some of those sars ones i saw ...

#35.1 creamhackered on 21 May 2003 - 15:52

Yeah you can, and the other person can see them just fine

#36 longwilli on 21 May 2003 - 16:03

looks good, and people STOP MOANING it will leak when it leaks

#37 Daffy_Duck on 21 May 2003 - 16:20

How about a screenshot of the video from webcam. I wonder if it is improved over the current version. Can it be resized? Currently it can't and is too small.

#38 jkuy9 on 21 May 2003 - 16:31

It is looking very good. Some very nice features. I just want logging

(1 reply) #39 RaINE on 21 May 2003 - 16:34

wOOt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Heres a download link for [URL=http://messenger.microsoft.com/install/dl.asp?typlang=en-us&langid=8&typsys=0]MSN MESSNEGER 5!!!!!!!!!![/URL]

#39.1 Daffy_Duck on 21 May 2003 - 16:40

Now how about one for MSN Messenger 6?????

#40 wuzz on 21 May 2003 - 16:34

ugly as shit

#41 djze on 21 May 2003 - 16:37

isn't the public preview expected to come out this week?

#42 madyz2k on 21 May 2003 - 16:37

RaINE : thx dude !!!!!!!!!!!

#43 bmacrow on 21 May 2003 - 16:40

LMAO! cant beleive ppl fell for that one RaINE

(1 reply) #44 madyz2k on 21 May 2003 - 16:45

lol its messenger 5 sorry i didnt read carefully the post lol

#44.1 bmacrow on 21 May 2003 - 16:46

happens to the best of us m8!

#45 madyz2k on 21 May 2003 - 16:46

Creamhackered ? from where did you get it ? i mean you work at microsoft ?

(1 reply) #46 supreme_fool on 21 May 2003 - 16:59

Will anyone actually ever use the Umbrella emoticon? Or the Pizza one? or that illedgable black square that follows the Umbrella? They really are about as pointless as the (~) filmstrip emoticon that is underused now. MSN should wake up and add more face emoticons. I mean, if the Neowin board can have groovy emoticons like

and

Then why can't a big company like Microsoft get some decent ones?

#46.1 Phoenix_25 on 21 May 2003 - 17:13

we need the fro!

#47 Darkness2k on 21 May 2003 - 17:08

"Hibernates until Winbeta most likely leak it first...."

#48 Jish on 21 May 2003 - 17:10

Can one rename a contact in this version?

#49 marcboy on 21 May 2003 - 17:17

i just noticed something the handcuff emoticon isnt on there or the devil???? where are they?? have they got rid of them ? or are there secret ones in it like the handcuffs were

(3 replies) #50 Joshie on 21 May 2003 - 17:19

I can still think of things I want that it doesn't offer...some have been said here in the comments already. 1) Timestamps. Maybe it does offer it and creamy didn't have it enabled in the shots. Who knows? I just sorta doubt it. But they're such useful little things, especially when, you know, you're away. 2) Custom aways. Not sure if it really doesn't have this, but someone else mentioned it, and if it doesn't, then I agree that it should have it. 3) Enough with the website-oriented profiles already. They suck. I don't need a full browser window loading just to read someone's profile. This also means you need to load the browser to edit your profile. I think AIM still beats all the competition in this department. 4) Those buddy icons ("Display Pictures", pfff, hehe) take up a lot of space in the interface. My own icon doesn't need to be shown at all times. Is it hideable? I'd like the conversation box to take up the full width of the window whenever possible. Saves desktop space while requiring me to scroll less in the event of a conversation more eloquent than WTF LOL AHAHA WORD. And I think that's about it. My only impossible gripe about Messenger is how much I hate the custom screennames people use. Crap like /~~~~~~~~~~~--==XaViErInDaHaUs==--~~~~~~~~~~ pisses me off to no end. Not to mention, they're called screen[b]names[/b], not screen[b]sentences[/b]. I don't need to see what your plans are for the weekend in my buddylist window.

#50.1 longwilli on 21 May 2003 - 17:58

as mentioned below 2 words... msn plus

#50.2 slang123 on 21 May 2003 - 18:29

the icons are hidable in the options

#50.3 nathanintu on 22 May 2003 - 07:30

Yeah! gets really annoying... come on. I only wanna know your dam name.

#51 AshUK on 21 May 2003 - 17:32

Bye bye Messenger Plus! I only used it for chat logging anyways...

#52 Toxicfume on 21 May 2003 - 18:00

These are the features I have always wanted: 1) Signing in with different statuses, not only online. Eg, logging in with Away mode already on. 2) Editable nicknames for contacts, so you can put in like a small name or a keyword that can help you remember 2 or more people who happen to have the same nick, etc.

(2 replies) #53 Sawyer12 on 21 May 2003 - 18:03

It does look a little bloated, i bet the download size will be as well. Still looks cool though. Its released soon anyway im waiting for the final release.

#53.1 =NickJ= on 21 May 2003 - 18:31

trust me, it certainly isn't bloated

download size is a bit bigger tho, 4.5meg

#53.2 JnCoKiLLa on 21 May 2003 - 18:39

[neoquote=#53.0 by Sawyer12]It does look a little bloated, i bet the download size will be as well. Still looks cool though. Its released soon anyway im waiting for the final release.[/neoquote] We are all going to have to wait...since more then likely there won't be leak of MSN Messenger 6

#54 blackice912 on 21 May 2003 - 18:20

Hot diggity, gimme gimme!

#55 DJ Prem on 21 May 2003 - 18:38

when it da final suppose to be release

#56 mr_da3m0n on 21 May 2003 - 19:02

All i want is Offline Message support

#57 CL0CKW0RKB0Y on 21 May 2003 - 19:34

The interface looks overkill (for my taste).

(2 replies) #58 Crackler on 21 May 2003 - 19:44

I have the link for the preview site...would it be ok if i posted it? or would that break any rules?

#58.1 acous on 21 May 2003 - 19:53

no it's fine. post away.

#58.2 JnCoKiLLa on 21 May 2003 - 19:55

post awat...soon i hope

#59 BloodAngel on 21 May 2003 - 19:56

i just seen this on another site....In addition to the information released by Microsoft, Windows site NeoWin.net is reporting a release date of July 17th. NeoWin also reports that MSN Messenger 6 will feature 75 new emoticons, a "My MSN Picture" feature, chat backgrounds, and message logging. cool

(1 reply) #60 RaINE on 21 May 2003 - 19:56

http://messenger.msn-int.com/download/v6preview.asp < that 1 u mean ?

#60.1 blackice912 on 21 May 2003 - 20:19

Gosh darnit, the download server isn't there. Dang MSN. Dang them all!

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