MSN Messenger 6.2 Feature List

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MSN are almost ready to let loose their next revision of MSN Messenger 6, version 6.2. Although this version won't be a heavy upgrade like 6.0, there will still be minor improvements and features for users. Messenger 7.0 isn't due till later this year and is widely expected to be intergrated into MSN 10 - the next generation MSN Explorer.

As for Messenger 6.2, the following will be added/improved upon:

Animated Display Pictures (still unsure whether there will be animated custom emoticons)

Launch Site renamed "Fun & Games"

Fun & Games adds: Music Exchange (thought to be like the 3° way of sharing music)

Shared Browsing Enabled for MSN Subscribers

MSN Messenger "Connection Troubleshooter" (automatically solve many network connectivity problems)

Seems like it will be an interesting upgrade all round whether you're a current MSN Premium subscriber or not. We'll bring you any updated information and possibly a sneak peek look at Messenger 6.2 as and when we find out anything more. Messenger 6.2 is currently expected to be released worldwide on the 8th April.

News source: In-House

The 32 bit version supports Drag&Drop from and to explorer/desktop, delete to the recycle bin, and Explorer style context menus/property sheets. FTP servers on the Internet can be accessed like local drives.A configurable directory hotlist (bookmarks) and history list make directory navigation easier.

The sync function allows to synchronize two complete directory trees, and the compare function shows the difference of two binary or text files highlighted side by side. The new parallel port connection works between any combination of Windows 95/98/ME, Windows NT 4, Windows 2000/XP, Windows 3.1 and even DOS through a separate server.

NOTE: The update is still free for all registered users (also of Windows Commander)

What's New in This Release:

Fixed: With file panels above each other, the mouse wheel may have scrolled the wrong window
Fixed: Ctrl+Q on drive in "My Computer" turned off quick view permanently

(11 replies) #1 dogan on 07 Mar 2004 - 13:37

w00t animated display pictures!

#1.1 [ timko ] on 07 Mar 2004 - 16:20

Yeah sounds ok I guess, just an extra bit to let people customise...

#1.2 ec4912 on 08 Mar 2004 - 16:44

Finally! I can use this!

#1.3 docco on 08 Mar 2004 - 20:57

Very disturbing image

#1.4 lll_kaibutsu_lll on 08 Mar 2004 - 21:59

This lmao what ever it is has made me not want to have anything to do with MSN Messanger lol

#1.5 [ timko ] on 09 Mar 2004 - 13:59

Neat, I'm gonna use that avatar too

#1.6 sumeet on 09 Mar 2004 - 20:56

lol thats my laugh of the day

#1.7 Zepolcire on 09 Mar 2004 - 21:25

That picture actually made me have a gag reflex.

#1.8 Gism0 on 09 Mar 2004 - 22:52

lol

#1.9 heffeque on 09 Mar 2004 - 23:08

I'm gonna put that on the Screen Saver of my cell phone right now!

#1.10 ec4912 on 10 Mar 2004 - 17:57

Hahahahaha! That trance variation is awesome!

#1.11 jameseuk on 16 Mar 2004 - 16:07

two very cruel but very funny pictures

(3 replies) #2 Barisko on 07 Mar 2004 - 13:37

sounds good!

what's the url for microsofts internal msn site?

#2.1 Zetter on 07 Mar 2004 - 13:40

messenger.msn-int.com

#2.2 Ryan92 on 07 Mar 2004 - 14:52

http://messenger.msn-int.com/?sim=messenge...n.com?mkt=en-us

#2.3 [ timko ] on 09 Mar 2004 - 13:59

thanks for the links peeps

#3 stezo2k on 07 Mar 2004 - 13:38

could of swarn i have seen this before.....

#4 kainashi on 07 Mar 2004 - 14:01

a few good updates included.

(3 replies) #5 nathanintu on 07 Mar 2004 - 14:01

a few hours old

#5.1 creamhackered on 07 Mar 2004 - 14:11

Old? Explain...

#5.2 ABC½ on 08 Mar 2004 - 14:37

QUOTE (#5.1)

Looks like he can't...

#5.3 [ timko ] on 09 Mar 2004 - 14:00

Such a shame

(3 replies) #6 Sawyer12 on 07 Mar 2004 - 14:12

Yeah looks good.

Last edited by 28229 on 07 Mar 2004 - 15:43

#6.1 Barisko on 07 Mar 2004 - 14:27

tomorrow? no the 8th of APRIL

#6.2 Sawyer12 on 07 Mar 2004 - 15:44

ah right yeah lol sorry

#6.3 [ timko ] on 07 Mar 2004 - 16:18

haha lol

#7 speedy_kevin on 07 Mar 2004 - 14:18

I want those betas

(1 reply) #8 ThunderRiver on 07 Mar 2004 - 14:29

Now if AIM has the same "Connection Troubleshooter" , it would not be soo sucky at direct connection.

Still, there is no reason for MS to take off the animated emotions..

#8.1 FuhrerDarqueSyde on 07 Mar 2004 - 15:48

they are not going to take off anim emotes, they are refering to the fact that custom emoticons aren't animated, wheather they will be animated in the 6.2 release

(9 replies) #9 Shining Arcanine on 07 Mar 2004 - 14:41

It is a wonder that Microsoft doesn't have the entire instant messaging market by now...

After all, their Messenger is superior.

#9.1 bangbang023 on 07 Mar 2004 - 15:16

I will admit it's a good messenger, but there are many flaws that keep it much more bloated and bulky than AIM with DeadAIM. My biggest gripe is they should allow you to turn off the crap GUI and have a Windows Messenger look with the nice extras such as buddy pictures.

#9.2 mad_scientist on 07 Mar 2004 - 15:56

QUOTE

amen to that

#9.3 jagedEdge on 07 Mar 2004 - 17:24

Indeed. I still prefer to use iChat with AIM. The MSN Messengers (for both Windows and Mac) are bloated as hell.

#9.4 demorgoron on 07 Mar 2004 - 17:36

at least they are upgrading it

#9.5 Shining Arcanine on 07 Mar 2004 - 20:46

The GUI is one of the reasons I use it.

I haven't found any "bloat," however, I did find the most feature rich messenger out there. Microsoft just needs to add more features.

#9.6 MoRiA on 08 Mar 2004 - 07:22

Ok, then, true. MSN is rather bloated but I have 1GB RAM so i don't notice... It's using 10MB RAM and 15MB VM atm, with no contact windows open. Each conversation window takes up an additional 10-15MB usually..

#9.7 Shining Arcanine on 09 Mar 2004 - 02:26

MSN Messenger only uses 6.7MB of RAM on my PC...

#9.8 Mystical112 on 09 Mar 2004 - 19:58

have msn open not in the tray just have it so ur lookin at ur list uses more then

#9.9 elliot on 10 Mar 2004 - 16:29

it must be tough not knowing how to turn off toolbars and removing background pictures

if i wanted i could make the GUI look exactly like windows messenger 5 in about 5 clicks

(1 reply) #10 MoRiA on 07 Mar 2004 - 15:15

Well all those fools with AOL automatically have AIM and most are too imcompetant to download MSN probably. It's just easier for their more computer literate friends to just use AIM.

Another possibility is that the MS bashers refuse to use MSN because it's made by MS, despite it being superior lol

#10.1 NeoTech on 14 Mar 2004 - 17:48

Hey, I have AOL and MSN Messenger. MSN Messengers better, but AOL has "Super Buddy Icons". I think if they all got together, they could do a hell of a lot of good.

#11 riahc3 on 07 Mar 2004 - 16:35

yes animated DPs! exactly what i was waiting for! now we just need the confirm for animated CE and this will be no doubt the best ever MSN Messenger and make itself the best messenger. Just think of it: DP has been robbed from AIM's buddy icon. animated smiles have been robbed from Yahoo!. Webcam intregation has been robbed from Yahoo!. Direct Connection? Its like MSN is alreaady direct connected. The "This user is typing......" also MSN. Im not a fanboy but is there something the other messengers have that MSN doesnt? AIM just a few weeks ago made webcam a interegated feature (which btw doesnt work for me or my friends). What features can be made now......

#12 thenay on 07 Mar 2004 - 17:34

Nice Animated DP, like this idea

(2 replies) #13 Ciderx on 07 Mar 2004 - 17:55

Does anyone know if MSN Messenger 6.1 clients will no longer work after 6.2 is released? If they don't, I'm going to have a fun ole April 8th frantically sorting out the 6.2 Microsoft Installer package in order to deploy it at work...

#13.1 creamhackered on 07 Mar 2004 - 18:10

Yeah they will, they only block off beta clients after a certain amount of time. Not final versions.

#13.2 Nollog on 07 Mar 2004 - 20:41

What about when they changed to MSNP8?

#14 antoxicion on 07 Mar 2004 - 18:19

i have a question.... does the MSN messenger limit file transfers? speed-wise

(2 replies) #15 jackass_wanabe on 07 Mar 2004 - 18:49

i no at the moment they allow about 5 or 3 going at once if thats any help

#15.1 Shining Arcanine on 07 Mar 2004 - 20:47

They allow up to 10 according to the knowledge database.

#15.2 MoRiA on 08 Mar 2004 - 07:24

Yeah, 10 is the limit, I've tested it

No transfer limit. You can transfer as fast as your connections can handle it. If you're sending a file to someone on your LAN it can *usually* detect that so uses the LAN rather than the Internet...

(1 reply) #16 dandin1 on 07 Mar 2004 - 20:14

Animated DPs are going to be great!
Looks like they removed everthing on the internal site...

#16.1 Ryan92 on 07 Mar 2004 - 20:17

Naw, they didn't remove everything at the internal site.
http://messenger.msn-int.com/?sim=messenge...n.com?mkt=en-us
Everything but downloading the client works there

#17 bostonfanx on 07 Mar 2004 - 21:43

Any leaks yet

#18 Darkness2k on 07 Mar 2004 - 23:17

http://messenger.msn-int.com/Default.aspx?sim=messenger.msn.co.uk?mkt=en-gb

Will Orange be the colour MSN changes to after making everything Blue?

#19 Slugbait on 08 Mar 2004 - 00:40

Oh, please. Shared browsing was a feature that was part of MSN 8.0. Messenger v5.0 and v6.0 had an entry point for it in the Actions menu ("Browse the Web Together" ), as well as right-click context menus. That's all gone now...it was a KILLED feature, not an upcoming one.

And don't count on animated display pics. Although I admit it would be tres cool.

#20 encrypt0183 on 08 Mar 2004 - 02:32

Animated Picture... cool

#21 Thebuggerguy on 08 Mar 2004 - 07:18

*cough*leak*cough*beta*cough*

sorry.. i got something in my throat

#22 shao on 08 Mar 2004 - 13:18

lets hope they sort out connection through ISA servers with authentication.

#23 ABC½ on 08 Mar 2004 - 14:36

LOL no, it will only stream music that your a relistenning to.

#24 mreska on 08 Mar 2004 - 17:05

Anyone actually tru the download link, is it still old 6.0? I bet 6.2 is out there somewhere.

(1 reply) #25 olly86 on 08 Mar 2004 - 17:38

does anyone know if trillian will still be alowed?

#25.1 Shining Arcanine on 09 Mar 2004 - 02:28

QUOTE (#24.0)

I wouldn't want it to be allowed as it was a beta product and then they labeled it stable at 0.74 when it crashed daily on my PC.

(1 reply) #26 Zepolcire on 09 Mar 2004 - 21:22

Well I have a questions now. A while back when I was upgrading to XP a lot of sites were saying to stick with the Windows Messenger that it came with and not use the MSN version because of a lot of stuff that works directly with XP. But these features are not in that version. Should I get this one? Thanks.

#26.1 Slugbait on 09 Mar 2004 - 22:30

You were misinformed. There are a couple of features in Windows Messenger that are designed for enterprise, but no feature that "works directly with XP" that MSN Messenger cannot do. Things like app sharing, whiteboard, videoconferencing, remote assistance, etc...both can do.

Note: in order for many of the features I listed above to work in MSN Messenger, you must have Windows Messenger v4.7 bld2009 or later installed.

If you're into no-frills, no-fluff, straight-forward instant messaging, use Windows Messenger. If you like personalization, a couple of extra features and a more colorful UI, use MSN Messenger.

And until we actually see v6.2, consider the feature list as "rumor"

#27 ph_bradley on 22 Apr 2004 - 18:43

i'm not going to install this until msgPlus is updated to make it compatible. there just aren't enough changes to make it worthwhile

(1 reply) #28 gflores on 22 Apr 2004 - 22:30

I just use Trillian. All is good

#28.1 mipra on 12 May 2004 - 05:18

without the voice feature..of course

#29 ExtremeXDude on 23 Apr 2004 - 07:34

wow not much of a update... but anyways sumthingz look different

-xDude

#30 BR3TT on 23 Apr 2004 - 10:30

Looks ok. Nothing more than ok.

#31 mipra on 12 May 2004 - 05:18

man..now it's out...and everything just seems to be far away

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