Messenger Plus! for MSN Messenger 7 v3.40 Beta released
Posted by Toxicfume on 03 November 2004 - 09:16 · 28 comments & 4820 views
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#1 Posted by stezo2k on 03 Nov 2004 - 09:18
- woot!
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#2 Posted by lil_psc on 03 Nov 2004 - 09:30
- pathou was invited to attend the msn messenger 7 beta forum @ paris? i believe
does this mean ms will now team up with pathou on the msn messenger project?
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#3 Posted by dreamon on 03 Nov 2004 - 09:41
- Downloading it now!
thxxx
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#4 Posted by greg098 on 03 Nov 2004 - 10:01
- YAY!
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#5 Posted by R1CK13 on 03 Nov 2004 - 10:58
- YESSSS, been waiting for this ever sicne patchou mentioned it!
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#6 Posted by Hankyone on 03 Nov 2004 - 13:15
- stuff plug ng update released!!!!!!
http://msgplus.mybboard.com/showthread.php?tid=34015&pid=331978#pid331978
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#7 Posted by ember™ on 03 Nov 2004 - 14:04
- YAY NOW im gonna use MSN msgr 7!! thanks Patchou
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#8 Posted by gaurav on 03 Nov 2004 - 15:06
- Finally! Thanks soooo much Patchou and Prem!
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#9 Posted by Shadow Dragon on 03 Nov 2004 - 16:30
- Yeah... guess I better use the newest Beta then... gonna miss the winks
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#10 Posted by el22 on 03 Nov 2004 - 21:18
- Great
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#11 Posted by el22 on 03 Nov 2004 - 21:28
- Just in case someone misses it:
QUOTE The beta version will be available for download on the forum page only. The download link will change from time to time and you are strictly forbidden to redistribute this version directly (no exception). If you want to link to the beta, please link to http://msgplus.mybboard.com/showthread.php?tid=34015
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#12 Posted by amradiar on 03 Nov 2004 - 22:40
- damm.. overloaded servers
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#13 Posted by MoRiA on 04 Nov 2004 - 00:21
- Just as I would point out on the MsgPlus IRC server/channel... Use of the MSN Messenger 7 beta is considered ILLEGAL if you are not an official MSN Messenger beta tester.
Also we in IRC will not help with problems related to either MsgPlus 3.40 BETA or the MSN Messenger 7 beta, due to their beta statuses. -
#13.2 Posted by MrCobra on 04 Nov 2004 - 09:41
- Apparently so. It seems almost everyone around here that doesn't agree with someone using beta software thinks they are comitting an imoral act. Bunch of tards.
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#14 Posted by greg098 on 04 Nov 2004 - 11:56
- a bug i found is, it makes my msn go about 80% SLOWER!! i think i might uninstall
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#15 Posted by acrophile on 04 Nov 2004 - 23:37
- ... nevermind.
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#16 Posted by nathanintu on 05 Nov 2004 - 00:46
- No support to turn the banner ad off eather, no resone was given on the msgplus forum tho.
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#17 Posted by -=NoX=- on 05 Nov 2004 - 07:10
- woooooot!!
As stated, Patchou has released the top quality extension for MSN Messenger 7 before he was to go for the special MSN event in Paris, to which our very own Mr. Magoo will also be attending. This version has a few limitations, which is to be expected since it's a beta release.
Note to official MSN Messenger 7 Beta Testers: the MSN Messenger Team is counting on you to beta test their product. This version of Messenger Plus! being a beta itself, it is imperative to follow a simple procedure before reporting any bug to Microsoft. If you think you found something to report, close Messenger, kill MsgPlus.exe (or uninstall it; reinstalling Plus! will just takes 10 seconds), restart Messenger and check if the bug still occurs. You must not report anything that has not been tested without Messenger Plus! running. Being a developer myself, I know how frustrating it would be for the Messenger Team not to be able to differentiate bugs coming from their software with bugs coming from a third party plugin. Thank you for your cooperation.
So, what can you expect in this beta? almost nothing except good ol' Plus! . However, to spice things up a little, I did add a nice improvement in this beta: contact names are displayed with their colors and formatting attributes almost everywhere in Messenger, including in the contact list and in the toast popups. The feature is not complete yet but it seems to work pretty well already so I left it in the beta (note that there will be an option in the preferences panel of the final version to disable this feature). Apart from that, I added an enlarge button on the sponsor agreement window for people who want to take a closer look (I have nothing to hide), you can set auto-messages while being online, the creation of new contacts on desktop is more friendly and richedit controls all have a nice themed border when you run Windows XP (I'll release the code of that improvement on CodeGuru later this month for the two of you who may be interested).
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