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[hotdog666al]

So using Miranda you know what the new version is like then do you?

If you don't use, want to use, want to be invited, or want to care about MSN / WLM, then why bother posting. Very trollish thing to do.

Yeah i'm judging this new build by all the negative feedback and the screenshots.

I'm posting to express my opinion which is pretty much those whole point of a forum.

God damn, can't I even mention another application??

[jdlarson83]

sweet, this new messenger build works in Vista December CTP, at least it does for me

[CloudEngineer]

to me the gui on this version looks very unfinished, hopefully will be improved on.. msn plus still doesnt work for me on this build, so i dont no what the other people where on about..

[eilegz]

The only good thing of this build in my opinion is "Improved performance".

The other "improvements" from the changelist, don't seem "improved" at all for me :(

agree i liked the hover effect on contctlist now its gone it feels like a uglier version of msn 7.5

[aberflasm]

Can people vote on these please?

Here

Here

And here

and here: https://connect.microsoft.com/feedback/View...eedbackID=40890

[jphillips59]

The default blue just sucks....but at least it installs on vista.

[Blackice]

guys, please remember that this is a beta. The UI needs to be tweaked still, but from this, I think it will be good. They'll fix custom colours and things like that, but first they need to get it working right.

Why do you think this isn't a beta release to people who were invited by friends? Because they're the public, and they won't understand that this is provisional. I think the WLM team were pressured to releasing a new build, and that they'd been working on the new UI so long, they couldn't give an old build (since other changes wouldn't be there), so they had to give what they had. A beta UI, but only released to MS invited testers, because they're more likely to understand that.

[Dragular]

With a few fixes the new UI is beautifull!

Edit: I think the color that it comes by "default" is the color you used in the previous build. Yes most of the old colors are ugly because light ones suit the build better but the UI looks very nice and very clean in a light shade of gray.

The old UI was childish and looked like it was done in MS Paint rather then the almost-vista integrated clean UI w have in the latest build. And remember this is just a beta. Try to see what their aiming for, It's all good!

[ClintEastman]

The default blue just sucks....but at least it installs on vista.

Does it look anything like this in vista?:-

[Knaarfje]

Does it look anything like this in vista?:-

heh, that looks brilliant :laugh:

[Mystical112]

is there a new a-patch yet?...

[#Michael]

Thought to pounder. Look at the screenshots people are posting of WLM in vista and then of it in XP and see what they look like. Doesn't it look a 1000x better in the vista ctp?

So maybe just maybe they really are designing this version and beyond now for vista rather than for XP? Of course it will work on XP/2000 but just won't look as nice.

Just a thought. :whistle:

[Rupert]

If I can somehow find a leaked link then I can post some Vista screenshots of it, since unfortunately I can't find it on connect :\

[MiamiGuy]

Without that vista look, this is by far the ugliest msn messenger I've seen. Heck even windows messenger looks awesome compared to this new build.

[ClintEastman]

Thought to pounder. Look at the screenshots people are posting of WLM in vista and then of it in XP and see what they look like. Doesn't it look a 1000x better in the vista ctp?

So maybe just maybe they really are designing this version and beyond now for vista rather than for XP? Of course it will work on XP/2000 but just look as nice.

Just a thought. :whistle:

I think your right, it will look ALOT better in Vista, BUT that screenshot is not from Vista, it's a mockup i made to point out that the Areo version of messenger will look better. (I think i just confused myself!!). That screenshot is really of Media Player 11 after 10 mins in Photoshop! :D

[qdave]

i wonder what on bloody eart went wrong :| i hope they will change the looks soon.

however it looks very nice on vista.

[Rupert]

that vista screenshot is just a mockup

[styn...big wlmesser P]

LOL...ya goof...thats the old 7.5 beta....you wont be able to click on nothing...but the 'exit' button

lol right...kk thnx

[Eli]

I found a bug too.

Please vote:

The image is in the comments.

https://connect.microsoft.com/feedback/View...eedbackID=40974

Note: This has happened more then once to me too. I just posted it when it happened once.

[#Michael]

I think your right, it will look ALOT better in Vista, BUT that screenshot is not from Vista, it's a mockup i made to point out that the Areo version of messenger will look better. (I think i just confused myself!!). That screenshot is really of Media Player 11 after 10 mins in Photoshop! :D

damn and I thought that was vista....haven't had the chance yet to install it. Did hear it works on the december ctp now.

Hope will at some point look like that. :D

[Mystical112]

they really need to go back to curved edges... sharp ones are no good...

[styn...big wlmesser P]

woohooo im in,

i have a different email at connect then at my actual msn address:D

im soo happy

[idunno]

looks so ugly, hope they change it!

[herime]

Does it look anything like this in vista?:-

Wow....! Nice photoshop creation... in Vista looks pretty with grass wallpaper.

But in XP.................... :x :x :x :x :x

[zeke009]

they really need to go back to curved edges... sharp ones are no good...

Edges are curved on mine, no problems here. The colors can be a bit difficult at times depending on what you have selected.