Live Messenger Refresh Now Available

[factoid]

my 2 cents.

The GUI is better than the last one, and it is starting to grow on me. it looks the best in light colors (just like the previous build looked best in dark ones), though it was quite a shock to have it come up in dark blue. There are inevitably going to be problems, I am sure that they know about the fellings for the GUI by now - over 45 votes/24 validations on connect about it.

[CommanderRomeo]

:o were do I get those backgrounds ? they make em look nicer.

-Romeo

[planetik]

Does anyone realize that sometimes at the end of each message carries over a letter from a previous message?

It's confusing, but if it happens to you you'll know what I'm talking about.

It looks VERY retarded.

[petroid]

Does anyone realize that sometimes at the end of each message carries over a letter from a previous message?

It's confusing, but if it happens to you you'll know what I'm talking about.

It looks VERY retarded.

Yes, it happened to me with the :-P emoticon... Very odd problem!

[Tomi]

It doesn't look that bad to me. With the right colours it'll look fine. Better than the last build, imo.

[_I am Reptar]

Thinking about it, with apatch(ads removed) a nice color and a nice background it would look very nice

Edited February 11, 2006 by Stealth-X

[Bizkit]

Well, mem usage is at 11mb when non of my contacts are online. This jumped from 6. I hope they can fix whenever made it jump for me.

[Nashy]

Hey whata bout this, I cant even click on the Participation, so how am I spose to download it?

Now what am I spose to do?

That means you arn't actually in the beta

[snsn]

Hey whata bout this, I cant even click on the Participation, so how am I spose to download it?

Now what am I spose to do?

see in my space ;)

[lsdn]

@lsdn: you will receive an email from microsoft linking to the Microsoft Connect site if you are an actual beta tester..

Who said I'm not a beta tester ?

Proof below:

[AJerman]

Who said I'm not a beta tester ?

Proof below:

That doesn't mean you're a beta tester. If you were invited by someone, you're not a beta tester. Only the actual beta testers have been given a link to this build thus far, and that's the way it's SUPPOSED to stay.

[levijay]

sweet. The UI may be fugly, but finally I can right click on a chat participant and add them to my list =) hopefully they will have the option to right click on a chat participant and message or send a file to them :D

[balupton]

:o were do I get those backgrounds ? they make em look nicer.

-Romeo

Ok i made a background pack, heres a pik of some of the bgs included:

Download it here (8mb):

http://dev.balupton.nghosting.info/MSN Bgs.rar

[lol911]

That is really nice work Luppy!

However, I feel that I have to comment on the interface itself of the chat window (which has nothing to do with your theme). Why is Windows Messenger in general, and in particular Live so little customizable? I have to rely on 3rd party tools like A-patch to make it more cool. Microsoft really suck when it comes to customizations and options.

[Scirwode]

From what I've seen, the recent build for WLM has a lot of faults such as no contact hovering (I like this feature), an inconsistent and noisy UI and somewhat limitied contact displays. But as it is still in Beta, I hope this is just a Build where they are testing out a few features. For now, I'll reserve my opinions.

PSG22

[Chosen One]

A-patch, where are you!!!...odd question why doesnt mess.be have any patches out for WLM?

[Leddy]

A-patch, where are you!!!...odd question why doesnt mess.be have any patches out for WLM?

Because obviously no one's leaked a copy to the A-patch creator, yet.

[balupton]

Because obviously no one's leaked a copy to the A-patch creator, yet.

Of course he has it.

It's because patching wlm gets rid of sharing folders, because it does a hash against the files to see if they have been modified or not.

So it will be a while for wlm patches, as you will need to bypass that security, or you will do a msgplus style hack (editing wlm in memory) which is quite limited.

[balupton]

Woah i just found a awesome bug, the chat text is now not read only, you can select stuff and when you type with the keyboard it erases what you had selected!!!

[greg098]

Users in Australia dont get the Shared Folder feature because of copyright restrictions, which I think it stupid. More info about it can be found on Microsoft Connect

[betaxajx]

i wished it turned out like those example screens / concepts from last year

[mikebeech]

i actually like it, wish i could download it though. :(

[Homados]

I download it, i sign in and what?! my contact list isn't there. :\

[Stealthy_Singh]

Ok I haven't got an email about the new refresh and I wasn't invited to the beta by another user, however I received an invite during the second wave given out by microsoft. Is this why I don't have access to the link on my connect page?

[Homados]

I FIX it out. :D