Recommended Posts

- The revamped dashboard shows the new "In a Call" status which can be automatically enabled when starting a Windows Live Call (an internal link to this page reveals the availability of this feature in Germany, France, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States first).

- Next to the e-mail, Sharing Folders and Space icons, you'll see a new calendar/clock icon which is in fact just a link to the Windows Live Today popup. BTW: I have Messenger Plus! Live, hence the Plus! icon.

- Extra security options, eg. "Encrypt contact list data so that it is not accessible outside of Windows Live Messenger" With other words: don't let someone steal your buddies!

- Here's how the conversation windows now looks like. Again, ignore the two Plus! icons, but notice the new tiny webcam icon.

- I also noticed different sounds for a new alert, new e-mail, new message and when a contact signs in. I'm not sure whether these are final.

Some have noticed that, analogous to the game activities icon in conversation windows, the "Games" icon for personal status messages has been updated. In case you didn't know, you can use the MSN Messenger Application Monitor addon to integrate games and Office icons into your status message.

Like we learned yesterday, a new option will allow us to remove the "Contact says:" before every message. This is not literally every message, just the ones sent in a sequence (that means less text clutter when chatting with those word-per-word talkers). With this option enabled, a flood of consecutive messages will thus be preceded by only one "Contact says:" notice.

And like most betas, this build has got bugs too. For instance, sounds don't get muted when you set your status to Busy.

NO LINKS. POSTING A LINK WILL GET YOU WARNS + RESTRICTIONS.

SHOCKZ

Edited by shockz

Good to hear. I liked the new UI. Not too sure about the Encrypted Contacts though, seems pointless to me.

pointless? what you mean you like it that anyone else logged in on your PC could view all information about your contacts? :blink:

All I really care about is the new ui, everything else sounds like bloat features.

..how are they bloat? they a simple obvious little features that are needed to make the product better.

Won't make this release. Expect it in Windows Live Messenger 2 (Messenger 9?) I suppose.

your right in that it won't make this release but it should be here before WL Messenger 9 :)

Wernt they gona have a Yahoo intergradton? where we can view our yahoo contacts, and yahoo be part of the microsoft pasport acount?

any news on that?

didnt they say the second quarter of '06 when they originally siad this was going to happen. but this could have slipped.

ideas.live.com

Well according to OSNN.net, Windows Live Messenger Public Beta has begun...now anyone can login through the client after downloading it from ideas.live.com . But also, it made references to a new UI...and because of what I heard;

Windows Live Messenger 8 April Refresh is now out, you have to uninstall previous builds before it will install though...I will get a build number ASAP but for now...dig in!

edit:

wha? the file I downloaded was the current build! WTH? This must NOT be it...

Well, at least the open to the public part is true...:(

:blink: nothing about it on connect...

latest build is still 0566

OSNN.net says Nothing about an april refresh.. you made that up.. it only says it went public, which from my understanding, went public weeks ago.

This topic is now closed to further replies.
  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.
  • Posts

    • Mac does nothing of the sort. You can change the default browser very easily it does not nag you and when you do this, it does not open something still in Safari....like Windows does with Edge.
    • I do not remember anything happening to Apple and Google for bribing people not to make Apps for Windows Phone. Edge barley has a foot print to matter. If the other browser companies want more of the Pie, they need to do better. I use Brave on all my personal device. However in industry, Edge of default, as we can manage it easier with MS tools.
    • On the one hand, it shouldn't be difficult. You buy a computer, you decide what OS you want, which browser etc. Simple enough. But that's the techie side of things. My sister, my mother, wouldn't bother with such a thought. And I'm pretty sure that if you presented a window asking them what to pick they would say, "I don't care! I just want to access my Email!"
    • CPU-Z 2.20.2 by Razvan Serea CPU-Z is a freeware utility that gathers information on some of the main devices of your system. CPU-Z does not need to be installed, just unzip the files in a directory and run the .exe. In order to remove the program, just delete the files. The program does not copy any file in any Windows directory, nor write to the registry. CPU Name and number. Core stepping and process. Package. Core voltage. Internal and external clocks, clock multiplier. Supported instructions sets. All cache levels (location, size, speed, technology). Mainboard Vendor, model and revision. BIOS model and date. Chipset (northbridge and southbridge) and sensor. Graphic interface. Memory Frequency and timings. Module(s) specification using SPD (Serial Presence Detect) : vendor, serial number, timings table. System Windows and DirectX version. CPU-Z 2.20.2 changelog: Intel Arc G3 and G3 Extreme (Panther Lake)(2.20.2). AMD Ryzen 7 7700X3D (Raphael) (2.20.1). AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 495, 492, 488 (Gorgon Halo). AMD Ryzen AI Max 490, 485 (Gorgon Halo). AMD Ryzen AI Max PRO 495, 490, 485, 480 (Gorgon Halo). AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 (Granite Ridge). AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 9965X3D, PRO 9945 (Granite Ridge). AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 9755, PRO 9745 (Granite Ridge). AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 9645 (Granite Ridge). AMD Ryzen AI 7/PRO 450G/GE (Gorgon Point 2). AMD Ryzen AI 5/PRO 440G/GE (Gorgon Point 2). AMD Ryzen AI 5/PRO 435G/GE (Gorgon Point 3). AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 392 (Strix Halo). Intel Core Ultra 5 250KF Plus (Arrow Lake Refresh). Intel Core 7 360 and 350 (Wildcat Lake). Intel Core 5 330, 320 and 315 (Wildcat Lake). Intel Core 3 304 (Wildcat Lake). Intel Core 9 273PQE, 273PTE, 273PE (Bartlett Lake). Intel Core 7 253PQE, 253PTE, 253PE, 251TE, 251E (Bartlett Lake). Intel Core 5 223PQE, 223PTE, 223PE, 221TE, 221E, 213PTE, 213PE, 211TE, 211E (Bartlett Lake). Intel Core 3 201TE, 201E (Bartlett Lake). Intel Arc Pro B70 and B65 (BMG-G31). Intel Arc Pro B60 and B50 (BMG-G21). Support of HUDIMM and HSODIMM memory modules. Download: CPU-Z 2.20.2 | Portable ~5.0 MB (Freeware) View: CPU-Z Website | Screenshot Get alerted to all of our Software updates on Twitter at @NeowinSoftware
  • Recent Achievements

    • Conversation Starter
      mobandz earned a badge
      Conversation Starter
    • Apprentice
      fernan99 went up a rank
      Apprentice
    • One Month Later
      nothanks earned a badge
      One Month Later
    • One Month Later
      B2Proxy earned a badge
      One Month Later
    • One Year In
      MadMung0 earned a badge
      One Year In
  • Popular Contributors

    1. 1
      +primortal
      469
    2. 2
      PsYcHoKiLLa
      246
    3. 3
      Skyfrog
      79
    4. 4
      FloatingFatMan
      75
    5. 5
      Michael Scrip
      60
  • Tell a friend

    Love Neowin? Tell a friend!