Possible Windows Liive Messenger 9 Screenshots!


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So perhaps this images could show us the real deal,and it seems that microsoft has given us a step further to the perfect customization Heaven,to be honest i'm quite glad seeing this screenshots,the interface seems much more better polished than the version 14.0.3921.717.

Hope this is Real...

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Wow, that looks a lot better then 8.5 and the previous beta. The only thing that I honestly hate about this new design is the green display picture frame. Why the hell did they make it green? The display picture frames from WLM 8 where perfect and would perfectly fit this new design. Having the avatars in the convo window on the left will need some getting used to. Also, for the first time they're using totally different status icons inside the contactslist.

I also see another new thing inside the contact list. There's a personal message AND and "The listening to" feature, both separated from eachother. In 8.5 you can only have a "listening to" thing, and when you're not listening to anything there's a personal message.

Wow, that looks a lot better then 8.5 and the previous beta. The only thing that I honestly hate about this new design is the green display picture frame. Why the hell did they make it green? The display picture frames from WLM 8 where perfect and would perfectly fit this new design. Having the avatars in the convo window on the left will need some getting used to. Also, for the first time they're using totally different status icons inside the contactslist.

I also see another new thing inside the contact list. There's a personal message AND and "The listening to" feature, both separated from eachother. In 8.5 you can only have a "listening to" thing, and when you're not listening to anything there's a personal message.

I think colors vary depending on your status:

Green = Available

Yellow = Away, Out to Lunch, etc...

Red = Not Available

That looks pretty good!

The photo update message on the bottom: I'm guessing that's for Live Spaces?

I think colors vary depending on your status:

Green = Available

Yellow = Away, Out to Lunch, etc...

Red = Not Available

That makes sense (looking at the contact list with one green and one yellow), but they could've chosen a less saturated shade of green.

EDIT: Before anyone screams "SOURCE?!!" here it is.

I don't like it. So much of the screen is occupied with stuff nobody cares about. The contact list has this massive thing at the bottom for advertising. For a rather large conversation window you really can't see much of the...erm...conversation. Why is there such large gaps between elements? Why do I care if she has uploaded 9 photos? Does that need to be in the conversation window?!

It's not all bad. I like the use of colours for statuses, and I like how What I'm Listening to and your Personal Message are seperated. Favourites looks useful, as does groups. But beyond that, I'm kinda disappointed :/

They are real.

Only thing I'm not happy about is the display picture reposition, but it's fine.

I think it makes much more sense to have the display pictures on the left, as the left is the first thing you look at. It will just take some getting used to.

Wow, that looks a lot better then 8.5 and the previous beta. The only thing that I honestly hate about this new design is the green display picture frame. Why the hell did they make it green? The display picture frames from WLM 8 where perfect and would perfectly fit this new design. Having the avatars in the convo window on the left will need some getting used to. Also, for the first time they're using totally different status icons inside the contactslist.

I also see another new thing inside the contact list. There's a personal message AND and "The listening to" feature, both separated from eachother. In 8.5 you can only have a "listening to" thing, and when you're not listening to anything there's a personal message.

The display picture borders do now indicate a person's status. I think this is a very good feature. Maybe the green will look better for you when you have it on your actual computer, rather than just from a screenshot? Again this will take some getting used to, but a nice feature nonetheless. Also, I love the fact that the buddy icons are now gone. A coloured square seems so much better & so much more professional.

I love the new bigger mail icon. That is another nice change. As is the Favourite contacts, the new Groups feature & the fact that we can have a personal message & what we are listening to.

Again guys, this isn't the final version, these are screenshots of the M2 build, so the beta may be different & things may be added/missed out. The beta should be similar though :)

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The beta thats out (leaked) looks more or less like that except for the scene feature so I guess these are real

Oh they're definately real :) LiveSide confirmed that with their post about the new Windows Live Messenger: http://www.liveside.net/main/archive/2008/...s-expected.aspx

They're just screenshots of the M2 build, so the beta may be different.

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They are real.

Only thing I'm not happy about is the display picture reposition, but it's fine.

Agreed. phpBB recently moved away from putting the avatar on the left in favor of putting the content on the left instead. This was done on the logic that the post is more important than seeing what someone looks like. Yet Microsoft are doing the opposite. Hopefully they'll make it optional which side you want the avatars, and at the very least APatch will allow you to swap it back if Microsoft choose to impose their design decision on people.

Far too cluttered. I want to hold a conversation with someone, not play "who can avoid hitting one of the millions of buttons dotted all over the place".

Note here,it's very customizable in my opinion,you have to see those screenshots as a sample,not as the rigid configuration that Messenger impose you.

The eye candy, for me, is irrelevant. I need an improved speed so webcam videos are smother and less laggy and run at 30fps or more. You would have thought with Microsoft's cash reserves they could invest a dollar or two in faster/more capacious servers.

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