Possible Windows Liive Messenger 9 Screenshots!

[+Mystic MVC]

That looks awesome. I kind of remember somebody saying you would be able to sign in with multiple times with one account say a 360 and on your computer, is that true?

[Steeley]

Have they updated the sounds in the beta? The one thing that grates me is the new message alert - I've had to turn it off.

[Electric Jolt]

I love the UI! Its just, I find it really absurd to have ads in this already, yahoo messenger for vista doesn't have ads, of course its going to get them, but this early in the beta is absurd. It still has the messenger feel it always had, and its because the ads and the big bold sized ads on the bottom of the window in the IM, they need to mix things up a little bit. The UI is a start for Windows Live Messenger to become different but some stuff needs changed for it to be the best yet. I mean AIM Triton and Yahoo Messenger for Vista both looked completely different from their predessors but this milestone of WLM9 looks like it was built on top of the old versions and that its just another version, the UI is insane but some stuff is still there and needs to be done a different way. The ads and some old MSN stuff needs rebranded and put in other places. They could take all the ads in WLM out and just put in a nice small ad in the contact list window. AIM used to have stocks and all this game ****, all of it disappeared in AIM 6.0, the only stuff left is an ad in the buddy list and a few nice games. I think the WLM team needs to work a little bit harder on WLM9 concerning the ads and the way they take up so much space using there game menus which are all branded MSN still for some reason...

[Jamushroom Veteran]

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?

The green color is to saturated compared to the rest IMO. Also, they should definitely change the shadow behind the new mail icon. It kinda looks out of place the way it's looking now.

[Andrew Lyle Global Moderator]

Looks like they are adding "Groups" of stuff we don't need from the screen shot, but I could be wrong...

Thank god for a-patch :D

[Sean B. Veteran]

That looks good. When will WLM9 be released?

The beta phase won't last long, so it's expected to ship in early December :).

I can't wait till they care about the Mac Messenger. Seriously. No video?

That's a whole different division my friend :p.

Have they updated the sounds in the beta? The one thing that grates me is the new message alert - I've had to turn it off.

Not that I can tell, but we'll have to wait and see the final product :).

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One thing to remember guys, and I can't stress this enough. These builds and screenshots that are circulating are older builds that date back to March of this year. Development is in full swing, so anything can change :). Keep that in mind. As far as build numbers go, what you're looking at now is M2.

[Calum Veteran]

I really can't wait for this now! I'm looking forward to it more than any Beta in the past - probably because of the vast amount of new features & UI changes!

I hope they release it this week sometime!

[:: Lyon ::]

im just tryin this out now. does anyone know how to chnage the background of messenger. i can download them but cnt seem to apply them

So you've got the leak version of this one? O_o Gimme!

[XerXis]

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.

i would think that webcam data is p2p and doesn't pass trough any microsoft server at all ;)

[Denis W. Veteran]

i would think that webcam data is p2p and doesn't pass trough any microsoft server at all ;)

Whatever connection it uses, it sucks. I'm on a capable cable line yet I get info bars telling me my connection speed is too slow for webcam. :ermm:

[sundayx Veteran]

Bleh...

[FiB3R]

Where do you find the personalise main window options?

[Orange]

All leaked versions are just beta lol i used to always get the downloaded ones from sites but was no fun as no one else had the same version, so now i wait for offical release plus MSN PLUS gets updated for new msn!

[Dc'1]

That looks pretty sexy, like the favourites idea :)

[Blaine]

hopefully this comes out soon

[:: Lyon ::]

That looks pretty sexy, like the favourites idea

Wait until you have a friend dropping by to your house and find out that he/she's not on your favorite friend list lol