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Front Page > Site News & Announcements > Instant Messaging News > Windows Live Messenger News

WLM9 on the way?

Posted by Philip Philip is offline on 08-11-2008, 09:25 PM  

As reported in mess.be another Beta build of WLM9 has appeared (build 14.0.3921.717) Don't get too excited, because you won't be able to download it yet. Some new highlights:
  • New look, with colors and headers resembling the new Windows Live header
  • New Groups feature
  • DP pictures are now displayed on the left-hand side in conversation windows (hopefully Microsoft will give users the choice of making it appear on the right-hand side like v8.5)
  • New Photo sharing feature.
Stay tuned for more news as and when it becomes available.
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Stigmata says
08-12-2008, 08:27 AM
Mess with Windows Live and MSN Messenger: download free msn animated emoticons, names, etc. have now released some leaked screenshots as well as suspected new features :)
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Jeff says
08-12-2008, 10:44 AM
Is there anything really new in this beta? Something to get excited about? How about posting some screenshots here?

Last edited by Jeff : 08-12-2008 at 10:49 AM.
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Fanatic says
08-12-2008, 11:13 AM
Here are some screenies -- in the SPANISH forum???!!!

http://www.bigblueball.com/forums/no...enger-9-a.html
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Gandalf says
08-12-2008, 11:14 AM
Other than cosmetic things, the only thing I see is renaming groups to categories, and creating a new "group" functionality.

Last edited by Gandalf : 08-12-2008 at 11:33 AM.
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MrOats says
08-13-2008, 10:41 AM
I agree with Jeff and Gandalf.

It's new...but...nothing to scream about.
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Kudo says
08-13-2008, 07:02 PM
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Originally Posted by MrOats View Post
I agree with Jeff and Gandalf.

It's new...but...nothing to scream about.
Did we ever have something to scream about with this app? :-P
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Philip says
08-14-2008, 12:30 AM
I do agree about the cosmetic changes, and here comes my own two cent's worth. I'm pretty much happy even with WLM8.5; it does everything I need (I'm basically a typing sort-of-guy, and the Sharing Folders feature is convenient). But like it or not, people will usually be drawn to the latest version when it eventually hits the road.

And knowing the big M, we might be in for another "forced" upgrade. Only time will tell.
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Stigmata says
08-19-2008, 10:52 AM
there was mention of some photosharing thing which was related to sharing folders?
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