MSN is quite the only IM I use regularly. I also have an AIM account but I can’t be reached often there. So, today, I’ve downloaded Windows Live Messenger 9.0 Beta (I got an email regarding this). It has gone through a major layout change if you compare it with Windows Live Messenger 8.5 or lower. The biggest addition would be the allowance of using .gif (animated) images, they actually move now! However, your contact must have 9.0 as well to see them moving so it might still take a while before your .gif files actually come to use. Another addition is assigning different sounds to different contacts. Yeah, not very exciting. Other than these things, not much can be said about the new MSN. I won’t switch back to 8.5 though, it’s good eye candy. ; ) See for yourself here.
Oh, one disadvantage: MSN Plus! (logs, tabbed chatting (they still didn’t implement that?!)) doesn’t work on it yet. But I’m sure it’s going to be released very soon.
Some screenshots below:
Lev.
October 1, 2008 at 21:18
I am not in your favorites. It’s over between us.
October 1, 2008 at 22:39
So, except for the eye-candy, the new wlm does nothing that msgplus doesn’t do (since the gif images are pretty useless since nobody else can see them move).
+ eye candy
- tabbed conversations
- advanced logging
I’m sticking to 8.5, at least until msgplus for wlm 9.0 will be released.