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First screenshots of Live Messenger 2010 appear
Live Messenger 2010 is coming, and NeoWin has posted some hands-on screenshots. The short version: it looks a lot like the current version, which many of you think is ugly as sin.
There's also the addition of social kung-fu with activity streams from sites like Twitter and Facebook. There's also a big win when it comes to the conversation window: a tabbed interface. Thank you, Live Messenger, for finally catching up to just about every other IM app on the planet in that respect.
I could do without the big, fat ad in the bottom corner, but ads in big-name IM apps have been doing that for quite a while.
I'll be sticking to Miranda for the little bit of IMing I do, but it looks as though Live Messenger 2010 will be a solid update.
There's also the addition of social kung-fu with activity streams from sites like Twitter and Facebook. There's also a big win when it comes to the conversation window: a tabbed interface. Thank you, Live Messenger, for finally catching up to just about every other IM app on the planet in that respect.
I could do without the big, fat ad in the bottom corner, but ads in big-name IM apps have been doing that for quite a while.
I'll be sticking to Miranda for the little bit of IMing I do, but it looks as though Live Messenger 2010 will be a solid update.
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Subscribe to commentssRcDec 10th 2009 12:31PM
it would be nice if we got the Jabber support this time around since it vanished after early builds of 2009
JordanDec 10th 2009 7:01PM
XMPP and better Yahoo integration support (what's with blocking invites on chats with YIM people? they're not cool enough to chat with my other MSN friends?) would be grand.
Social Networking stuff...meh. Every software and its dog wants to include them these days. Why should I update my status from MSN, if I can already update it from Firefox or someplace else?
GavDec 10th 2009 1:02PM
I'm still hurting from Microsoft dropping support for Microsoft Messenger :(
RogueJedi86Dec 10th 2009 1:22PM
I notice Yahoo Messenger, Google Talk, and X-Fire(at least out of game) don't do tabs either. AIM is the only major one I use that has it. Too bad for Live Messenger, all the people who wanted tabbed MSN already got Messenger Plus years ago(I know I did).
NeoprimalDec 10th 2009 4:38PM
I'm not too sure about that. Some of us still like the separation of clients. I can't STAND the clients like trillian and miranda that stuff them all into 'fields', separating them by icons. For one, they're a bit too lightweight...underpowered and missing the little knicks and knacks (probably what you call bloatware) of the respective clients.
I run WLM, Yahoo and AIM on my PC and Notebook and I don't mind....in fact, I prefer it this way.
William WolfDec 10th 2009 8:33PM
Seems someone is a bit butt hurt. I use and love Windows Live Messenger. I use Messenger Plus for plug-in support. I don't have an AIM account, Don't bother with Yahoo. I deleted my Myspace & Twitter because they were useless to me. Gmail for email. Windows Live is pretty much the only messenger I need because it is the only one I really use.
I also like Live Messenger's Skin.
WilhelmRDec 15th 2009 12:15AM
Man.. I migrated to other messenger clients years ago.. open source ones.
No ads, no fugly "live" design, and no viruses!