Windows Live Messenger 9.0
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Tip: Click here to update all your PC's outdated driversDrops in late 2008, early 2009. Forget about Windows Live Messenger 8.1 and 8.5, Microsoft is cooking Windows Live Messenger 9.0.
Currently, Windows Live Messenger 9.0 is in the very early stages of baking, but this does not mean that the Redmond company is not perfecting the receipt of its instant messaging client. Andrew Jenks, a Microsoft employee speaking at the Georgia Institute of Technology revealed that Windows Live Messenger 9.0 is planned for availability towards the end of 2008, but it could slip into 2009.
LiveSide, quoting Ampcoder, focused on Jenks' announcement of a new Microsoft application programming interface designed to be joined at the hip with the 9.0 version of Windows Live Messenger. The API will permit third-party developers to build upon Windows Live Messenger 9.0, creating customized versions of the instant messaging client or even programs that take advantage of the features available. The details are scarce, but developers apparently will be able to access a technical preview of the API concomitantly with the MIX08 conference next year.
In addition, Microsoft is also looking to include the first beta of the application programming interface with the finalized version of Windows Live Messenger 9.0. Over at Redmond, very early, internal builds of Windows Live Messenger 9.0 already include some of the components that will make up the final API.
Still, Microsoft plans a consistent evolution with Windows Live Messenger 9.0. If the currently available versions of the IM client, builds 8.1.0178 and 8.5.1288.816 Beta 2 are targeting integration and support for Windows Vista as a primary focus, Windows Live Messenger 9.0 will potentially bring to the table multi-person audio/video chat capabilities, although there is even a chance that the feature will be pushed back as far as v10.
However, one aspect that Microsoft is hard at work on is the interoperability of Windows Live Messenger 9.0 with alternative instant messaging clients such as AIM, Gtalk and ICQ, in a similar manner to the integration with Yahoo Messenger. And last, but not least, while Apple users will not be getting an upgrade to the MSN Messenger for Mac, they will be able to access a new client designed with Mac OS X in mind.
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Comments(11)
i don't give a shit about messenger 8.1.0178, 8.5.1288.81 etc or even 9.0 they are all
exactly the same you can talk with im, use a mic, and use a webcam, and you have been able
to do that for ages- what more could they do to a basic program? i used to like it when
the old msn was out in like 2000 it was what it was now theres all these adverts on it,
and all sorts of little pointless features that just make me not wana use msn any more
older versions were better, like windows xp is better than vista, microsoft are now
trying to fill windows live messenger with bloat.
they will say there is a massive security flaw in 8.1 to force people to downgrade to 9.0
which is what they did with 7.0
i fawking hate it when all these god damn geeks and nerds bash microsoft. ya just jealous
that ur not the ones developing for mr. gates. vista is so much better than xp, as wlm 9.0
will be better if not just better looking than 8.5 and previous versions
i agree whole heartedly vista sh**s all over xp in every department and so will im.
i agree to matte, people here always bashing ms but they do't leave ms or widnows
platform...
i like very much ms products, like win xp and messenger 8.5, but they are bloating their
products with stuff that doesn't work and which is not in the interest of users, but in
the interest of others...
why do people keep talking to themselves? sad pathetic tosser.
i have to agree with both parties on this. there isn't much that microsoft can do with
windows live messenger...it works the same as it did five years ago (under the msn name).
sure they've added the odd pretty feature, but there's nothing ground shatteringly new
about it.
on the other hand, they could have left it as windows messenger, with
minimal features and just about "working". however over the years they have made it look
much better (i'm running the wlm 8.5 beta, and i think it looks much nicer and
"cleaner" than wlm 8.1), so at least they're doing something with it.
see the latest ichatav from osx leopard and you know how much windows live messenger is
left behind.
or otherwise please go back to windows messenger which is simple,
clean and outlook integrated.
people want simple, clean and outlook related.
why the hell do i want an im
crammed full of crap which i will never use and which uses lot's of memory and cpu to
run? all i want is something to talk through.
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By HerbalAbuse on 01.11.2007 - 21:11