New Windows Live Messenger Wave 3 UI
Microsoft just demonstrated the latest UI for Windows Live Messenger in a Windows 7 session here at PDC.
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28.10.2008 New Windows Live Messenger Wave 3 UI
Microsoft just demonstrated the latest UI for Windows Live Messenger in a Windows 7 session here at PDC.
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28.10.2008 Windows Live Wave 3: Messenger v9
Looks like its open-season on Wave 3 now, with Inky over at Mess.be getting his hands on the Wave 3 Milestone 1 installer for Windows Live Messenger.
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12.8.2008 Screenshots of Windows Live Messenger (MSN Messenger 8.0)
We have some exclusive screenshots of Windows Live Messenger, formally known as MSN Messenger 8.0. Check them out while they are hot!
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Windows Live FrameIt, a Small Piece of Windows Live Wave 3
Microsoft is currently cooking Wave 3 of its Windows Live suite of products and services. As of July 30, the Redmond company unveiled Windows Live FrameIt, a new Windows Live service built as an integral part of Wave 3.
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1.8.2008 Windows Live wave 3 beta goes public
Have you been drooling over the latest screenshots of Windows Live wave 3? Now get yourself in on the action.
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17.9.2008 Windows Live wave 3 beta goes public
Have you been drooling over the latest screenshots of Windows Live wave 3?
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6.10.2008 New Windows Live Wave 4 services spotted
The first few details about the next iteration of Microsoft's set of Windows Live software and services, known as Windows Live Wave 4, are beginning to emerge. Two new services, Windows Live Documents and Windows Live Devices, are currently undergoing testing within Microsoft.
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10.8.2009 Windows Live Hotmail wave 3 rollout begins
As we reported on last week, Microsoft has been prepping a big refresh for Windows Live Hotmail users. Starting this week, users should begin noticing changes to their interface.
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30.9.2008 Rumor: Windows Live Wave 4 beta this week
New rumors are saying we'll be seeing a beta of Windows Live Wave 4 this week, and the final release in Spring/Summer 2010.
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5.10.2009 Microsoft Amputates New Features From Windows Live Hotmail Wave 3
In the first half of November 2008, Microsoft was wrapping up the roll-out process of Windows Live Hotmail Wave 3.
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19.12.2008 Windows Live Wave 3 gets an update, QFE patches released
With today's release of Windows Live Movie Maker 14, Microsoft has also released a Quick Fix Engineering (QFE) patch for all Windows Live applications.
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20.8.2009 New Windows Live Writer UI-News
While the news on Writer has been pretty quiet recently, here's two items that caught our attention.
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5.2.2007 Windows Live Mail, Live Writer & Messenger 8.5 Beta
Microsoft has announced the availability of 3 Windows Live products today, all of which are beta.
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31.5.2007 New Windows Live Messenger Is Live, Web-Based
While it is in the process of forcing users of its IM client to upgrade to the latest version of the client-based application, Microsoft has introduced a new version of Windows Live Messenger.
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13.10.2009 Windows Live Messenger 8.5 - A First Look
The guys over at Messenger Adictos have made available the Spanish version of the next version of Windows Live Messenger, 8.5.
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27.5.2007 Windows Live Messenger 9.0
Drops in late 2008, early 2009. Forget about Windows Live Messenger 8.1 and 8.5, Microsoft is cooking Windows Live Messenger 9.0.
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1.11.2007 365 Days Later, Xbox 360 Unveils First Wave of TV Shows and Movies on Xbox Live
Xbox 360 offers the latest in entertainment options for everyone, from a library of 160 high- definition games expected by holiday to downloadable standard and high-definition TV shows and movies.
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22.11.2006 Windows Live Messenger 8.0 BETA
Windows Live Messenger will be the next-generation MSN Messenger. It will have everything you already love about Messenger-your contact list, emoticons, and instant access to your friends via text, voice, and video-plus new ways to connect and share documents with almost magical ease. As always, it will be free to download Messenger and use most of its features.
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28.1.2006 Windows Live Messenger 8.0.0683
Michael Sun has posted a couple of interesting screenshots of Windows Live Messenger 8.0.0683.00_Branches, an internal build already showing differences with the preview of the new UI we gave you last month. The exclusive images also reveal some new features.
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17.4.2006 Windows Live Messenger 8.1 BETA
Windows Live Messenger 8.1 BETA for Windows XPSP2 . Thanks to Matt for this article.
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31.10.2006 Who wants to know how Windows Live Messenger actually works?
Oh it’s really rather simple once you look at it from all the right angles! Here’s a nice little visual representation of the “Messenger Relay” system of which sends and receives all your messages
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28.12.2006 Help Microsoft help others using Windows Live Messenger....
In case anyone might have missed this from MSN's homepage. US only, but you can just say you are from US and it will work.
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24.3.2007 Windows Live Messenger 8.5 Gets an Update
Today, users running Windows Live Messenger 8.5 Beta were greeted with an update entitled "Windows Live Messenger 8.5 Beta 1 Update 1" via Windows Update.
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22.6.2007 Windows Live Messenger 8.5 Beta 2
Windows Live Messenger is the next-generation MSN Messenger. It has everything you already love about Messenger—your contact list, emoticons, and instant access to your friends via text, voice, and video—plus new ways to connect and share photos and documents effortlessly.
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6.9.2007 Windows Live Messenger 8.1 Download
Windows Live Messenger is the next - generation MSN Messenger. It has everything you already love about Messenger, and much more!
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4.10.2007 Windows Live Messenger 8.5 Final
The final version of Windows Live Messenger 8.5 has been leaked (via mess.be) and is available for download. Microsoft has been cooking Window Live Messenger 8.5 to accompany the second wave of Windows Live releases scheduled for November.
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6.11.2007 What’s on tap for Windows Live Messenger 9?
Over the Thanksgiving holiday, Microsoft sent out invitations to pre-selected testers for the next version of its consumer instant-messaging service, Windows Live Messenger (WLM) 9.
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26.11.2007 Windows Live Messenger 2009
Due to a request from Microsoft, this download has been removed temporarily. However, Windows Live Messenger 9 will be available for download here as soon as it is oficially published. Check back often to ensure you don't miss it!
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19.11.2008 Download Windows Live Messenger 8.0.0328
The first version of Messenger 8 Beta branded as Windows Live Messenger 8 has been spotted on the internet. Version 8.0.0328 features a lot of graphical improvements, from display picture borders to replacing toast boxes.
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Windows Live Wave 3 - Updated Messenger expected next week
At an event in the Netherlands yesterday, Darren Huston, Corporate Vice President of COI at Microsoft, revealed that the updated Windows Live Wave 3
RC applications will be released next week. LiveSide bloggers were on hand to get the scoop that the applications will be released next week at
download.live.com. Final versions of Hotmail, Calendar and People are expected in February 2009 too. The Messenger Wave 3 RC will include the new UI
we revealed at PDC and Messenger icon, shown below.
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04.12.2008Windows Live Messenger and Live Suite Wave 3 released (RC)
Microsoft has just made the updated release candidate of the Windows Live Suite wave 3 at download.live.com. Thanks to Sean Bradford for alerting
us. Microsoft has updated the Messenger client to Version 2009 (Build 14.0.8050.1202) as can be seen below from the about Window: There is no beta
tag anywhere on this build as it's a near final build and Messenger plus does work with this build but not all features are usable. Overall the
UI has been enhanced in most areas with minor changes. The main improvements are the integration to Windows 7 with the new jump lists feature.
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15.12.2008Windows Live Wave 3 Essentials Released
Thanks to m&# for point this out to us...
Microsoft has just made the updated release candidate of the Windows Live Suite wave 3 at
download.live.com.
There is no beta tag anywhere on this build as it's a near final build and Messenger plus does work with this build
but not all features are usable.
Overall the UI has been enhanced in most areas with minor changes. The main improvements are the
integration to Windows 7 and jump lists.
The sign in for Windows Live Messenger has changed slightly but nothing big.
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15.12.2008Microsoft finishing up Wave 3 of Windows Live
After almost a year of beta testing, Microsoft is currently preparing the final releases of Wave 3 for Windows Live. There are two major updates that
are yet to come, and we've received some information from some insiders within the company. The first release will be an update to Windows Live
Messenger. A Microsoft employee recently listed a new build number of Windows Live Messenger in their personal status message. After speaking with a
company representative, they are preparing to release a QFE (Quick Fix Engineering) patch for Windows Live Messenger.
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03.02.2009Features and screenshots of the new Windows Live Messenger v9
Mess.be: A few days ago we obtained the latest installer for Windows Live Messenger, version "2009". We were asked to keep it quiet for now, but of
course we couldn't contain our excitement and had to let all messers out there know about the new stuff. The most noticeable is of course the new
look, with colors and headers resembling the new Windows Live header that has been
discussed by Liveside
before. On top of that, it looks like all the various dialogs are now also properly styled like Windows Live Messenger, rather than having the
"old" Windows look. Here, why don't you have a look for yourself...
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12.08.2008Windows Live Wave 3: Messenger v9
M1 dogfood build review and screenshots
Looks like its open-season on Wave 3 now, with Inky over at Mess.be getting his hands on the
Wave 3 Milestone 1 installer for Windows Live Messenger. While Inky may be obsessed with version numbers and about screens, we’re more
interested in what’s going on in terms of new integration across services. Its now been 9 months since the launch of Messenger 8.5, Mail and
Photo Gallery as part of Wave 2, but as this is only a first milestone, there’ll be other internal updates before a version gets released to the
public. That said, there’s still some positive signs that the eventual Messenger v9 release is going to be good.
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12.08.2008'Wave 3' of Windows Live Hotmail will offer IM
Microsoft has begun promoting the "Wave 3" Windows Live Hotmail update, promising a UI and functionality upgrade that will make the Web-based
mail client more like Outlook...
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27.08.2008Windows Live Wave 3: Coming to testers near you soon
The
leaks
are
picking up.
Windo
ws Live Wave 3 the next version of Microsoft’s Windows Live software and services is finally expected to move into broader beta testing in
the coming weeks.
Microsoft is expected to refresh all of its core Windows Live services, plus the common installer, as part of
Wave 3. There is a new version of Windows Live Messenger, Windows Live Hotmail, Windows Live Mail, Windows Live Photo Gallery and more that are in the
pipeline. Microsoft has hinted that it will be revamping Windows Live Spaces, its blogging/social-networking platform, in a major way as part of the
Wave 3 release. In addition,
all of the core Windows Live services are expected to get more
profile-centric as part of the next wave.
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14.08.2008Windows Live Wave 3 Rolled out
Earlier this week Microsoft updated their Hotmail service to the new Windows Live Wave 3. Though Home and Spaces remained the same. Yesterday however,
those were also updated with new features and gadgets. The New Live Wave 3 which seems to have been rolled out feaures Dynamic themes, updated
Weather forecasts, and the ability to add pictures. The page itself also integrates a number of services. All your messenger contact info is sent to
Windows Live Home, additionally, Office Workspaces has also been integrated to show all files and folders added. Now let's talk about SkyDrive.
SkyDrive got a major boost. Last week you were able to store up to 5GB, now it has been boosted to 25GB.
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04.12.2008Windows Live Web Messenger Hits Dogfood Stage
We've gone from MSN Messenger 7.5 to Windows Live Messenger 8.5 in just over a year, but it's been a long while since we've seen any updates to the
popular web client, MSN Web Messenger.
Yesterday however, we finally received a glimmer of light into the seemingly fading
messenger, after the new Windows Live Web Messenger hit the dogfood stage for internal testing by Microsoft Employees.
The
client,
seen here, appears to be sporting the new
Windows Live Wave 2.0 UI as well as the much awaited "tabbed" conversations.
Unfortunately, there is no word yet on when we may
see a beta version of the web client. However, if you would like to get some early suggestions in, feel free to post them on the
Facebook Group the team created for the general public.
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20.09.2007Microsoft hints at Windows Live Wave 3 release date
In an email sent to users of
it's
MSN Direct service, Microsoft states that the release to market date of Windows Live
Messenger is February 10, 2009.
At the same time the company is expected to release the forthcoming updates for Windows Live Mail, Windows
Live Photo Gallery, Windows Live Writer, and the rest of the Windows Live Suite.
Microsoft is slowly developing Wave 3 as the next version
of its messenger product has been in development for some months now.
Company officials were unavailable for comment at the time of
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06.10.2008Windows Live Web Messenger goes into dogfood
Beta is the new passé, and dogfood* is where its at.
Calendar and now
Web Messenger are now both in dogfoods that are running on external urls (you have to be
signed up to the internal dogfoods in order to load the products - ie you need to be a Microsoft employee).
*Dogfood is a term used for
internal employee Alpha testing before it goes into beta testing.
A Facebook group has been created for people who wish to post
feature requests for Windows Live Web Messenger as well as obtain information about this web application.
You may join at
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5062184708Here's
the tiny Web Messenger shot from the homepage (with the new Windows Live Wave 2 UI)
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20.09.2007Broadscale Windows Live Wave 3 beta begins
According to the independent LiveSide.net site that tracks all things Microsoft-Live-related,
Microsoft is kicking off the official Windows
Live Wave 3 family of betas on September 17 and they have a download link from Microsoft.com to prove it.
Wave 3 is the
newest release of the core Windows Live suite of software and services. In the new suite, unified via a common installer, are updated versions of
Windows Live Messenger instant-messaging; Windows Live Mail (with a new and improved Live Calendar); Windows Live Writer blog-posting tool; Windows
Live Movie Maker; Windows Live Photo Gallery, the Family Safety parental control tools and the Outlook Connector.
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17.09.2008Microsoft sends out Windows Live Messenger 9.0 beta invites
No sooner has the Windows Live Wave 2 suite been released than the first Wave 3 beta begins - Windows Live Messenger v9. Unlike the betas that have
just finished, the Messenger v9 beta is being run from Microsoft Connect as a private beta, meaning that, for the moment at least,
unless you receive an invite, you won't be able to
participate.
For the moment it looks like most previous Windows Live testers are getting invites, so stay tuned to your inbox.
With such a popular beta like this, you better sign up quick.
So what's new? While the goodies aren't yet available, we've
heard about Multiple Points Of Presence (MPOP) support, which allows you to signin from multiple devices, ie be online at two places at once.
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21.11.2007Windows Live Messenger Managed
Beta Ends
A few minutes ago, Microsoft
sent a very special e-mail
message to all Windows Live
Messenger Managed Beta
testers, which marks the end
of the program. The e-mail
message mentions a few of the
improved areas in Windows Live
Messenger and of course,
thanks all beta-testers for
their bug reporting and
such.
Quote:
Dear Windows
Live Messenger Beta Tester,
As we get
closer to the final release of
Windows Live Messenger 8.0, it
is time that the managed beta
come to a close. Thank you for
all your wonderful
contributions to this beta and
for putting the voice of the
customer into our best version
of Messenger yet. Here are few
of the many areas where your
feedback made a difference:
-Improved
sign-in performance. Thanks to
your feedback, Windows Live
Messenger 8.0 has the fastest
sign-in of any version of
Messenger.
-New UI and
color changing. After many
tries, your feedback helped us
"get it right."
-Great new features such as
Sharing Folders, Offline IM
and Live Contacts. You found
many great bugs that improved
the quality of each of
these.
-Overall
quality. Your relentless
testing and reporting of
memory leaks, crashes and UI
glitches greatly improved this
version of Messenger.
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13.06.2006Windows Live Messenger 9 to have WPF effects
You may have
already
heard that, along with the rest of Windows Live wave 3, the next version of Windows Live Messenger (version 9.0) will have a new user
interface.
After being tipped off by an unaffiliated yet trustworthy source who – naturally – doesn't want to be
identified, Messenger Stuff can now reveal that the new interface will use the graphics effects available through
WPF , where
supported.
To put it simply, this finally means that we will see transparency effects in the various windows of the program,
possibly similar to those already seen in Yahoo! Messenger for Vista. We are
led to believe that the actual design has not changed much but the WPF effects have been integrated well in what is bound to be a popular new
addition.
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Windows Live Messenger celebrates 10 years, hits 330m users
On July 22, 1999 Microsoft launched what would become the world's most popular instant messenging service, currently with over 330 active users
every month. Previously named MSN Messenger, it was released to work on the Windows operating system platform for users to instantly chat over the
Internet using Microsoft's .NET Messenger Service. Microsoft later re-branded MSN Messenger into Windows Live Messenger to merge it with its
other Live services back in December 13, 2005. Windows Live Messenger (WLM) has gone through significant protocol changes and face lifts over its
many versions in the last 10 years, ending up at Windows Live Messenger 2009 (designated to be called 9.0).
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neowin.net - 17.06.2009
Windows Live Messenger 9 Beta Invitations Sent
The betas just keep rolling. With Windows Live Wave 2 out, Wave 3 is now starting up. Several users have reported that invitations for the upcoming
Windows Live Messenger 9 Beta program have been sent out.
The email states that they are "running a small private beta to get
early feedback on the new features". No other details have been provided as of yet.
Keep an eye on our forums and front page
though, we will be providing as much information as possible about the beta as it becomes available.
Ah, the good old days of
Messenger betas. Isn't it exciting?
jcxp.net - 21.11.2007
Windows Live "Wave 3" gets an update, QFE patches released
With today's release of Windows Live Movie Maker 14, Microsoft has also released a Quick Fix Engineering (QFE) patch for all Windows Live
applications. At the time of writing, it is not known what is new or what has been fixed with this wave of QFE patches. These patches apply to the
Windows Live 2008 (Wave 3) applications. Microsoft has yet to make the official announcement regarding this second wave of QFE patches, but as soon
as we hear something we'll let you know what has been updated/fixed. Special thanks to Microsoft MVP Jonathan Kay for alerting and providing
the links to the downloads.
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neowin.net - 19.08.2009
Windows Live wave 3 beta goes public
Have you been drooling over the latest screenshots of Windows Live wave 3? Now get yourself in on the action. Microsoft is launching the official
Windows Live Wave 3 beta today.
Watcher of all things Microsoft Live, LiveSide.net has the links
to the official downloads from Microsoft, that include the latest versions of Live Messenger, Movie Maker, Mail with Calendar synchronization, Writer,
Photo Gallery, Family Safety and the Outlook Connector. These downloads have been confirmed as functional, and in the case of Windows Live Messenger
will install "Version 2009, build 14.0.5027.908"
neowin.net - 17.09.2008
