Journal #2955
Posted 18 years ago2006-01-31 20:03:30 UTC
Sooo...Windows Live Messenger.
I managed to snag an invite to the beta testing of the new MSN Messenger and frankly, I'm not sure what to think of it. Put simply, Live is just MSN with a new skin. The program seems to use more resources than MSN 7.5.
Live still contains all the annoyances of the unpatched version of 7.5, only this time its blended into the interface a little better. Didn't stop me hunting Google for a patch to get rid of the ads, the various buttons for crappy features I'll never need as well as disabling Wink and Nudge support (oh how I hate those things). Some people say I'm being overly critical - those people can go screw themselves.
Even so, the patched version of Live doesn't have the cleanliness of my patched 7.5. In fact, the Live interface looks a lot like my Wordpress powered website - dunno if that's good or bad. Perhaps I just need a better patch, but the contact list feels very cluttered and somewhat plastic.
Its still a beta, but I doubt the situation will get any better. I'm hoping that mess.be will release another of their awesome patches for Live, so I can fix it properly. Similarily, I hope the new Messenger Plus! is released soon, so I can get some functionality out of the dang program.
Overall: Not particularly satisfied.
I managed to snag an invite to the beta testing of the new MSN Messenger and frankly, I'm not sure what to think of it. Put simply, Live is just MSN with a new skin. The program seems to use more resources than MSN 7.5.
Live still contains all the annoyances of the unpatched version of 7.5, only this time its blended into the interface a little better. Didn't stop me hunting Google for a patch to get rid of the ads, the various buttons for crappy features I'll never need as well as disabling Wink and Nudge support (oh how I hate those things). Some people say I'm being overly critical - those people can go screw themselves.
Even so, the patched version of Live doesn't have the cleanliness of my patched 7.5. In fact, the Live interface looks a lot like my Wordpress powered website - dunno if that's good or bad. Perhaps I just need a better patch, but the contact list feels very cluttered and somewhat plastic.
Its still a beta, but I doubt the situation will get any better. I'm hoping that mess.be will release another of their awesome patches for Live, so I can fix it properly. Similarily, I hope the new Messenger Plus! is released soon, so I can get some functionality out of the dang program.
Overall: Not particularly satisfied.
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