Windows Live Messenger makes it easier than ever to stay connected to the people you care about. Favorites and groups: Put the people you chat with most at the top of your contacts, so you easily see when they're online. Want to chat with several people in one window? Simply set up a group. Share photos: Look at photos together, right in the conversation window and Messenger tells you when people you know post new photos on Windows Live. Customize: Show off your personal style with custom scenes, animated display pictures, and signature sounds.
Mobile and web: Using a public computer without Messenger? You can chat on the web from Windows Live Hotmail or use Messenger on your smartphone. Get Messenger and stay in touch. Changes since Messenger 8.0 Roaming Identity - Your display name follows you any place you sign into. Now your display picture and personal message will follow you too. If you would prefer they stayed in place you can turn this off (Tools-Options-General - Sign In - 'Use the same display picture.' ) Contact Card - The contact card has gotten a updated look.
Instead of a flip it does a slide to toggle between the Spaces and Contact information. Also no more squinting at an icon and trying to figure out what it means the actions on the card are now listed out plain and simple. Emoticons, Winks, Backgrounds, Display Pictures - The menus have gotten an updated look. They include a recently used list and easy access to featured content so you can get new emoticons, winks, background and display pictures to use. Hint: typcially in the featured section the first 4 are free. SMS Phone Book - You now have a quick way to send SMS to a phone number or add phone numbers for your contacts. Just click the cell phone icon in them main window for a good time.
New Contact Emotion - In 8.0 all our icons got an update but we forgot a very important one. The contact emoticon. Type (M) to send it. Status Menu includes Sign Out - We noticed people look in the status menu to sign out and so ta-da now you can sign out from the status menu. Report abuse - Here is something you will hopefully never need to use, but it is there just in case in the help menus. Vista Presentation Mode - When you are in Presentation Mode on Vista Messenger will change your status to busy so you can avoid the embarrassing situation of everyone reading your IMs!
Don't worry if you want to show Messenger in your presentation you can turn this off (Tools-Options- Personal- My Status - Show me as 'Busy'.). Behind the scenes changes - This release also includes changes to the 'guts' of some of the features. The goal is for these changes to improve your experience. Please let us know if that is not the case. Personal Invitation - When you add a new contact you can add a message so they know who you are.
Especially helpful if your email address is something like ILoveMessenger(at)emaildomain.com - since there are so many of us out there.
9 Windows Live Messenger previously known as MSN Messenger, was renamed as part of Microsoft's move away from Hotmail, towards the Live online community. Now the most popular in the world has finally reached version 2009. Features Windows Live Messenger offers plenty of emoticons and winks to cheer up your conversations.
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You can expand both collections easily by adding new sets which you'll find by the hundred on the Internet. Customization possibilities include changing the chat window background or even adding a personal message to your nickname, but not creating custom status messages. Also, Windows Live Messenger status messages have now been reduced to 'online', 'away' or 'busy' – so no more 'on the phone' or 'out to lunch', for example. Chat conversations are not the only thing you can do with Windows Live Messenger. There is also the possibility of having video chats using your webcam, and also make.
Another great feature in Windows Live Messenger is the possibility to view and share pictures within the chat window, without having to send files over to your contact. Regarding contact lists, the new Windows Live Messenger lets you create specific groups of users, different from the ones previously known as 'groups' and which have now been renamed to Categories. These groups allow you to have multiple simultaneous chats with several contacts. Another new feature in the contact management system in Windows Live Messenger is Favorites, a special category that enables you to have the people you talk to most always to hand.
Usability Windows Live Messenger 2009 includes many interesting new features, all conveniently built into a nice interface. I'm not sure that this handful of new functions is the reason why the program weighs in at almost 70 MB. Quality The most striking feature in the new Windows Live Messenger is an all-new interface with a colorful design, far from the traditional Windows application structure.
You can customize it by choosing your own theme and color scheme. In order to maintain the neatness of this design, the menu bar in Windows Live Messenger has been hidden under a few buttons on the top-right corner – though you can temporarily make the standard menu bar visible by pressing the Alt key. While I understand the reason why they did this, it makes menu options a bit uncomfortable to browse. Conclusion Windows Live Messenger reaches version 2009 with a renewed interface, loads of new features and a bit of extra weight. We use own and third party cookies to improve our services and your experience. This includes to personalise ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic.
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