Just woke up today and got a news that the most popular instant messenger Windows Live Messenger has been updated to 2009! I immediately updated it and found that the interface is much nicer with a lot of flashy effects and shadows like what you usually see in Windows Vista. There are a lot of new features and more than 200 bugs have been fixed.
Usually I am well informed when a new Windows Live Messenger is about to release but this time is like a big surprise to me. Have you noticed that a lot of software released this year goes with “2009″? This is like the first time Windows Live Messenger includes the year as a version number although they still maintain the internal build version number.
What’s new in Windows Live Messenger 2009:
User interface has been updated, including the toasts Sign-in screen has been restyled New program/tray icon Updated e-mail icon showing the number of new e-mails more clearly Updated Group window header SkyDrive officially replaces sharing folders feature (Actions > View your online files) Expanded What’s new area shows more details (eg. complete Tweets, added pictures, etc.) and Post a note has been updated for some items What’s new per contact in conversation window You cannot choose your own signature sound any longer. You can only assign signature sounds to your contacts Webcam snapshot has been renamed to Webcam Picture Tile with moods has been renamed to Dynamic Picture Modify moods, videos and/or pictures of previously made Dynamic Pictures Change scene option added to status dropdown list More default Scenes Updated and new static/animated display pictures featuring the Messenger buddy, Morty and Daisy Windows 7 Jumplists Save pictures presented through PhotoShare (Previous photo/Next photo/Save photo) What’s new list options accessible through an icon next to What’s new header, or from a button in Options > Layout
I am sure there are a bunch of other new features which haven’t been discovered yet. I’ve chatted with one of my cousin and everything just looks great! So go ahead and update your Windows Live Messenger to 2009 if you haven’t done so. Mess Patch and A-Patch haven’t been updated to work with MSN 2009 but the Messenger Plus! Live is compatible with this build although not fully functional. We’ll just have to wait a little longer for the patchers to be updated and I’m sure it won’t be long.
To download and install the latest Windows Live Messenger 2009, you’ll have to download Windows Live Installer which contains installation files for all software programs inside the Windows Live products, such as Windows Mail, Photo Gallery, Toolbar, Writer, and etc. By default all program will be selected, so if you don’t need them, just uncheck all of it and make sure that only Messenger is checked. If you already have the old version of Windows Live Messenger installed, you will see that Messenger is at the lower section that says “This program will be updated”.