MSN Messenger 6 Beta
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Who's using it, and what are your thoughts on it? So far I like it. The photo thing is a total gimmick, but gives me a shameless plug area if I take something I particularly like :-O It looks good, and seems to work well. One thing I've noticed "Whoever is typing a message" has been replaced by "Whoever is writing a message". Think this has something to do with the fact MS anticipate that some lucky person out there might be writing on their tablet / PDA, whatever, while the rest of us are still using keyboards (which I always will - my handwriting is illegible) ? Oddities: Since I started using it even more of my contacts have started using it for announcements, incoherrant rantings (Jonny - is that Welsh?), wierd quotes, etc. Could the two be linked? :~ Also, my MSN profile is not mine - it belongs to one of my contacts. Now, as I've never actually looked at this before, I can't really say if MSN 6 introduced this problem, but I go there with no problems, don't get asked to sign into her profile, etc. Curious is it not?
$500 for a penny people, cheap at the price, just 500 big ones for a penny! Don't shove, there's enough pennies for everyone! - Daffy Duck, manning a wishing well
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Who's using it, and what are your thoughts on it? So far I like it. The photo thing is a total gimmick, but gives me a shameless plug area if I take something I particularly like :-O It looks good, and seems to work well. One thing I've noticed "Whoever is typing a message" has been replaced by "Whoever is writing a message". Think this has something to do with the fact MS anticipate that some lucky person out there might be writing on their tablet / PDA, whatever, while the rest of us are still using keyboards (which I always will - my handwriting is illegible) ? Oddities: Since I started using it even more of my contacts have started using it for announcements, incoherrant rantings (Jonny - is that Welsh?), wierd quotes, etc. Could the two be linked? :~ Also, my MSN profile is not mine - it belongs to one of my contacts. Now, as I've never actually looked at this before, I can't really say if MSN 6 introduced this problem, but I go there with no problems, don't get asked to sign into her profile, etc. Curious is it not?
$500 for a penny people, cheap at the price, just 500 big ones for a penny! Don't shove, there's enough pennies for everyone! - Daffy Duck, manning a wishing well
i'm using it too, it works just fine, like the photo thing :) no problems, and dont forget the cool emoticon.
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Who's using it, and what are your thoughts on it? So far I like it. The photo thing is a total gimmick, but gives me a shameless plug area if I take something I particularly like :-O It looks good, and seems to work well. One thing I've noticed "Whoever is typing a message" has been replaced by "Whoever is writing a message". Think this has something to do with the fact MS anticipate that some lucky person out there might be writing on their tablet / PDA, whatever, while the rest of us are still using keyboards (which I always will - my handwriting is illegible) ? Oddities: Since I started using it even more of my contacts have started using it for announcements, incoherrant rantings (Jonny - is that Welsh?), wierd quotes, etc. Could the two be linked? :~ Also, my MSN profile is not mine - it belongs to one of my contacts. Now, as I've never actually looked at this before, I can't really say if MSN 6 introduced this problem, but I go there with no problems, don't get asked to sign into her profile, etc. Curious is it not?
$500 for a penny people, cheap at the price, just 500 big ones for a penny! Don't shove, there's enough pennies for everyone! - Daffy Duck, manning a wishing well
The photo thing is a total gimmick No ways! David and I came up with the latest gaming craze last night; PhotoWarsTM He kept putting photos of cats in clothes as well as half naked photos of Elijah Wood. I put up sickly sunset shots and half naked ladies (they were tasteful nudes of course.) The idea is to see who will break down into a gibbering wreck first. You get bonus points if you do it while chatting to other people who have no idea why your photo keeps changing, and to such bizarre things. Alright. I admit. It was late, I was going insane and David was playing with his two new guns. Maybe the game is less fun in the light of day. :rolleyes: Otherwise MSN 6 is damned fine. Has replaced Trillian on my box.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaChris Losinger wrote: i hate needles so much i can't even imagine allowing one near The Little Programmer
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Who's using it, and what are your thoughts on it? So far I like it. The photo thing is a total gimmick, but gives me a shameless plug area if I take something I particularly like :-O It looks good, and seems to work well. One thing I've noticed "Whoever is typing a message" has been replaced by "Whoever is writing a message". Think this has something to do with the fact MS anticipate that some lucky person out there might be writing on their tablet / PDA, whatever, while the rest of us are still using keyboards (which I always will - my handwriting is illegible) ? Oddities: Since I started using it even more of my contacts have started using it for announcements, incoherrant rantings (Jonny - is that Welsh?), wierd quotes, etc. Could the two be linked? :~ Also, my MSN profile is not mine - it belongs to one of my contacts. Now, as I've never actually looked at this before, I can't really say if MSN 6 introduced this problem, but I go there with no problems, don't get asked to sign into her profile, etc. Curious is it not?
$500 for a penny people, cheap at the price, just 500 big ones for a penny! Don't shove, there's enough pennies for everyone! - Daffy Duck, manning a wishing well
Having not been apart of the 'MSN Messenger' fad, I decided last month to finally install the software on my PC. Only to find out that the company proxy does not, and probably will not allow messenger to work. I am a bit annoyed:mad::mad: I now feel like a leper in a large city; A stranger to the world of 'messenging'; a castaway... you get the idea.
"..Even my comments have bugs!"
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Who's using it, and what are your thoughts on it? So far I like it. The photo thing is a total gimmick, but gives me a shameless plug area if I take something I particularly like :-O It looks good, and seems to work well. One thing I've noticed "Whoever is typing a message" has been replaced by "Whoever is writing a message". Think this has something to do with the fact MS anticipate that some lucky person out there might be writing on their tablet / PDA, whatever, while the rest of us are still using keyboards (which I always will - my handwriting is illegible) ? Oddities: Since I started using it even more of my contacts have started using it for announcements, incoherrant rantings (Jonny - is that Welsh?), wierd quotes, etc. Could the two be linked? :~ Also, my MSN profile is not mine - it belongs to one of my contacts. Now, as I've never actually looked at this before, I can't really say if MSN 6 introduced this problem, but I go there with no problems, don't get asked to sign into her profile, etc. Curious is it not?
$500 for a penny people, cheap at the price, just 500 big ones for a penny! Don't shove, there's enough pennies for everyone! - Daffy Duck, manning a wishing well
Megan Forbes wrote: wierd quotes nah, i had those before msn6 ;P one great thing about it is you can add your own smilies....so ive put :suss: and :~ on there :-D
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The photo thing is a total gimmick No ways! David and I came up with the latest gaming craze last night; PhotoWarsTM He kept putting photos of cats in clothes as well as half naked photos of Elijah Wood. I put up sickly sunset shots and half naked ladies (they were tasteful nudes of course.) The idea is to see who will break down into a gibbering wreck first. You get bonus points if you do it while chatting to other people who have no idea why your photo keeps changing, and to such bizarre things. Alright. I admit. It was late, I was going insane and David was playing with his two new guns. Maybe the game is less fun in the light of day. :rolleyes: Otherwise MSN 6 is damned fine. Has replaced Trillian on my box.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaChris Losinger wrote: i hate needles so much i can't even imagine allowing one near The Little Programmer
Way, waaaaaaay too much time. Don't you have some ASP.NET to work on? ;) cheers, Chris Maunder
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Who's using it, and what are your thoughts on it? So far I like it. The photo thing is a total gimmick, but gives me a shameless plug area if I take something I particularly like :-O It looks good, and seems to work well. One thing I've noticed "Whoever is typing a message" has been replaced by "Whoever is writing a message". Think this has something to do with the fact MS anticipate that some lucky person out there might be writing on their tablet / PDA, whatever, while the rest of us are still using keyboards (which I always will - my handwriting is illegible) ? Oddities: Since I started using it even more of my contacts have started using it for announcements, incoherrant rantings (Jonny - is that Welsh?), wierd quotes, etc. Could the two be linked? :~ Also, my MSN profile is not mine - it belongs to one of my contacts. Now, as I've never actually looked at this before, I can't really say if MSN 6 introduced this problem, but I go there with no problems, don't get asked to sign into her profile, etc. Curious is it not?
$500 for a penny people, cheap at the price, just 500 big ones for a penny! Don't shove, there's enough pennies for everyone! - Daffy Duck, manning a wishing well
Erm... I am now using Windows Messenger and it is only at version 4.7!!! What's the difference between msn messenger and windows messenger??? :confused: Weiye, Chen When pursuing your dreams, don't forget to enjoy your life...
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Who's using it, and what are your thoughts on it? So far I like it. The photo thing is a total gimmick, but gives me a shameless plug area if I take something I particularly like :-O It looks good, and seems to work well. One thing I've noticed "Whoever is typing a message" has been replaced by "Whoever is writing a message". Think this has something to do with the fact MS anticipate that some lucky person out there might be writing on their tablet / PDA, whatever, while the rest of us are still using keyboards (which I always will - my handwriting is illegible) ? Oddities: Since I started using it even more of my contacts have started using it for announcements, incoherrant rantings (Jonny - is that Welsh?), wierd quotes, etc. Could the two be linked? :~ Also, my MSN profile is not mine - it belongs to one of my contacts. Now, as I've never actually looked at this before, I can't really say if MSN 6 introduced this problem, but I go there with no problems, don't get asked to sign into her profile, etc. Curious is it not?
$500 for a penny people, cheap at the price, just 500 big ones for a penny! Don't shove, there's enough pennies for everyone! - Daffy Duck, manning a wishing well
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Erm... I am now using Windows Messenger and it is only at version 4.7!!! What's the difference between msn messenger and windows messenger??? :confused: Weiye, Chen When pursuing your dreams, don't forget to enjoy your life...
Windows messenger comes with (and can only be run on) WinXP, MSN messenger can run on any OS (I'm not sure about XP though) Ryan Being little and getting pushed around by big guys all my life I guess I compensate by pushing electrons and holes around. What a bully I am, but I do enjoy making subatomic particles hop at my bidding - Roger Wright (2nd April 2003, The Lounge)
Punctuality is only a virtue for those who aren't smart enough to think of good excuses for being late - John Nichol "Point Of Impact" -
Megan Forbes wrote: wierd quotes nah, i had those before msn6 ;P one great thing about it is you can add your own smilies....so ive put :suss: and :~ on there :-D
| Website: http://www.onyeyiri.co.uk | Sonork: 100.21142 : TheEclypse | "If a dolar was a chicken would the chicken be evil?"
Nnamdi Onyeyiri wrote: one great thing about it is you can add your own smilies....so ive put and on there but can others view them? or others with MSN 6 at least?
$500 for a penny people, cheap at the price, just 500 big ones for a penny! Don't shove, there's enough pennies for everyone! - Daffy Duck, manning a wishing well
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Who's using it, and what are your thoughts on it? So far I like it. The photo thing is a total gimmick, but gives me a shameless plug area if I take something I particularly like :-O It looks good, and seems to work well. One thing I've noticed "Whoever is typing a message" has been replaced by "Whoever is writing a message". Think this has something to do with the fact MS anticipate that some lucky person out there might be writing on their tablet / PDA, whatever, while the rest of us are still using keyboards (which I always will - my handwriting is illegible) ? Oddities: Since I started using it even more of my contacts have started using it for announcements, incoherrant rantings (Jonny - is that Welsh?), wierd quotes, etc. Could the two be linked? :~ Also, my MSN profile is not mine - it belongs to one of my contacts. Now, as I've never actually looked at this before, I can't really say if MSN 6 introduced this problem, but I go there with no problems, don't get asked to sign into her profile, etc. Curious is it not?
$500 for a penny people, cheap at the price, just 500 big ones for a penny! Don't shove, there's enough pennies for everyone! - Daffy Duck, manning a wishing well
Good things: +more eye candy. c'mon, that's what skinnable GUIs are for, why pretend otherwise? +buddy photo/icon/whatever. well, this is sort of eye candy, but it's suprisingly nice when you've several chat sessions open & need to instantly recognize who you're chatting with. +works more reliably on the proxy at work. this is huge. +message logs & some other shit they should have had years ago... Bad Things: -I run other programs, dammit! make the thing smaller... -It's still flaky through Microsoft's own ISA Server. -It's not Trillian - my AIM and Y! contacts are left out in the cold.
Shog9
So much he don't understand, Just might never make it to a man...
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Where do i find the beta..?:confused: Hrmm...just noticed i ended up in the Windows Messanger page, what is the difference between them? (more :confused: ) /Magnus
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It was an unofficial leak. Microsoft demanded it be removed from the internet completely, but it's still there. You can find it on www.filemirrors.com[^] and search for "msn". Ryan Being little and getting pushed around by big guys all my life I guess I compensate by pushing electrons and holes around. What a bully I am, but I do enjoy making subatomic particles hop at my bidding - Roger Wright (2nd April 2003, The Lounge)
Punctuality is only a virtue for those who aren't smart enough to think of good excuses for being late - John Nichol "Point Of Impact" -
Nnamdi Onyeyiri wrote: one great thing about it is you can add your own smilies....so ive put and on there but can others view them? or others with MSN 6 at least?
$500 for a penny people, cheap at the price, just 500 big ones for a penny! Don't shove, there's enough pennies for everyone! - Daffy Duck, manning a wishing well
they certainly can....if they have msn6.
| Website: http://www.onyeyiri.co.uk | Sonork: 100.21142 : TheEclypse | "If a dolar was a chicken would the chicken be evil?"
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Nnamdi Onyeyiri wrote: one great thing about it is you can add your own smilies....so ive put and on there but can others view them? or others with MSN 6 at least?
$500 for a penny people, cheap at the price, just 500 big ones for a penny! Don't shove, there's enough pennies for everyone! - Daffy Duck, manning a wishing well
Yes...just not use them. So if Nnamdi types in suss with two colons around it, I'll see the :suss: dude. But if I type in the same string, I'll get a confused smiley followed by uss:
Hawaian shirts and shorts work too in Summer. People assume you're either a complete nut (in which case not a worthy target) or so damn good you don't need to worry about camouflage... -Anna-Jayne Metcalfe on Paintballing
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Good things: +more eye candy. c'mon, that's what skinnable GUIs are for, why pretend otherwise? +buddy photo/icon/whatever. well, this is sort of eye candy, but it's suprisingly nice when you've several chat sessions open & need to instantly recognize who you're chatting with. +works more reliably on the proxy at work. this is huge. +message logs & some other shit they should have had years ago... Bad Things: -I run other programs, dammit! make the thing smaller... -It's still flaky through Microsoft's own ISA Server. -It's not Trillian - my AIM and Y! contacts are left out in the cold.
Shog9
So much he don't understand, Just might never make it to a man...
Shog9 wrote: -It's not Trillian - my AIM and Y! contacts are left out in the cold. There should be an MSN plugin that lets you talk to Y! and AIM contacts. It shouldn't be that hard... :laugh:
Hawaian shirts and shorts work too in Summer. People assume you're either a complete nut (in which case not a worthy target) or so damn good you don't need to worry about camouflage... -Anna-Jayne Metcalfe on Paintballing
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Way, waaaaaaay too much time. Don't you have some ASP.NET to work on? ;) cheers, Chris Maunder
Way, waaaaaaay too much time. It only took two Elijah Wood photos and a kitten in a pink floral kimono to turn me into a gibbering wreck. Don't you have some ASP.NET to work on You know how I said last, last weekend? Well, you were stuck in a time loop it seems which means I meant this coming weekend. * Seriously though. Humble apologies. Server crashed, now Exchange 2000 won't work and I have slept on the office couch the last few days. While waiting for things to install and download and fix and spin I prop my spirits up with CP. I should be the 4201st email you recieve this evening.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaChris Losinger wrote: i hate needles so much i can't even imagine allowing one near The Little Programmer
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Who's using it, and what are your thoughts on it? So far I like it. The photo thing is a total gimmick, but gives me a shameless plug area if I take something I particularly like :-O It looks good, and seems to work well. One thing I've noticed "Whoever is typing a message" has been replaced by "Whoever is writing a message". Think this has something to do with the fact MS anticipate that some lucky person out there might be writing on their tablet / PDA, whatever, while the rest of us are still using keyboards (which I always will - my handwriting is illegible) ? Oddities: Since I started using it even more of my contacts have started using it for announcements, incoherrant rantings (Jonny - is that Welsh?), wierd quotes, etc. Could the two be linked? :~ Also, my MSN profile is not mine - it belongs to one of my contacts. Now, as I've never actually looked at this before, I can't really say if MSN 6 introduced this problem, but I go there with no problems, don't get asked to sign into her profile, etc. Curious is it not?
$500 for a penny people, cheap at the price, just 500 big ones for a penny! Don't shove, there's enough pennies for everyone! - Daffy Duck, manning a wishing well
I got everybody hooked on it! Jeez, you give it to a few people and it spreads like wildfire... Megan Forbes wrote: Since I started using it even more of my contacts have started using it for announcements, incoherrant rantings (Jonny - is that Welsh?), wierd quotes, etc. Could the two be linked? I did start that after I got MSN 6, but it was really only after I decided that something was worth putting there. Megan Forbes wrote: (Jonny - is that Welsh?), According to him it's Gaellic Irish.
Hawaian shirts and shorts work too in Summer. People assume you're either a complete nut (in which case not a worthy target) or so damn good you don't need to worry about camouflage... -Anna-Jayne Metcalfe on Paintballing
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Erm... I am now using Windows Messenger and it is only at version 4.7!!! What's the difference between msn messenger and windows messenger??? :confused: Weiye, Chen When pursuing your dreams, don't forget to enjoy your life...
Different markets, apparently. Windows Messenger is meant for serious business people to use*. It is not as pretty and does not have all the cute little fisher price features of MSN MEssenger. MSN MEssenger, like MSN Browser, is flashy and pretty. It has a slew of useless features which 16 year olds are supposed to use. Surprisingly though MSN 6 BETA is damned good, even for serious use. The message limit is far bigger, it is more reliable and it fits in nicely with Windows XP (it does work on Windows XP.) I suspect though that the next Windows Messenger will come out and once again be better for business users. Of course, we could all just use email... * Never mind you cannot even send the briefest of thoughts without running into the stupid message limit
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaChris Losinger wrote: i hate needles so much i can't even imagine allowing one near The Little Programmer
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Who's using it, and what are your thoughts on it? So far I like it. The photo thing is a total gimmick, but gives me a shameless plug area if I take something I particularly like :-O It looks good, and seems to work well. One thing I've noticed "Whoever is typing a message" has been replaced by "Whoever is writing a message". Think this has something to do with the fact MS anticipate that some lucky person out there might be writing on their tablet / PDA, whatever, while the rest of us are still using keyboards (which I always will - my handwriting is illegible) ? Oddities: Since I started using it even more of my contacts have started using it for announcements, incoherrant rantings (Jonny - is that Welsh?), wierd quotes, etc. Could the two be linked? :~ Also, my MSN profile is not mine - it belongs to one of my contacts. Now, as I've never actually looked at this before, I can't really say if MSN 6 introduced this problem, but I go there with no problems, don't get asked to sign into her profile, etc. Curious is it not?
$500 for a penny people, cheap at the price, just 500 big ones for a penny! Don't shove, there's enough pennies for everyone! - Daffy Duck, manning a wishing well
Is it possible to rename your contacts in version 6? I simply can't understand why this hasn't been possible - instead you are forced to guess who's sending you a message when the person has just recently changed its nick.
Wenn ist das Nunstück git und Slotermeyer? Ja! Beierhund das oder die Flipperwaldt gersput!
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The photo thing is a total gimmick No ways! David and I came up with the latest gaming craze last night; PhotoWarsTM He kept putting photos of cats in clothes as well as half naked photos of Elijah Wood. I put up sickly sunset shots and half naked ladies (they were tasteful nudes of course.) The idea is to see who will break down into a gibbering wreck first. You get bonus points if you do it while chatting to other people who have no idea why your photo keeps changing, and to such bizarre things. Alright. I admit. It was late, I was going insane and David was playing with his two new guns. Maybe the game is less fun in the light of day. :rolleyes: Otherwise MSN 6 is damned fine. Has replaced Trillian on my box.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaChris Losinger wrote: i hate needles so much i can't even imagine allowing one near The Little Programmer
:laugh: :-O :laugh:
David Wulff
"It is a helpless feeling to be unable to make something so terribly wrong... right."