High Tech Rat

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 IM app in the world has finally
reached version 2009.
Features
Windows Live Messenger offers plenty of
emoticons and winks to cheer up your
conversations. 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 VoIP
calls . 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.
Context
Windows Live Messenger will be discontinued
on April 8. 2013 .
Users will have to use Skype with imported
contacts to continue messaging Windows
Live Messenger contacts.
Pros
Nice customizable interface
Great photo sharing service
New options for contacts management
Tons of emoticons, winks and other eye-
candy for chats
Cons
No custom status messages
Uncomfortable menu buttons
Installation file is getting bloated
Advertisement on the main interface

Language: English, Polish
File size: 1.1 MB
Date: June 3, 2010
Publisher: Microsoft | More
programs (354)
Downloads: 23,085,320
O.S.: Windows XP,
Windows 7, Windows
8
Category: Instant Messaging >
MSN Messenger

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