Shoutbox

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Originally posted by Chestah
I have no doubt the PUBLIC version of WLM 8.1 will not be released on monday. The current beta is far too unstable to be considered an improvement over WLM 8.

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They need to fix the freaking laggieness before they release it to the public or they'll have complaints up the ass.

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new skin

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wtf, is it just me or is that a little strange...


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* Nouveau design des cartes de contact, affichage des photos.
* Les avatars seront conservés quel que soit l’ordinateur sur lequel l’utilisateur sera connecté.
* Sécurité augmentée.
* Authentification améliorée
* Nouveaux clins d’œil et émoticônes
* Possibilité d'afficher l'emplacement où l'on est en message perso

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Wow, don't you love translation errors .

It's not new skin, it's new contact card design...

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Originally posted by MenthiX
The managed 8.1 testers got a newsletter from Microsoft last Monday saying that there will at least be 2 more beta builds (a normal build and one released through automatic update). Niether of these two are released yet, so public release on the 30th is extremely unlikely.

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I can confirm, no new builds available at the moment, just newsletter (I'm managed tester)

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Originally posted by giken

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Originally posted by MenthiX
The managed 8.1 testers got a newsletter from Microsoft last Monday saying that there will at least be 2 more beta builds (a normal build and one released through automatic update). Niether of these two are released yet, so public release on the 30th is extremely unlikely.

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I can confirm, no new builds available at the moment, just newsletter (I'm managed tester)

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Yes, I can confirm that too. None of the mentioned builds has been released yet as to date. It's merely just a newsletter.
And it's most unlikely that Microsoft will release the public beta on the 30th of Oct. If let's say it's true, managed testers would probably get a refresh build in a few hours time, otherwise, it won't be true. Do note that it will seriously spoil Microsoft's reputation if an extremely buggy beta is release to the public as a public beta. moreover, the current build crashes as and when it likes.

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Originally posted by xJ +
Do note that it will seriously spoil Microsoft's reputation if an extremely buggy beta is release to the public as a public beta. moreover, the current build crashes as and when it likes.

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They've done it before and they'll probably do it again. Look at 8.0 .

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Originally posted by words06
When is 8.1 realesed (not bete the whole thing)


sorry for spelling

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Rumour has it that they plan to release it before Christmas, but as always this can change at any time.

~Salem

Windows Live Messenger 8.1 Beta going public tonight

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Originally posted by dwergs at mess.be
French bloggers last week were let in on an exclusive regarding the next 8.1 beta-release and we can indeed confirm their reports that Windows Live Messenger 8.1 will go into Public Beta starting this evening (US time). The new build will be downloadable (as previously announced) by all of you from the official ideas.live.com website. No information on any new features yet, other than the ones we've already covered in the private builds. Anyway, watch this space for more!

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Gonna be interesting to see what bugs are fixed and "whats new", i might install it for a quick mess around and trial, because i cant be without plus for long

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Originally posted by Shadow
Gonna be interesting to see what bugs are fixed and "whats new", i might install it for a quick mess around and trial, because i cant be without plus for long

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Keep a copy of 8.0 as well then.  It's not hard to have both, just do a search I'm sure you will find threads about it when people were changing from 7.5 to 8.0 beta.

Btw, I hope they do make this build more solid than the last, it seemed very limited with the features it added from 8.0 but still was more buggy, you'd think with the time they would have added more than just that imo.

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Originally posted by markee

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Originally posted by Shadow
Gonna be interesting to see what bugs are fixed and "whats new", i might install it for a quick mess around and trial, because i cant be without plus for long

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Keep a copy of 8.0 as well then.  It's not hard to have both, just do a search I'm sure you will find threads about it when people were changing from 7.5 to 8.0 beta.

Btw, I hope they do make this build more solid than the last, it seemed very limited with the features it added from 8.0 but still was more buggy, you'd think with the time they would have added more than just that imo.

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Personally, i'd rather prefer it if they improve the current WLM 8.1 Beta before adding in any new features.

~Salem