Shoutbox

Thanks for your reply, you cleared things up a lot for all the rookies.

I hope nobody minds me asking - since Messenger Live is a closed beta, why is msg plus live going to be a closed beta? If it's only compatible with msg 8 then theoretically you should make it open to everyone - only those with messenger 8 will be able to use it. Or something like that. I went to the effort to be using messenger 8 legally and would like the chance to also be testing the new plus. Then again, I understand that it's probably oversubscribed

Because there quite alot of users using wlm now, and releasing beta programs to alot of people before testing on a smaller group is not really a good way to test a product unless your absolutely sure there are no bugs.
Delays are expected to make the product the best it can be

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Originally posted by Patchou
Hello everybody,

here's just a quick message to let you know that the Beta 1 of Messenger Plus! Live will be delayed by about two weeks and should be released in the middle of February. I want the beta testers to have the best first hand experience as possible and sending a beta version now would just not be a good idea.

Also, please note that I did not review any of the 300 emails I already received from people who want to beta test the software so don't worry .

Patchou

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An extra 2 weeks is okay if it means a better product. Wow 300 emails, good luck going through them all.

Hopefully i'll get in. So will the testers be contacted nearer to when the beta is to be release or will in still be around the 3rd of feb?

yep 300 emails , well..i wait that Beta! , c'mon patchou

The beta is private (and will be protected) because I would hate to see a buggy version being distributed on the internet and crashing all the Messenger 8 beta testers of Microsoft. Beta versions of my products are (almost) always private, simply because I don't want to do like some other companies and keep a "beta" label for a year or two to excuse all the bugs of my program.

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Originally posted by Patchou
the Beta 1 of Messenger Plus! Live will be delayed by about two weeks

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slacker.... 

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Originally posted by Omar

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Originally posted by Patchou
the Beta 1 of Messenger Plus! Live will be delayed by about two weeks

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slacker.... 

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Fraisie's sister was down for a while, Patchy couldn't work as much as he wanted to lol

... some people know way too many things about my life

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Originally posted by Patchou
... some people know way too many things about my life

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I was talking to Fraisie today and she told me that lol.

I said why is it delayed did you break it she said no my sister was down for 10 days and he didn't get to work on it as much as he wanted.