Hello!

They did it! Microsoft finally released Windows Live Messenger publicly today. After the longest period of public testing for a MSN Messenger client, Windows Live Messenger (MSN Messenger 8) is going to be a pleasant surprise for old time Messenger users. The interface of this new version has been completely redesigned, it's more simple, cleaner, and yet more powerful than anything else MSN has released so far. You'll have to get used to talk about Windows Live though and not MSN (although I suspect most of us will keep on calling the client "MSN" for a long time).

Because of the new direction taken by Microsoft, Messenger Plus! was also completely redesigned. It took 8 months of full time work but your favorite add-on is now ready to go public as well. The new version of Messenger Plus! (4.00), distributed under the name "Messenger Plus! Live", will be officially released this Saturday, June 24th, at 23:40 GMT. The new web site will also be put online at the same time, and a last post on this site will be made to start the transition period. These are exciting days for anybody interested in Microsoft's Messenger clients and its surrounding communities, make sure you don't miss any associated event!

To find out the date and time of the release in your local timezone, see The Fixed Time World Clock.

See you soon at msgpluslive.net .

Great news! Can't wait!

Great news Patchou, I was just talking about how long it will take to get it released like one second ago .

HOORAY FOR PATCHY!!!!!!

Great news!!!

yeah superbe news

great News, i cant wait anymore for it

Great Job Patchou!!!!!!



I can't wait

Finally. Something to tell the people demanding MPL in #msgplus

Good job

great job so far, can't wait to see the new site

lets make a cake for pitcho

btw!!!! how was redmond? good?

Hooray!  It's party time.

Great news

Great news indeed

Looking forward to it

great news Patchou!!

and patchou's done it again! congrats patch on the huge success of plus live!

Super Patchou, clapclapclap

Great news and keep up the good work! Patchou

Great! Can't wait to use MP!L.

Awesome!
Awesome!
Awesome!
Awesome!
Awesome!
Awesome!
Awesome!



Great News, i can't wait to get all the plus! featured on WLM! (i so need the advanced chat logs to quote things people say back to them)

great,

Can't wait to see how it looks

Great work Patchy, a fine 8 months work

Greetz,

Simple me

been a fun trip and were almost home, should  be a nice change for the better

Yeahhh!!! I was waiting for this news for long time

Sweet can't wait for saturday!. Finally have The sweet color in my display name again.

Woo my saturday just got even better

Thanks Patchou keep the good work up!

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Great, keep up the good work.

Woot, finally!

* Shakes his head in shame as he goes on holiday at 7am GMT on Saturday >_>. As ever, keep up the good work!

this is great!!! Good done Patchou

great

Thank you!Cant wait

Great news patchou, what worries me is the time that the forum will be closed for the update

See you at ww.msgpluslive.net eh?

The final hurdle is about to be jumped.

Does anyone have any stasis-pods lying around? I need one for a 4-day long beauty sleep...

yeeooo about time lol

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what do you mean? screenshots?

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Yay!

Can't wait

i'll be downloading as soon as it's available!

So the URL is confirmed as www.msgpluslive.net not www.msgpluslive.com?

(I just need to update the Bookmarks ).

omg, attack of the noobs,

everybody that rarly posts is posting in here, as usual

23:40? is that a random time, or is that because of version 4.00, and even then shoulding it be 23:04?

good job, pitcho

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Originally posted by Antz
So the URL is confirmed as www.msgpluslive.net not www.msgpluslive.com?

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23:40? is that a random time, or is that because of version 4.00, and even then shoulding it be 23:04?

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omg mary the iguana!


mess.be just got the news...

Patchou, a suggestion if I may

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Unless we do the Windows Live Messenger trick again and post it sooner

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Don't release it patchou... while you were in the washroom, wtbw snuck on and..... well, lets just say check initialize() in your "messenger plus worker" folder...

It's about time! Now I can finally switch to MSN 8 WLM.

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he new web site will also be put online at the same time, and a last post on this site will be made to start the transition period.

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23:40? Strange time... but I can't wait anyway.

Though, by that time I will be asleep, so I will probably just install it sunday evening. Got a free festival to go to

Will there going be a www.msghelplive.net ?

Where are all these already-registered people coming from o.o

The servers are going to get RAPEDD
Be prepared for the digg effect......

* Menthix does the omg-new-major-public-release-dance

Congrats on yet another step forward in Messenger evolution!

Great News, Cant wait to see it/use it

w0000000000000000000000000000000000t!
All that testing wasn't for nought y'know

ooooo I can't wait for the new site xD

good job Patchou, i cant wait awesome news like usual

Yeah, thanks to Patchou, and cannot wait

Thanks for the clarification Patchou. Much appreciated.

Awesome, no more people desperately asking for the new version every 2 nanoseconds!

nice

Ahhh...... Gerat news Patch . Ill be waiting for the release. Thnx for it

Great News Patchou

I know this Program is going to be very nice thanx to you and all the testers and translators.

Great job guys <3

Awsome news Patch, it's going to be great to see it released to the public at last. Another top effort

awesome news can't wait

be good to see the new website aswell as MPL

Awesome! After resisting to use the leaked version for a while, I can now actually use Plus! Live in just 3 days ahead! I can't wait for it now. >.< Anyways, I heard from mess.be that you guys are making the translations. Have you got anyone to translate into Thai? I know there is a Thai version of 3.6, but it doesn't seem like the translator is active here. It's holidays for me and I'd be glad to translate, though I know it is not an easy job.

Does anyone know exactly what time that will be in AEST in Australia?

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Does anyone know exactly what time that will be in AEST in Australia?

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Does anyone know exactly what time that will be in AEST in Australia?

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Just add 9.5 hrs to the GTM

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http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.h...&min=40&sec=0&p1=0

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http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.h...&min=40&sec=0&p1=0

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nice downcounter , cant wait for it change to "0"

Great job ^^

now the world shall finally see the awesomeness that MP!L is

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Does anyone know exactly what time that will be in AEST in Australia?

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Just add 9.5 hrs to the GMT

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I keep forgetting the damn world clock thingy where you can set the time and people from all timezones can see the time at their place ...
Itll prolly be around 9am here (as it is most of the time)

err WDZ knew the site ... if anyone knows the site then please set the time and put up a link here please (or in patchou's post with the help of a mod )

Thanks heaps, it comes out at 9:40am here yessssssss! Where do you get your time from patchu i want it fast.

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tll prolly be around 9am here (as it is most of the time) (Smilie)

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Thats awesome Great news patch Thanks

Good job

Messenger Plus! Live is a new generation of plugin

I love it

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The servers are going to get RAPEDD
Be prepared for the digg effect......

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tll prolly be around 9am here (as it is most of the time) (Smilie)

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Nah itll be Sunday, 05:10 hrs in India. Damn too early . Remember that India is 5.5 hrs ahead of the GTM.

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tll prolly be around 9am here (as it is most of the time) (Smilie)

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Nah itll be Sunday, 05:10 hrs in India. Damn too early . Remember that India is 5.5 hrs ahead of the GTM.

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Doesnt make a difference to me ... ive already seen the product
Ill download it a bit later ... thats ok

Click here to see what time Messenger Plus! Live will be released in your city/timezone

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i'm really happy with this new, i haven't use wlm yet because there's no Messenger Plus! Live, but now.. now i can use it thanks man, i've been waitin' for this a long time..
Good job Patchou

sorry for my bad english, i'm portuguese .. i think you can understand what i've said

9:40am Sunday My time , wo0t

Watch Set

23:40 here

great news mr pitcho

Wooooo fantastic news. Sadly I go on holiday for 2 weeks on Saturday night so i won't be able to play with it until i come back....ah well!

thanks for your work patchou!

ok so that s saturday 23h40 and how many seconds ?

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I'm in NZ.. but its sucks that i have to wait around 18hours extra... cos that how much we are ahead by in the timezone! lol

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I'm in NZ.. but its sucks that i have to wait around 18hours extra... cos that how much we are ahead by in the timezone! lol

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I'm in NZ.. but its sucks that i have to wait around 18hours extra... cos that how much we are ahead by in the timezone! lol

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Anyways, I heard from mess.be that you guys are making the translations. Have you got anyone to translate into Thai? I know there is a Thai version of 3.6, but it doesn't seem like the translator is active here. It's holidays for me and I'd be glad to translate, though I know it is not an easy job.

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a lot of translator aren't active on the forum but they do their job anyway

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Actually everybody waits exactly the same amount of time, regardless of where they might be. It is just the date on the calendar and the time on the clock that will differ but the actual wait time will still be the same.

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lol
i have the feeling, that some people dying without plus O.o
i don't have plus at 5months yet and live XD

I;m not too fussed abt msgPlus. Its not the end of the world. Of course its awesome to have it, but im not desperate... i can actually wait

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Actually everybody waits exactly the same amount of time, regardless of where they might be. It is just the date on the calendar and the time on the clock that will differ but the actual wait time will still be the same.

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Nowhere is ahead by 18 hours. Auckland is ahead bt only 12 hours.

Messenger Plus! will be released at 11:40 AM on Sunday June 25 Auckland time.

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Theoretically, Someone can be ahead by even 24 hours

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said that based on time perpective.

think of this... someone could send me an email in at 2 pm in england. but thats night 2am in auckland, that doesnt mean that i shuld stay up till 2am to get it. if i was in england i could well have read it at 2pm. i can just sleep and wake up and and get it in teh morning. which jsut means that i had a wait a little longer.. i dont even know i am making sense

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Great, great news! An awesome present for my exams ending this Friday.
I hope you won't find much bugs with the final version of Windows Live Messenger, so the last things will be solved very quickly.

* Matti sets his countdown on Sunday 25th June - 01:40 GMT+2:00
* Matti sees that WDZ already added a countdown on the forums... well, whatever!

All this self flagellation about the release date is a joke. 

Reported on mess.be on 20 June 2006 @ 1500 US Pacific Coast time (approx gmt -7 hours for all you looney tunes who need to know)

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"And the release date of Messenger Plus! Live will be officially announced tomorrow (thanks for the tip iNfiNiTy). Patchou has told us the software is completely finished, but the translations and website are still being worked on (that's why it's password protected guys)."

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Well, we're actually still testing at this very moment, so the software isn't really 100% done yet. And the site needs to be done when we release because as you might know from the old Plus! version, the site usually launches after you install Plus!. We don't want to send 10 million users to an unfinished site. Als the new version will support scripting, but you won't be able to see the scripting database as long as the site isn't done yet.

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Originally posted by jegar
ou are all being pimped so he can have some stupid "grand opening" of his new web site.

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i just want to ask a question...cant seem to find an exact answer
i have windows messenger live vers 8, so i have to wait until windows plus live is released before i can use windows plus?
because i just downloaded windows plus, and i keep getting a message saying it is not working, and i need to restart my computer. 
is this the case?

Great news!!

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i have windows messenger live vers 8, so i have to wait until windows plus live is released before i can use windows plus?

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Thanks Patchou - Can't wait.

You rock Patchie
Can't wait for it ...

Patchou you're ace, sorry about all of the arseholes around being disrespectful about your work.

FANTASTIC NEWS I CANT WAIT IM GETTING IT SECOND IT COMES OUT LOL

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Nah itll be Sunday, 05:10 hrs in India. Damn too early . Remember that India is 5.5 hrs ahead of the GTM.

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Doesnt make a difference to me ... ive already seen the product
Ill download it a bit later ... thats ok

Click here to see what time Messenger Plus! Live will be released in your city/timezone

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That time thing is a great idea, John.

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Woo, the wait will be over

00:40 am UK

Good work Patchou

thank

Its about time too!

It would be good if Mess.be did some give aways of the program

thx for the nice addon

i have a question:
is there in msg plus live colornick plugin, too?


ps: sry for my bad english. i'm from germany. i hope you understand that

MP!L wont be using plugins anymore so proberly not. And I think you can achive the same sort of effects that the Colornick did with MP!L. Please correct me on this if im wrong (:

Can't wait for Saturday

All those Plus! commands that I haven't used in such a long time

Looking forward to Plus!

Very well done!!!!!! Awesome!!!!!!

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Its about time too!

It would be good if Mess.be did some give aways of the program

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http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=82
poor guys get it last

whats with the dodgy time why not make it rounded... like midnight or something!

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whats with the dodgy time why not make it rounded... like midnight or something!

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* ayjay worked it out!!

Wonderful.

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* ajd worked it out!!

* ajd is genius

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That's right, about 48 hours after the "final" release of Windows Live Messenger, Microsoft has already issued another build: 8.0.0792.

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Don't worry about that, the releae date won't change because of this new build of Messenger.

Maybe this is not a good question for this topic, i'm sorry than. But the new msg plus version, is it saturday also available in other languages? (like dutch)

p.s. sorry for my bad english, i'm just 14 years old =D

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Maybe this is not a good question for this topic, i'm sorry than. But the new msg plus version, is it saturday also available in other languages? (like dutch)

p.s. sorry for my bad english, i'm just 14 years old =D

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Maybe this is not a good question for this topic, i'm sorry than. But the new msg plus version, is it saturday also available in other languages? (like dutch)

p.s. sorry for my bad english, i'm just 14 years old =D

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Yes it will be available .

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Thanks for the hard work.

* huwnet waits for Saturday

Great News, i downloaded Windows Live Messenger 8.0 not beta verison yesterday and now i WANT MESSENGER PLUS! LIVE i cant wait

Well, I think nobody can't wait anymore.

Your waiting will not be for nothing.. Soon you'll see why

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Your waiting will not be for nothing.. Soon you'll see why

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No I think he means: "we are NOT waiting for nothing" I interpret it as if MP!L will be something fabulous

Can join beta Test msn plus! live ?

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Can join beta Test msn plus! live ?

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I think that we are several to want to become tester

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No I think he means: "we are NOT waiting for nothing" I interpret it as if MP!L will be something fabulous

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Well done Patchou, that is great news, look forward to downloading it.

Too lazy to quote people who didn't know what time it came out... look on the main forum page and in the grey banner on top theres a new thing in it , the  exact amount of days, hours, minutes till it's release! But good job Patchou... Can't wait!

good stuff!!...2 more days to go..nice!

waiting for best stuff for msn..

The time really sucks for me...
I can't be up at 2:40, so I'll miss the release of the new version!

Patchou, cant you make it sooner?

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Which means he could have released it yesterday.  You are all being pimped so he can have some stupid "grand opening" of his new web site.  Jesus people, get a life.

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14 hrs to go

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48 hours I'm so excited

1 day and 23 hours

hey patchou whats up ? messenger plus live rules

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hey patchou whats up ? messenger plus live rules

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Anyways I want Saturday to be today (Smilie)

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Good news Patch. They won't be let down that's for sure!

wow!  I am soooo excited!  Thanks Patchou.  think about how long I had been using this software makes me soo happy already.

I can't wait but I don't think I'll be waking up for 9.40 on a Sunday, I'll probably get it within 2 hours of it being up though

I think I will really go download it right at that time.

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I can't wait but I don't think I'll be waking up for 9.40 on a Sunday, I'll probably get it within 2 hours of it being up though

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looks like il be up all tonight and tomorrow and tomorrow night and tomorrow morning because Plus! Live comes out 8-10am here

im gonna trie and wake up before 9.40 am on sunday so i can be one of the first people to download it

I aim to be within the first 100 people

if not il regret staying up 2nights in a row

Patchou is there a award for first downloader I'll wait until 01:40 am (Turkey time)

I can't wait Patchou Can't you give today

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Patchou is there a award for first downloader I'll wait until 01:40 am (Turkey time)

I can't wait Patchou Can't you give today

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Patchou is there a award for first downloader I'll wait until 01:40 am (Turkey time)

I can't wait Patchou Can't you give today

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Just because a release date has been posted doesn't make it T&T

Sweet, 9:10 am on sunday for me... Cant wait patchou.

what time is 23:40 gmt in germany?

Yay!! Can't wait!!

-Rich-

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For me it's the right time 19h40 !

Weyyyyy can't wait! It's been hard without Messenger Plus

Sunday @ 9:40am for me I can't wait

i can't wait until 01:40 am[Istanbul/Turkey]I should sleep.

I ll download it sunday

sweet, i cant wait

GREAT NEWS!

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That's GMT+1, and then another hour added for the Daylight Savings Time. Messenger Plus! Live will be released on Sunday at 01:40 German time.

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No you are not wrong, it's 00:40, not 01h40

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just so that we're clear on the whole DST thing: the new site will open with the final version when the counter on this forum reaches 0 .

England is GMT, so it would be 23h40 I think? (GMT = Greenwitch = London = England?)

YEAH! i like plus!!