New Windows Live Messenger Wave 3 UI

New Windows Live Messenger Wave 3 UI

Tom Warren on 28 October 2008 - 21:33 · 28 comments & 22926 views

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Microsoft just demonstrated the latest UI for Windows Live Messenger in a Windows 7 session here at PDC.

Check out the video here:

Also, the new messenger icon:

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(1 reply) #1 +Mephistopheles on 28 Oct 2008 - 20:27

'We're sorry, this video is no longer available.'

#1.1 creamhackered on 28 Oct 2008 - 20:27

It's still processing...one moment please

(3 replies) #2 dimithrak on 28 Oct 2008 - 20:36

i saw it.. looks the same at the beta i use right now..

#2.1 dhan on 28 Oct 2008 - 21:01

#2.2 afusion on 28 Oct 2008 - 21:14

dhan said,

Is it due in February of 09?

#2.3 creamhackered on 28 Oct 2008 - 21:38

No it's not the same and new icon too. It was a brief glimpse that's all...

(1 reply) #3 PureLegend on 28 Oct 2008 - 20:37

Hasn't this been shown for a while now?

#3.1 rm20010 on 28 Oct 2008 - 22:42

PureLegend said,

Hasn't this been shown for a while now?

The only thing that seems to be new is the icon, some text changes in WLM's main window (there's no "Thanks for your patience!" text), and app icon updates, a la OS X Dock.

#4 Antraxek on 28 Oct 2008 - 22:11

I dunno what's this about but I'm using wave 3 already. I googled for it and there is a lot of dl links. But yes, my WLM's got old icon.

(1 reply) #5 Marshalus on 28 Oct 2008 - 22:44

This is a demonstration of new W3 betas running on Windows 7... it's not the same thing you have right now.

#5.1 theyarecomingforyou on 29 Oct 2008 - 02:58

Maybe not... but it looks the same.

#6 :: Lyon :: on 28 Oct 2008 - 22:50

They should at least release a fixed version of the previous Beta release (the custom emoticon not appearing bug)

#7 Nodiaque on 28 Oct 2008 - 23:49

Why is that in the gamer section?

(8 replies) #8 sy89 on 29 Oct 2008 - 08:46

How do we get that dock? looks cool

#8.1 +Antaris on 29 Oct 2008 - 10:33

sy89 said,

How do we get that dock? looks cool

That's not the dock, its the new taskbar

#8.2 Chris on 29 Oct 2008 - 10:33

Its the new taskbar in Windows 7.

#8.3 jordanthegreat on 29 Oct 2008 - 14:11

Chris said,

Its the new taskbar in Windows 7.

Are you kidding me? They're just icons with no description. What happens when you have multiple windows of the same application open? How do you tell which is which?

#8.4 +Smigit on 29 Oct 2008 - 14:16

If I heard correctly it does a preview for every instance of the application you have open side by side. So think what happens when you hover now but you'll have 2 or 3 or N number of previews.

Someone correct me if I'm off.

#8.5 jordanthegreat on 29 Oct 2008 - 14:38

Ah. That would make sense. Still though, I find just reading the description to be a much faster way of identifying windows. And even more so when you factor in the hover delay.

#8.6 Cidinho on 29 Oct 2008 - 15:39

See that there are 2 squares envolving IE's icon? It means there are two windows opened.

I mean, that's what I could deduct from previous screenshots.

#8.7 +Smigit on 30 Oct 2008 - 08:08

jordanthegreat said,

Ah. That would make sense. Still though, I find just reading the description to be a much faster way of identifying windows. And even more so when you factor in the hover delay.

Heres where I saw it actually. just above
http://www.neowin.net/news/live/08/10/28/i...he-windows-7-ui

#8.8 spinning_quirK on 01 Nov 2008 - 09:04

So it's cool if it's called the "Dock", but uncool if its name remains "Taskbar". Someone tell MS Marketing to make the necessary change.

#9 lomas on 29 Oct 2008 - 11:25

I like the new MSN icon... looks very IE

#10 MiniMeSorinel on 29 Oct 2008 - 14:32

That's pretty nice

#11 cJr. on 29 Oct 2008 - 16:23

Can't wait till they update the current beta! I hope it is soon!

(1 reply) #12 SniperX on 30 Oct 2008 - 08:09

"When I click on it, it starts to run."

Stop! I can't take this new and exciting approach to running applications on a computer.

#12.1 cJr. on 30 Oct 2008 - 15:03

hahaha!!

#13 +dave164 on 01 Nov 2008 - 20:20

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