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Here's MS Messenger 8 beta

Just downloaded it myself.

A few notes:
-No preferences for video (e.g. resolution, max bandwidth.)
-Interface is the same.
-Doesn't show history.
-Message history windows isn't clickable.
-Despite this, it still saves history fine.
-Still takes a few seconds for contacts to be unblocked.
-Signs out and quits without trouble.
-Video calls don't work 100% of the time, sometimes you have to try it a second time. This happens with the latest Windows version, too.

-No winks or nudges (thankfully, I hate them.)
-Seems stable (for general use. Haven't tried video yet.)

Using <1% of CPU and 48MB of RAM while idle with chat windows open.
 
Jethryn Freyman said:
Just downloaded it myself.

A few notes:
-No preferences for video (e.g. resolution, max bandwidth.)
-Interface is the same.
-Doesn't show history.
-Message history windows isn't clickable.
-Despite this, it still saves history fine.
-Still takes a few seconds for contacts to be unblocked.
-Signs out and quits without trouble.
-Video calls don't work 100% of the time, sometimes you have to try it a second time. This happens with the latest Windows version, too.

-No winks or nudges (thankfully, I hate them.)
-Seems stable (for general use. Haven't tried video yet.)

Using <1% of CPU and 48MB of RAM while idle with chat windows open.
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All of which, is good reason to wait for the finished product. ;)
 
Webcam function seems very temperamental. Keep getting lots of messages saying that the other person's version of MSN does not support webcam.

Has a dock indicator saying how many messages you have unread, but it doesn't go up from 1.

Hasn't crashed yet.
 
I like how people are ranting and raving that it's so buggy, it's not even a public beta yet... By the time it's a public beta most of the big bugs would've been worked out, this is a private beta, there's a difference, and for good reason.
 
I think we should appreciate the fact that they're working on new features.

Im glad that video chat is finally coming to work on the mac version. :cool:
 
My friends don't have AIM or other stuff, it's hotmail or bust. So MSN for me was always the way to go. I have used Adium but have always liked MSN for some reason. But now I'll get video and audio chat natively on OSX. I'm so happy.

UPDATE: seems it won't let me install on my G4. Darn.
 
MistaBungle said:
My friends don't have AIM or other stuff, it's hotmail or bust. So MSN for me was always the way to go. I have used Adium but have always liked MSN for some reason. But now I'll get video and audio chat natively on OSX. I'm so happy.

UPDATE: seems it won't let me install on my G4. Darn.
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Yep.. it's Intel only
 
I just got an "alert" linking me to the windows live messenger site about photo sharing. This alert thing is completely new to Mac messenger.:) It caught me off guard since I've had 8.0 installed for some time and it just popped up today.:p
 
web cam / video

i have msn messenger on my iMac, and i have the built in web cam,
but msn wont let me do a video conversation / web cam,
is this just my computer, of the version of msn i have or does mac not allow this application to work? im so confused.
 
hayleymangano said:
i have msn messenger on my iMac, and i have the built in web cam,
but msn wont let me do a video conversation / web cam,
is this just my computer, of the version of msn i have or does mac not allow this application to work? im so confused.
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Messenger for Mac doesn't yet come standard with audio/visual capabilities. You can test it out if you want by getting the Messenger 8 beta, but sorry I can't post a link here. You could also check out a third party solution such as Adium. =)
 
so what ever happened to this?
For some reason I can't check the microsoft mac website and google has nothing except articles talking about the leak, which leads me to believe version 8 is not anywhere near a public release, but I wanted to see here.
 
wesrk said:
so what ever happened to this?
For some reason I can't check the microsoft mac website and google has nothing except articles talking about the leak, which leads me to believe version 8 is not anywhere near a public release, but I wanted to see here.
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I think Microsoft is fooling around with us saying that v8 would come "early 2009" :rolleyes:
 
Yeah.. getting a bit of a joke now. I find it pathetic really..

Next thing, it'll only be part of MS Office for Mac and not free..
 
Kilamite said:
Yeah.. getting a bit of a joke now. I find it pathetic really..

Next thing, it'll only be part of MS Office for Mac and not free..
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I wouldn't even be opposed to that. I absolutely love Messenger for Mac. It's so lightweight and clean compared to the bloated, rancid, ad-ridden Windows version. As long as the look and feel stay the same on the Mac they can throw it in to Office if they want.
 
-Ryan- said:
I wouldn't even be opposed to that. I absolutely love Messenger for Mac. It's so lightweight and clean compared to the bloated, rancid, ad-ridden Windows version. As long as the look and feel stay the same on the Mac they can throw it in to Office if they want.
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i used to use it many moons ago, but since finding adium i will never turn back. i cant stand it - especially since i was using the PPC version (no intel version existed, does one exist yet??). i have heaps of multiple accounts so adium makes it so simple to combine them all in one, i just wish there was audio/video chat!
 
DoFoT9 said:
i used to use it many moons ago, but since finding adium i will never turn back. i cant stand it - especially since i was using the PPC version (no intel version existed, does one exist yet??). i have heaps of multiple accounts so adium makes it so simple to combine them all in one, i just wish there was audio/video chat!
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I think I would like Adium if it were specifically for MSN. I can't be bothered with all these programs that combine lots of different systems into one, considering as I only use MSN and only ever have used it. I'm also not fussed on how it doesn't have a native OSX interface. But I do have many friends who like it and it suits them well.
I also think that it would be better if Messenger included Audio/Video chat. It's not something I use regularly, but when I do need it, it's sorely missed. However, we have been promised (ok, we were promised before) that it's coming in the next release, so fingers crossed!
 
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