Comments on: Windows Live Messenger speeds out of beta

By: tnxmfnqjk

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By: laura

laura — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 13:34:16 +0000

it takes me about 1 min 2 log in it dont take log i have about umm 30 frends

By: dav

dav — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 02:50:37 +0000

Takes about 3 mins to sign in after I click the sign in button, and when it eventualy signs in it crashes for about another 2 mins, then hogs all my resources..

By: anon

anon — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 10:16:40 +0000

I don’t fear for google or flickr, because they’re already miles ahead. Oh and I really love it how installing Live Messenger completely doesn’t work even though previous versions did. Tells me that my proxy isn’t working and IE can’t connect to the internet. Oh but then how do I type this.

I never was in love with MS products, but they were decent for a while. Even though they have more money than anyone else, they still can’t produce good software. If they’d concentrate on software and not marketing maybe things would change.

For what it’s worth I think the old hotmail was better as well. Does anyone at MS even know google exists?

By: Larry

Larry — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 12:48:09 +0000

Resource hog does not begin to describe Live Messenger. Not only does it use excessive memory (not that big a deal) it uses gigantic amounts of CPU, even when – particulalry when – doing nothing. It’s time to move on…

By: M

Tue, 18 Jul 2006 11:28:05 +0000

Hi Duran.

Me too. I’ve been suffering the same problem.

When I do get in.. its eithre only partially downloading / displying my contacts list.. or none at all.

Any ideas??

By: Duran

Duran — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 14:25:53 +0000

Any1 hace a huge problem signing in??? it hasnt signed me in for 2 days says its temporarily unavailable how can tht b for like 2 dayz!!! HELP!!!!

By: Web 2.0 - Что нового? Новости интернет проектов » Windows Live Messenger выходит из беты

Sat, 24 Jun 2006 01:42:53 +0000

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By: unitstep.net

unitstep.net — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 02:19:34 +0000

Battle of the instant messengers…

Two big companies, Microsoft and Yahoo, both recently released their new instant messenger clients. Microsoft’s client is now called “Windows Live Messenger”, and Yahoo’s is a more mundane “Yahoo Messenger 8.0″; how…

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 04:21:14 +0000

Does anyone know how verizon web chat, or whatever it is called, compares to Skype in terms of voice quality? They don’t take paypal…

By: Gizbuzz » Live Messenger out of beta

Gizbuzz » Live Messenger out of beta — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 11:09:48 +0000

[...] Well, there’s obviously something about July 19th that makes companies want to get out of beta stage, because Windows Live Messenger is leaving beta today, Techcrunch reports. Again, its been in public beta for a while (six weeks), and I got on the private beta quite early on. Its a great product, equally significant for its new features and the fact that it is the first example of a rebranding of an MSN product out of beta. About a year since the Ray Ozzie memo saying that Google was a major challenger and had to be stopped, and the start of the Live initiative, this is the start of the rollout. Ray Ozzie has just taken over from Gates as Chief Software architect, so we can only expect his brainchild to go from strength to strength, possibly becoming a major revenue source for Microsoft in the future. The success or failure of the Live initiative will probably become clear in 2007, and with the release of Vista and Office 07, 2007 will be a crucial year. Again, read more in the press release. [...]

By: 比特客栈的文艺复兴

比特客栈的文艺复兴 — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 11:05:27 +0000

Windows Live Messenger今晚正式发布？微软手脚很快嘛………

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长期被跳票阴影笼罩的微软一改磨蹭的作风？
作为Bill Gates下岗（哦，不对，是让贤）后最重要的战略部署，Live服务的第二号（正确的说Windows Live Favorites在早前已…..

By: Arjun B

Arjun B — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 06:44:36 +0000

Also important to note that, like the Yahoo offering, MS has a full API available for developers, in addition to a currently open $40k competition:
http://www.robo...in/default.aspx

By: Richie’s Space » Windows Live Messenger 8.0

Richie’s Space » Windows Live Messenger 8.0 — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 04:41:29 +0000

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By: John Beales

John Beales — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 03:20:18 +0000

I’ve been using Live Messenger pretty much since the beginning of the beta, and it is what has made me pretty much switch over to Trillian, (plus increased need for other messaging networks).

Windows Live Messenger, for me, takes way too much system resources. Almost 40 MB in Task Manager, compared to Trillian’s 4 MB. While I think the new features and interface are great Windows Live Messenger has become too much of a resource hog for me.

By: Shalin Jain

Shalin Jain — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 02:38:34 +0000

Live does not work on Safari yet but all looks fine on Flock. I think Live is pretty cool. It’s neat. I will swtich from google for a bit when it’s ready for safari. For search I think MS is the underdog and i’d usually like to support any underdog….

By: Jeyaram

Jeyaram — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 02:36:28 +0000

The post-gates era is definitely an appropriate term to use as Gates was the guiding hand to both Ray Ozzie and Craig Mundie, which were his left and right hand. His decision to step down as of thursday from his full time role as chief software architect and focus on his donation foundation what I beleive to be the moment of great historical significance. The shift of priority and the decision to down scale his significant role is the point to take note here.

By: Marshall Kirkpatrick

Marshall Kirkpatrick — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:24:13 +0000

On the post-Gates language – the announcement Thursday said Ozzie was taking over as CSA effective immediately. And though as with so many things there isn’t a truly bright line between one period and another, I think last Thursday will go down in history as when the line got drawn. That’s why I’ve used the phrase a couple of times.

By: Bob Boydston

Bob Boydston — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:13:50 +0000

Ron, read Michael’s statement one more time. He says, “…the release from beta status of Live Messenger may be the first sign of a serious shift in operations in this new, post-Gates era.”

Gates is still head of the board, but he has not had operations oversight for awhile.

My understanding is that Ozzie was brought in to align operations to the company’s goal in expanding the monetizing of their product line from solely “licensing” to other and newer forms.

By: Paul Kerton

Paul Kerton — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:09:32 +0000

Great, now Microsoft should take all computer users into account and bring out fully compatible Mac OS X and Linux clients.

By: beta @ amanzi » Windows Live Messenger no longer beta

beta @ amanzi » Windows Live Messenger no longer beta — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 23:54:08 +0000

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By: Darren

Darren — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 23:47:25 +0000

CyberNet has all of the downloads listed for the various languages:

http://tech.cyb...er-is-released/

By: Ron

Ron — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 23:43:42 +0000

Hey guy? I realize it’s a nice turn of phrase and makes for great hyperbole, but it’s not the “post-Gates era.” You’ve said this a couple times now and it’s not true. First of all, he hasn’t been in charge of day-to-day operations for years now, he’s been the CSA. And do you recall how long his phase-out period for the CSA role is? Two years. In 2008, you can start talking about the “post-Gates era.” In the meantime, it’s just non-information.

By: Robert

Robert — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 23:38:49 +0000

I suppose you are right David… I didn’t think about the integration with Windows Vista.

If they make photo and video sharing as easy as right clicking on photos or folders, I fear for services like Flickr and YouTube.

They could do the same with search, just integrate it into the taskbar. The standard user (99% of everyone with a PC) will simply use that instead of manually going to Google or Yahoo. I wonder if we’ll see another anti-trust lawsuit?

By: David Brunelle

David Brunelle — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 23:33:22 +0000

@Robert: A couple of things with Windows Live Messenger are innovative if you ask me. The way it handles file transfers (sharing folders rather than sending a file) is new to messenging. It’s integration with other Windows Live services is also innovative.

I think the “innovation” of Windows Live will be much more evident in the coming months when it become clear how Windows Live gadgets are able to interact with Windows Vista, and when it becomes clear how all the Live services complement each other, and other Microsoft products in general.