MSN Messenger 8.0 will have Yahoo Integration

Hey all,

Yes, its finally gonna happen, MSN has announced that its new messenger program to be released in the first qurter of 2006 will allow users to talk to people who use Yahoo messenger.

some other features that might be included in the next version could be: (got this from a article)

Change of Messenger Skins
• Real-time Emotions
• Messenger Built Internal Windows Media Player 10
• Pause/Resumed File Transfers (File Blocked Extension Applied)
• Detailed File Transfer (Download/Upload Speed)
• Animated Display Pictures (.gif .jpg .png (File Support under Consideration))
• Mood Status
• Faster Contact List Loading and scrolling
• Public Profile and MSN Spaces Combined
• More MSN Space features
• New Hotmail and MSN Messenger Integration
• Downloadable MSN Messenger on Mobile
• News Updates according to Location
• Top 10 MSN Music Radio
• New Stylish Notifier Pop-up
• Downloadable Skins for MSN (Contact Window & Conversation Window)
• Complete Integration with Windows XP® & Windows Vista® Codename: Longhorn®
• Offline Voice/Message Machine
• Animated Buddy Icon Helper
• Display Picture Ratings

also there were invitations to be a beta-tester for this, however there are none left anymore.

Cant wait for it! Will there be any BETAs during this time.

hi lankan man,

well yes there were beta invites of it.. however when i tried to get a copy of it there were none left.. so i guess that already a lot of other people are trying it out... i did use it at my friends place though coz he was able to get a beta.. while a lot of promised features are still not there, the look and feel has major differences....

Now that I think of it, betas aren’t really safe, in some cases; there are a lot of glitches that may even affect you previous Messenger...although this might be an urban legend.

Use Trillian.

More bloated crap i'll eventually be *forced* to upgrade too :(

It's out. Read more here. If you have Windows Live Messenger 8 - you're set.

I downloaded it and it says I need to pay £1.50 for various SMS for the installation code. Is that what you guys did? Is it that much better?