The new Windows Live Wave 3 public beta was started last few days ago, including Messenger, Mail, Writer, Photo Gallery, Movie Maker, Toolbar, Family Safety and others which are on the web (eg. Hotmail, Spaces, Home, SkyDrive).
What I am going to discuss more is the (Windows Live) Messenger version 9 or 2009, because this is what I using everyday.
I am sure many of you are using version 8.x right now, if you ask me to compare 8.5 with this new version 9 (beta), it won’t be worst than 8.5, but it still not that perfect.
Due to version 9 implemented some new features onto it, they might not working well or user-friendly at this moment, but you are worth to try them.
My official blog has discussed about the features before, but sadly it is not available at this moment. But you can read the overview and comparison from LiveSide (English) and LiveSino (Chinese).
After I have using for two days, I have noticed some bugs/bad/not user-friendly in the version 9:
- Chat Window skining problem.
- Overall UI contains too much blank space.
- Status options decreased.
- No Personalize Status can make.
- Chat Window opponent name and email address did not showing properly.
- Contact List need mouse over the contact only can know the email address.
- Custom Smileys got a lot of problems.
Changed your mind already? Don’t want to use it already? Haha… if you are too free like me, don’t mind about this kind of small problems, want to use new product time to time, then this is a good try. 