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 Our apologies for the banner mess up
Our apologies for the banner mess up

timothy says ( 28 Mar 2003 ):

 

Sorry for the little mess up at the moment, because you have to have a login to see our banners, so subscribe now for only $20 a month to see them !

No just kidding, we are going to fix it ASAP and we deeply regret if you are getting traumatized from it.

**UPDATE from dwergs: Problem seems to be solved by our advertiser.



 Improved Mess.be Emoticon Pictures page!
Improved Mess.be Emoticon Pictures page!

dwergs says ( 28 Mar 2003 ):

 

With the help of debuggers Kristjan and Timothy, I've revamped the MSN Messenger Emoticon Pictures collection. Concurrently, the number of emoticon pictures has doubled to 125 (and lots more still need to be added).

I'm sorry having to mention it, but webmasters already planning to "CTRL-C CTRL-V" the emoticon pics should read the copyright notice regarding our emoticon pictures database.



 Did you Live Outside The Box?
Did you Live Outside The Box?

dwergs says ( 27 Mar 2003 ):

 

Time to let us know if you were able to stay signed out for a full 24 hours on the 26th of March! Post your answer here.



 A little message
A little message

Spub says ( 26 Mar 2003 ):

 

"The guy who said birthday!!!! HAPPY JIZzfixin' everlickin' Yay-yelling B-day to Dwergs! Respect! "

For more look here mister D. (note: not for under-aged people)



 Some one is having a party ?
Some one is having a party ?

MessTeam says ( 26 Mar 2003 ):

 

Happy birthday tooo you happy birthday tooooo yoouuu happy birthday dear Dwergs happy birthday toooo yooou !

The mess team: timothy, m_chibi, kutforum, Zero1, Nicholas, Johnny_Mac, Stieno

dwergs answers: Thanks guys! It's an additional challenge for me to stay OFFLINE on my own birthday. People will just have to e-mail, call or find and talk to me today...



 Happy Live Outside The Box Day!
Happy Live Outside The Box Day!

dwergs says ( 26 Mar 2003 ):

 

Whatever you do today, don't sign into MSN or Windows Messenger.

The 24-hour Offline marathon has started. Find out if you CAN sign out and enjoy offline (real) life!

Watch our unofficial Live Outside The Box mascotte (warning, not all browsers compatible!), courtesy of Lebonze.



 MSN 5 out, and a warm welcome to number 6
MSN 5 out, and a warm welcome to number 6

timothy says ( 25 Mar 2003 ):

 

An article on WinInfo Daily update confirms the rumor that started with the Windows Messenger 5 Beta help file about MSN 5 getting kicked out of production and making place for a (better?) version number 6.


Due soon from Microsoft are MSN Messenger 6, the company's
consumer-oriented IM client, and Windows Messenger 5, which targets
enterprises. The Windows Messenger 5 beta is available as part of the
Greenwich beta...


And some good news for everybody:

MSN Messenger 6 and Windows Messenger 5 will both reportedly offer IM
archiving capabilities so that users can save conversations
automatically or manually.


Read the full article here

[Source:WinInfo]

*update: changed the URL of the document ;)



 Tomorrow: Live Outside The Box Day
Tomorrow: Live Outside The Box Day

dwergs says ( 25 Mar 2003 ):

 

Remember tomorrow's the day to find out if you can sign out! Try to stop yourself from logging into MSN or Windows Messenger starting Wednesday, 26th of March 0:00 AM (your local time) and for 24 hours. You'll be able to let us know if you were succesful on Thursday. One shot, one chance to prove you're not totally Messed up :)



 Quietly released update of DirectX 9.0 correcting MSN Messenger bug
Quietly released update of DirectX 9.0 correcting MSN Messenger bug

dwergs says ( 25 Mar 2003 ):

 

Microsoft has quietly slipped out an updated release of DirectX 9.0, containing small bug fixes. Most notably corrected in version 9.0a is an issue that caused MSN Messenger to malfunction when DirectX 9 was installed. Download DirectX 9.0a here.

[Source: BetaNews]



 Windows Messenger Beta 5.0.0149 leaked
Windows Messenger Beta 5.0.0149 leaked

dwergs says ( 25 Mar 2003 ):

 

Windows Messenger 5 beta for XP is out there but we highly recommend sticking to Windows Messenger 4.7.2005 released today.

[Source: Neowin - Vote for mess.be @ Neowin]



 Windows Messenger 4.7.2005
Windows Messenger 4.7.2005

Johnny_Mac says ( 25 Mar 2003 ):

 

Windows Messenger 4.7.2005 has just been released by Microsoft. You can get your new download from here. As ever, no news yet about the new version, but Plus! users will be pleased to hear that the number one messenger add-on isn't affected by the new update.

[Source: Neowin: Back Page News - Vote for mess.be @ Neowin]

**Update: Messenger Whats New Page showing changes made to the new version.



 Wolkje: "Serving you ASAP"
Wolkje:

timothy says ( 25 Mar 2003 ):

 

This almost couldn't get any faster, despite only a few people are still privileged to use the Windows Messenger 5 Beta at the moment. Wolkje from Wolkje Design could not resist the temptation to create the first compatible offline talker.

But fear not if you are not among those privileged people, this add-on is by far the most stable offline talker mess has witnessed in the last decade and does also work on MSN 4.x and older windows messenger versions.

Get your free invisible download over here.



 MSN Messenger 3.5 for Mac OS X released
MSN Messenger 3.5 for Mac OS X released

dwergs says ( 24 Mar 2003 ):

 

Auto-conversation archive feature, quick nickname updates, contact groups, fresh graphics and integration with OS X are the benefits of the new MSN Messenger 3.5 for Macintosh systems. Get the latest version here!

[Source: Neowin.net - Vote for Mess.be @ Neowin!]



 Windows Messenger 5 Compilation
Windows Messenger 5 Compilation

timothy says ( 24 Mar 2003 ):

 

A small compilation about Windows Messenger 5. Showing the total of files (7mb.) , the file info and the strange part in the help files.

Look over here



 Exclusive: MSN Messenger 6 coming !
Exclusive: MSN Messenger 6 coming !

timothy says ( 24 Mar 2003 ):

 

At the moment I am reviewing the Beta of Windows Messenger 5 (yes, Mess owns a copy, and no we are not going to spread it due legal to legal things). When opening the help file I stumbled on something shocking in the part about the ink-edit:

"For receiving ink:

You need a computer running Microsoft Windows XP or Windows 2000 with Windows Messenger version 5.0 (or MSN Messenger version 6.0). The latest version of Windows Messenger can be downloaded from the Windows Messenger site.
"

This could mean 3 things:
a) Someone made a typo (but not likely because MSN 5 does not support receiving ink at the moment)
b) It will take a looong while before Windows Messenger 5 gets launched
c) MSN Messenger gets scrapped (because of API things I guess) and replaced with a new version.

Please stay tuned for all the ins and outs of this new Windows Messenger 5. I can already tell it's a praise to MSN bot creators, but some of other things are left out.



 Mess.be hits the TV screen in The Netherlands
Mess.be hits the TV screen in The Netherlands

dwergs says ( 24 Mar 2003 ):

 

CasaMan & Timothy spotted "Mess with MSN Messenger" reviewed as a hot link and the place to be for MSN Messenger users in VH-Q, a new trendwatching program on Dutch television. As far as we know this is the first television appearance of Mess.be and let's hope not the last. Oh, and hello to the Veronica viewers who found their way to our site today! :)



 Windows Messenger 5 Screenshots
Windows Messenger 5 Screenshots

dwergs says ( 24 Mar 2003 ):

 

Windows Messenger 5 is part of the Greenwich beta released by Microsoft about a week ago. Neowin.net obtained exclusive WM5 screenshots that show "new options such as the ability to connect to Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) services, for Windows Messenger to recieve ink (PIC-TIO-NA-RY time!), blocking MSN alerts and setting messenger's status to busy when full-screen programs are executed."

[Reported by Underdoc] [Source: Neowin.net - Vote for Mess.be @ Neowin!]

**UPDATE: Bink.nu has got some screenshots too. Steven also reports the contact groups option being absent in the current beta.



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