I’ve decided to skip version 2.5 and head straight for v3 as I’ve had much more time than I expected, so here it is! It’s almost ready for action codewise, but I have yet to design proper icons for it, which I will be moving onto soon. I’ve uploaded screenshots of the new contact list and chat window, along with the updated colorize popup!

EDIT: Images removed; I think people would like their bandwidth

I will probably have v3 submitted to the Plus! Skins database by the 28th, which also happens to be my birthday!

Enjoy!

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Just a little update on my skinning progress here. SevenTwoFour hasn’t been touched much since the start of November, but I’m going to fix it up soon, don’t worry. It’ll still be done by the end of the month, hopefully.

I’ve started a new project based on the Windows Classic theme. Probably will not move forward with this, or else I’ll just offer the Windows Standard variation alone.

I’ve just recovered from a major system-wide software update, and I am still editing various configurations once in a while, but I’m mostly done now, which gives me more time for skinning!

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If you’ve been using the latest beta version of Windows Live Messenger lately, I have some good news: Messenger Plus! is now fully compatible with it! Although I don’t like releasing anything that’s not “final”, the growing popularity of this new Messenger made it clear something had to be done on my side. For that reason, Messenger Plus! Live 4.79 has been added to the Download section and the Change Log has been updated accordingly.

Keep in mind that this is beta material so no support will be given for it. Some of the improvements (display pictures in notification popups for instance) are global to all Messenger versions so if you like what’s fresh and new, this beta is for you.

[Source: Messenger Plus! Live - News]

I am in fact using WLM9 at the moment, and it seems promising, though it could be a little less cluttered. I have employed A-Patch to take care of this, however. It’s a tad hard to navigate around the place, but I could get used to it in time. A few things still need a bit of attention, such as images/text/etc. not aligning properly and so on, but these are not major issues, and I have not encountered any so far, which is brilliant.

I will be downgrading again to 8.5 to finish work on SevenTwoFour and my other skins, and staying there until 9 is final.

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