First post of 2008! it was about time… today is Valentine’s Day which means that it’s mid-February and I want to make sure you all get a refresh of the last Messenger Plus! release in the first quarter of the year.

Messenger Plus! is doing fantastically well these days. The number of users is increasing at such a rapid rate that I’m not even updating the count on the main page anymore. I think I’ll probably announce the latest stats with the release of version 4.51. For now, the big news is the translation of this web site. You may have noticed that since the new design was put online in December, English was the only language available. This is all going to change in the next week or two, with more pages translated, in more languages than before. Spanish is already online and the official Spanish forum even got a makeover for this special day.

Stay tuned for some sweet skins related news soon! (and make sure you don’t spend all your time in front of your computer screen tonight ;-).

This summer, for the 6th Year Anniversary Contest, many video game systems were offered, including some Nintendo Wii, Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 Elite. At the time, I wanted to be fair to the 3 companies. Unfortunately, I have to announce today that msgpluslive.net will not promote any product related to Microsoft’s Xbox anymore. Microsoft proved to be particularly incompetent providing support for this system and I now feel the Xbox is an unworthy gift for anybody expecting proper after sale support.

If you’re interested to know more about what pushed this decision, the reasons are detailed in a post I made on Neowin’s Forum. Do yourself a favour and buy something else than an Xbox if you intended to buy a video game system for the holidays.

Happy New Year :)

… Merry Christmas and have a Happy New year!

Thanks to all of you, 2008 promises to be another great year :-D. Be sure to make the best out of what’s left of 2007 and remember that Messenger is always here when you need to contact a friend or a family member.

Have a blast and come back next year to visit us!
Cyril

This weekend is going to be big… :-)

Because beta testers and some privileged sites are now allowed to post information about the soon-to-be Messenger Plus! Live 4.50, some articles have started to pop-out on the web. Messenger skinning will be a hot topic after the release so if you’re interested in changing the appearance of your Messenger or if you just want to discover some of the exciting new features you’ll get in December, check these links out!

Exclusive look at Messenger Plus! Live 4.50
Coming soon: Messenger Plus! Live 4.50
Messenger Plus! Live 4.50 to revitalise Messenger skinning
A closer look into Messenger Plus! skinning

Messenger Plus! Live 4.50 : photos et nouvelles en exclu ! (French)
Novidades sobre o Msg Plus! (Portuguese)

…see you soon on the new web site :-).