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 Added: Full MSN Messenger skins by Rolando

dwergs says ( 11 Oct 2003 ):

Full MSN skins replace images inside the software you wouldn't normally be able to change. I've added two new full skins by Rolando and updated another. All of them require MSN Messenger 6.1.0128 (the latest beta). >> Download Urban MSN >> Download Penguin MSN >> Download Neowin MSN [Source: Roland Underground]

 Mess.be Presents: Second Artist Showcase: Floris (aka Mr. Fart)

dwergs says ( 10 Oct 2003 ):

Following up Jason Pultz in Mess.be's second artist showcase is the young, talented and -last but not least- Belgian imagevirtuoso Floris, also known as Mr. Fart. As a pro Floris is busy with freelance illustration, animation and webdesign, but he's most famous for his cute 'n chubby comic drawings. Mr. Fart's comic called "The Professor" got published Dutch and Belgian magazines, with his drawings he won Gamespy's Planet Wolfenstein competition... twice, and almost all of you have seen at least one of his creations: the world-famous Messer mascotte. His big ambition is to make a full-size comic album, but in the meantime he delivered -exclusively for our artist showcase- 65 superlovely display pictures based on the adorable characters from his past work. Go ahead, enjoy Mess.be's second artist showcase featuring Floris! (If you are a professional -as in: it's your job- comic or graphic artist and would like to showcase display pictures or emoticons on Mess.be, send the url of your portfolio to artist $$ mess.be -replace $$ with @-)

 Updated: Winamp Auto Nick Changer v1.1

dwergs says ( 10 Oct 2003 ):

By popular demand, Monty has made some adjustments to his WinAmp Auto Nick Changer, fixing some bugs and adding some new stuff to the addon that puts the currently playing song title in your MSN nickname. First of all it looks like it works with both WinAmp 2 and 3 now, and with MSN Messenger 6.0 as well as with 6.1. Some new features: - Detects the WinAmp status: "stopped", "paused" or "playing"; - Saves your original nickname on "START" and restores the original nickname after "STOP"; - Saves settings in the Windows registry (so no more reentering initial settings); - Also possible to add custom text behind the songs name; - Auto minimize after "START". Yes, I know you wanna download! :)

 Updated: Internet Explorer Display Picture Plugin

timothy says ( 10 Oct 2003 ):

A small update has been made to the Internet Explorer Display Picture Plugin. If you are getting script error problems when you are using the right click in internet explorer. Download the new version over here. Please make sure you uninstall any older version first !

 Updated: MouseMan's MSN Messenger 6 Logviewer

dwergs says ( 10 Oct 2003 ):

MouseMan's MSN Messenger 6 Logviewer has been updated to v1.3.6 and now contains a significant improvement in the chatlog-recovery. Download here. Suggestions for this program are welcome on its forums at www.w-Design.be.

 Mess chat for all your problems !

timothy says ( 09 Oct 2003 ):

Do the programs you’ve just downloaded give you a headache? Got an idea about a feature you want to see in MSN Messenger? Want to shout in anger or just chat? Visit our chatroom for mental support !

 New MeSseNtial download: MSN Messenger 6.x Color Changer

dwergs says ( 09 Oct 2003 ):

Messers have been changing their font color to different colors than the 16 default ones since eternity. And quite some automatic font color changers have passed this news page. But if you would ask us one custom color changer to recommend, it would be the MSN Messenger 6.x Color Changer by doodle. Simply because it works great and simplifies font color changing with MSN Messenger 6.x thanks to the built-in account-to-number converter. And because font color changing is something everyone with even just a little interest in messing with MSN Messenger should be doing, we made it a MeSseNtial download. Find the download link and instructions here. Thanks to Sock for submitting and contributing the article.

 Updated: Internet Explorer Display Picture Plugin

dwergs says ( 09 Oct 2003 ):

Timothy has improved the Internet Explorer Display Picture plugin a bit in version 1.3, available for download here. For more information about this plugin just scroll down.

 dwergs is writing a message ©

dwergs says ( 08 Oct 2003 ):

On Tuesday Microsoft has won a patent for an instant messaging feature that notifies users when the person they are communicating with is typing a message. The patent encompasses a feature that's not only on Microsoft's IM products but also on those of its rivals America Online and Yahoo. Patent No. 6,631,412 could serve as a weapon in the battle for IM market share. Having a patent can be a powerful tool, but only if it can be proven in a court that its owner has bulletproof claims to the invention, according to legal experts. "This means that if someone tries to invalidate the Microsoft patent, they would try to find examples of instant messaging that predated the filing date," said intellectual property attorney Carl Oppedahl. [Source: News.com | Reported by: Timothy]

 Mess.be presents: Timothy's Internet Explorer Display Picture Plugin

dwergs says ( 08 Oct 2003 ):

Even before I could say: "No Timothy, you must've misunderstood what I was asking", he created me an extremely useful tool that is undoubtfully a thousand times better than whatever I was talking about. Timothy's Internet Explorer Display Picture Plugin adds the option 'Set as Display Picture' to the pop-up menu when you right-click an image on any website. No JPG, BMP, GIF, TIF or PNG on the web is safe anymore: in a click you will be changing your display picture more often than a stripper changes underwear. Download the IE Display Picture Plugin and attack our MSN Display Pictures collection! WARNING: Addiction may occur! UPDATE: The IE DP plugin has been updated to version 1.2. Now you can also import images directly from your hard disk (Windows Explorer) AND from our MSN Display Pictures, thanks to an idea from Opperator. If you have installed the first release already, just remove it and re-install this one. EXTRA NOTE: If you're using Windows XP and experiencing problems with this plugin, you might want to consider installing Windows Messenger 5 on top.

 MSN Messenger on your mobile after October 15th

dwergs says ( 07 Oct 2003 ):

Oh oh, October 15th -the day a drastical change to the MSN Messenger protocol will disconnect all incompatible clients- is getting closer and still Microsoft hasn't provided a necessary upgrade for customers using Windows Mobile-based Smartphones. The company is still working with its mobile operator partners to make updates available, but the possibility exists Microsoft won't beat the deadline leaving a substantial part of Smartphone users out in the cold. But let's not jump to any conclusions yet, because... ...Microsoft states that "some Windows Mobile-based Smartphones will be compatible with the new protocol out-of-the-box and customers will not need to take any action in order to access MSN Messenger after October 15". ...users of Pocket PC-based devices had to wait for their upgrade until today. So, Smartphone users, just keep an eye on this page and pray ;)

 Upcoming: Stuffplug NG - MsgPlus! Plugin

zipp says ( 06 Oct 2003 ):

DJMystic, creator of the popular Stuffplug plugin for Messenger Plus! today released a Screenshot of his upcoming new version! Stuffplug NG will include new features such as showing your Kazaa downloads and even stealing display pictures with one command! DJMystic says there are a lot of more new features to be added before release in November! You can check out DJMystic's website here for more info.

 Messenger Plus! 2.50 - Translation SIGN UP

Johnny_Mac says ( 06 Oct 2003 ):

"Hello! As you may know, I'm currently working on Messenger Plus! 2.50. This version will require several important language updates (for the new features) so any language file that won't be updated in time won't be included in the public release. If you want to help to update the script of your language, please send an email to mplus-trans[a]patchou.com (replace [a] with @) and tell me for what language you want to sign-up. Note: that if you are already on the official translator mailing list (it means you received emails when Messenger Plus! 2.20 were released 2 month ago), there is no need for you to email me; you'll receive the usual instructions as soon as a beta version is ready to be translated." This is the message from Patchou on the future version of Plus! Anyone wanting to see the full article can do so here.

 New Poll: Would you pay for emoticons?

dwergs says ( 06 Oct 2003 ):

You can find over 3000 MSN emoticons on Mess.be, all for free and more being added each day. Thanks to the people clicking on ads on our pages, we have no intention of ever charging you for downloading custom emoticons, don't worry. They're all from Messers to Messers. But with a service like MyEmo.com around, offering 75 high-quality emoticons for only $4.99, we're just wondering how many of you would consider paying for a set of cool and exclusive emoticons? After all, it's comparable to downloading ringtones for your mobile phone. Please let us know in our new poll.

 Everywhere MSN with eMSN

dwergs says ( 06 Oct 2003 ):

eMSN is a unique web application created by Paulo Taylor, that enables users to connect to MSN through almost any kind of browser: - a desktop version runs with any Javascript-supported browser; - a mobile version (Palmtop or a cell phone) using cHTML/xHTML or WAP 2.0. MSN Messenger anytime and everywhere? Click here.

 Updated: DP Status 2.50

dwergs says ( 05 Oct 2003 ):

Huuf's DP/Status addon, that automatically changes your display picture when your switch your status, has been updated. Version 2.50 supports Plus! statuses and can start up with Windows. All the known bugs are gone and if you get an error, check the last page of the documentation. Download the DP/Status software and some Status Display Pictures.

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