Messenger Plus! Live 4.80 has left the Public Beta state and is now available for free download. It features full compatibility with Windows Live Messenger 2009, including scripts and skins.
Free Download: Messenger Plus! Live 4.80.356 (4.80 MB)
For those of you interested, here are the most important parts of the changelog:
This version is entirely compatible with [...]
In its issue of January 29, 2009, The Guardian has published a controversial, even critical essay on Patchou, the creator of Messenger Plus!. I found it worth reading, however decide yourself.
The adware altercation
Software developer Patchou provokes fierce opinions in cyberspace. His army of fans think he’s a genius; critics say he has sold his soul [...]
None of the existing skins is currently compatible with this Messenger version. However for your convenience I have updated an existing Patch Skin (Skin Patch?) named “Plus!Patch”. It features
Removing sign-in window links
Removing advertisements in chat window and contact list
Removing e-mail- and other buttons in the contact list toolbar
Removing the yellow information bar in both contact [...]
The most important thing at first: Patchou has made Messenger Plus! fully compatible with Windows Live Messenger 2009 Final.
Free Download: Messenger Plus! Live 4.79.353 Beta (4.7 MB)
This download is no longer available.
Be sure to have read the Change log as well.
Your favorite add-on is back…
…with all its functions!
This version is entirely compatible with the final [...]
Many of the people using the current public Windows Live Messenger 2009 Beta wonder about the changed (or modernized?) interface. Things look different, are at a different place, etc. Of course, a product used by millions of users should make progress every now and then, also in the User Interface. However, some liked the [...]
Long awaited, often asked for: the public beta of Messenger Plus! Live 4.79, introducing complete compatibility with the newest Windows Live Messenger 2009 beta.
What is new/changed?
Fresh out of the oven and still pretty hot: Messenger Plus! on WLM 2009. Soon to be released as a public beta, here you can have a peek at what Plus! will look like when hooked into the recent Windows Live Messenger 2009 Wave 3 beta.
Contact List
In the header area of your contact list, [...]
Since Microsoft published the latest Windows Live Messenger Beta, I received many complaints about Messenger Plus! not working with that Beta. Seems like people are really missing Plus!’s functions, but most folks only notice that when the enhancements are not present in their Messenger. There were some hacks around to get Plus! working in that [...]
The Messenger Plus! skinning contest has finished and the winners have been announced.
They are:
Deformity Category
- 1st Place: Crystal Lab by ZOiD, winner of a Cintiq 12WX.
- 2nd Place: SilverGlazz by LuckyMe, winner of an Intuos3 6*8.
Originality Category
- 1st Place: stormless Messenger by mynetx, winner of a Cintiq 12WX.
- 2nd Place: Beaver and Steve by aNILEator, [...]
