More Info on MSN-IM 7.5

I’m Just the Messenger: Leah has a whole bunch of information on the feature set that’s included with MSN Messenger 7.5… she’s also got some information on a patching option, if you don’t want to download the entire install.

I didn’t even know that was an option, since I’ve been running beta builds before the RTW release, but it’s a pretty good idea for the few yet poor unfortunate souls on dial up.

<subliminal> go download it, now. </subliminal>


2 thoughts on “More Info on MSN-IM 7.5”

  1. actually – the patching is not an option, and it doesn’t apply to major releases like 7.5.

    Typically in between each major release, we need to update parts of the client code for various reasons. In the past this happens about three times per release. Rather than asking users to go reinstall the whole client for these little updates, users will now just be able to install the parts that were updated, greatly reducing download time.

  2. Oops.

    Ah well, I have broadband so I have little issues with downloading full versions… even over WiFi. But since I’m usually dogfooding with IM (and some other apps) I never try a patch since I’m in a “not-so-regular” place.

    Nice letter to Google this morning, BTW – well said!


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