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Patchou nous avait promis de sortir une nouvelle version, et bien c'est chose faite ! En ce 9 décembre 2007, je vous présente Messenger Plus! Live 4.50.
Tout d'abord, il faut signaler que MPL 4.50 est compatible avec Windows Live Messenger 8.1 et 8.5 ainsi que la 1ère bêta de la version 9.0 (il indique qu'il n'est pas très conseillé de l'installer si on a cette version) et annonce l'arrivée d'une petite chose de rien du tout qui va sûrement plaire à certains... La possibilité de skinner WLM !

MPL 4.50 ajoute quelques autres petite fonctions bienvenues et d'autres améliorations qu'il est très difficile de nommer tellement il y en a
Le mieux est de consulter le changelog :

Changelog de Messenger Plus! Live 4.50
 
# The look of all the Messenger Plus! windows has been updated, we hope you'll like the changes!
# Brand new feature: Messenger skinning. Change the face of Messenger!

* This new feature allows skins to be applied directly in the memory of Messenger. No file is changed, several skins can be installed and each of them is safe to use: no more installation or update problems caused by hard-patched skins. No more need to patch DLL files, everything is done in a single XML file.
* Installation of new skins couldn't be easier: download a Skin Pack, click on it and press Import. The same distribution method used for scripts is used for skins.
* The Messenger Plus! skinning engine is fully documented in more than 30 pages of documentation. Skin developers: all you have to do is read the first sections of the documentation to get started! it is accessible from the new Skins sections of the Preferences panel.
* Messenger Plus! skins bring many new features previously unavailable to skin developers: user modifiable options, multi-language support and even a way to re-shape the windows of Messenger! all the advantages, for both developers and users, are listed in the "What's a Skin in Messenger Plus! ?" section of the documentation.
* Messenger Plus! extracts all the pertinent resources of Messenger with a single click, organizes the files in categories, decrypts most of the RLE encrypted pictures, creates maps of which picture is used by which window and rebuilds windows definitions and styles files to include most of the de-referenced data directly inside the file (like color codes, texts, ...). In less than a minute, you'll get everything you'll ever need to customize anything you want in Messenger.
* Messenger Plus! itself can now be skinned with this system.
* A new skin database has been added to msgpluslive.net. If you create a skin that you're proud of, submit it to us and show it to the world! be among the firsts to provide new looks for Messenger to millions of users all around the word.

# Some sections of the Preferences panel have been reorganised, everything is clearer now.
# Compatible with the current Windows Live Messenger 9.0 Beta.

* Unless you're an official tester of WLM9, registered on Connect, it is highly recommended that you do not install this new version of Messenger until Microsoft releases something more suitable for general public use. Things like personal message links and custom sign-in sounds are already available in Messenger Plus! anyway.
* Keep in mind that compatibility with beta versions is never perfect. For example, you won't be able to decrypt RLE files in WLM9 and you may receive an error message about wlcomm.exe when installing Messenger Plus! or restarting Messenger. This is all part of the joy of using beta versions.

Le reste du changelog (c'est long et toujours en anglais)

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