在这场Beta测试中,用户们共提交了1000个bug,新闻组上的帖子数量更是达到了5000个,帮助WLM团队修正了大量问题.目前他们正在进行最后的扫尾工作,测试工作将在6月24日完全结束,届时一个全新版本的Windows Live Messenger 9.0将发布.
微软发给测试者的信件全文：
Dear Windows Live Messenger Beta Tester,
As we get closer to the final release of Windows Live Messenger 8.0, it is time that the managed beta come to a close. Thank you for all your wonderful contributions to this beta and for putting the voice of the customer into our best version of Messenger yet. Here are few of the many areas where your feedback made a difference:
Sincerely,
The Windows Live Messenger Team
As we get closer to the final release of Windows Live Messenger 8.0, it is time that the managed beta come to a close. Thank you for all your wonderful contributions to this beta and for putting the voice of the customer into our best version of Messenger yet. Here are few of the many areas where your feedback made a difference:
- Improved sign-in performance. Thanks to your feedback, Windows Live Messenger 8.0 has the fastest sign-in of any version of Messenger.
- New UI and color changing. After many tries, your feedback helped us "get it right."
- Great new features such as Sharing Folders, Offline IM and Live Contacts. You found many great bugs that improved the quality of each of these.
- Overall quality. Your relentless testing and reporting of memory leaks, crashes and UI glitches greatly improved this version of Messenger.
Sincerely,
The Windows Live Messenger Team