
However, beware that the following features are not included in the preview release: voice, webcam, chat rooms, text messaging to mobile phones (SMS), IMVironments, Audibles, plug-ins, photo sharing and conferencing.
A preferences menu you can access by right-clicking anywhere at the top of the main Messenger window. As-you-type spell checker that’s smart enough to know that “LOL” is not something to correct. Type in a few letters of the contact’s name or ID and they’ll come up in filtered results. Find contacts quickly with the contact search bar. Send files to friends as large as 2 GB. Send instant messages to your Yahoo! and Windows Live Messenger contacts. Arrange your contact list into multiple columns just by resizing your window. Adjust the display size of your contacts with a handy slider. Go crazy with a different skin for every IM window! Change the color of your IM windows with a built-in skin chooser. Send enhanced emoticons that have some extra oomph.
Keep up with your favorite contacts by dragging them into the Windows Sidebar gadget. Organize your conversations into tabs, or drag and drop a tab out to create a new window. Entirely new interface that harnesses the power of WPF, the graphics subsystem in Windows Vista.