----------------------------------- Justin_ Fri Mar 17, 2006 4:19 am Gmail Invites anyone? ----------------------------------- Title says it all. Would love to have an invite, pm me and you'd really be helping me out. ----------------------------------- Ninja Fri Mar 17, 2006 9:01 am ----------------------------------- hey bro..i got gmail and i got 50 invites on it..pm me your email id ill send u one :)..also if anyone else needs any ill be more then glad to send u one ----------------------------------- NikG Fri Mar 17, 2006 9:39 am ----------------------------------- Haha, once Ninja's done his 50, I can provide a few invites too. Just pm me. ----------------------------------- Dan Fri Mar 17, 2006 1:53 pm ----------------------------------- There are still peoleop out there with out invites??? ----------------------------------- chrispminis Fri Mar 17, 2006 2:15 pm ----------------------------------- Haha, yes! I trump you all, I have a little under 100 invites left! And you can invite yourself so I have some extras, for storage and stuff that have 20 invites each as well haha. I didn't know anybody still didn't have a gmail account. Just pm me with your email and ill send you one. ----------------------------------- [Gandalf] Fri Mar 17, 2006 4:08 pm ----------------------------------- I don't understand why they haven't already released it and created a sign up system. Really, I think they've gotten enough advertisement through these invites. ----------------------------------- Tony Fri Mar 17, 2006 4:29 pm ----------------------------------- Maybe it's an effort to keep the newbs out? If you were google, would you really want someone that sends messages as "0mg!!!11 1 n33dzorz s0m3 gmail 1nvites!! LOL so i can 0wn newbz in shool who cant s1gn up!!!1 0wned LOL!! INVITES!! ROFL XD" to be taking up your precious google space? hmm? ----------------------------------- md Fri Mar 17, 2006 4:31 pm ----------------------------------- you can sign up; it requires a cell phone. And since invites are oh so easy to get really the point now is to keep it from exploding so fast that they run out of space. Slow growth means that they have time to add if need be. 'Course given that google's storage is rumoured to be infinite... ----------------------------------- Martin Fri Mar 17, 2006 7:17 pm ----------------------------------- Invites means that people still have to talk about GMail. Take this post for example. It's an advertisement for GMail. That's what the plan has been for Google from the start. Google wants people to be able to use GMail, but they also want people to have to ask for it. ----------------------------------- Cervantes Fri Mar 17, 2006 7:26 pm ----------------------------------- Maybe V3 can give out gmail invites to all. ;) ----------------------------------- Neo Fri Mar 17, 2006 8:45 pm ----------------------------------- Unless people start sending me emails in 3D, there is no need for 2705MB of space... ----------------------------------- Ninja Fri Mar 17, 2006 9:06 pm ----------------------------------- haha! True. Well update lol i dont have 50 invites.. i have 97 lol :D ----------------------------------- Amailer Sun Mar 19, 2006 1:29 pm ----------------------------------- Speakign of which, I got 20 Windows Live Messanger Beta Invites. Who wants one? ----------------------------------- TheFerret Sun Mar 19, 2006 4:48 pm ----------------------------------- I'll guess I'll take one... Speakign of which, I got 20 Windows Live Messanger Beta Invites. Who wants one? ----------------------------------- [Gandalf] Sun Mar 19, 2006 6:09 pm ----------------------------------- Speakign of which, I got 20 Windows Live Messanger Beta Invites. Who wants one? What is this Windows Live Messenger Beta? ----------------------------------- TheFerret Sun Mar 19, 2006 6:30 pm ----------------------------------- "]Speakign of which, I got 20 Windows Live Messanger Beta Invites. Who wants one? What is this Windows Live Messenger Beta? ----------------------------------- Tony Sun Mar 19, 2006 6:43 pm ----------------------------------- System Requirements "¢ Multimedia PC ... "¢ Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6 SP1 or later must be installed on your computer, though it does not need to be your default. ok, what's multimedia PC? Now I know they are just messing with me. Internet Explorer point is pretty funny. ----------------------------------- chrispminis Sun Mar 19, 2006 7:48 pm ----------------------------------- Hmmm, what to you mean you have 20 invites for Windows Live Messenger? Because I got an invite right away in hotmail, Im not sure if everyone did... Also after installing it, it never said how many invites I had, in fact it seemed as though I could invite as many people as I wanted. Just a note on Live: Unfortunately, it uninstalls your old Messenger, which isn't bad unless you relied on the functionality of Messenger Plus! Which isnt compatible with Live yet. Which sucks, cuz I depended on the tab, and bold system of Messenger Plus. I really don't understand why a tab system (like the firefox one) wasn't implemented. ----------------------------------- Mazer Sun Mar 19, 2006 8:35 pm ----------------------------------- I really don't understand why a tab system (like the firefox one) wasn't implemented. It has, you just need a decent client. ----------------------------------- chrispminis Sun Mar 19, 2006 10:01 pm ----------------------------------- Explain. ----------------------------------- Tony Sun Mar 19, 2006 10:29 pm ----------------------------------- IM has two parts to it 1: network / protocol - means to exchange data 2: software client - means of interpreting data exchanged over the network if your client doesn't offer you the feature you want (tabs), find a better one. I use [url=http://adiumx.com/screenshots.php]Adium, though after you get excited about its awesome features - it's for Macs only :wink: ----------------------------------- Mazer Sun Mar 19, 2006 10:36 pm ----------------------------------- Gaim supports tabs, as does aMSN. Gaim, at least, works on Windows, I don't know about aMSN for sure. There are lots of others, but these are the two that I've used. Sorry, no links; I need my sleep, and you need your Google-fu. ----------------------------------- chrispminis Mon Mar 20, 2006 12:20 am ----------------------------------- Oh i used google. But something was lost in translation. I don't want a new client then. I'm too socially integrated into MSN to stop. I was complaining because a Add-on called Messenger Plus! had that feature... But the new Live isnt compatible with Plus! and for some reason it didn't implement tabs (stupid). I was really looking for an Add-on for the Live client that featured tabs. ----------------------------------- Dan Mon Mar 20, 2006 12:23 am ----------------------------------- There are "Live Messanger Beta Invites"? I got mine directly form M$...... Oddly i do not rember singing up for beta msn..... I whould have thought i was on the M$ black list by now. Cleary i am not wokring hard enough. ----------------------------------- Tony Mon Mar 20, 2006 12:31 am ----------------------------------- I don't want a new client then. I'm too socially integrated into MSN to stop. Two are not mutually exclusive, you've clearly missed the differences. Read the thread again. ----------------------------------- chrispminis Mon Mar 20, 2006 1:00 am ----------------------------------- @Dan there trying to kiss and make up? @Tony reread thread. still not getting it. either im tired or im stupid or both. ----------------------------------- Tony Mon Mar 20, 2006 1:04 am ----------------------------------- @Tony reread thread. still not getting it. Let's try it this way.. I'm using a Mac. I do not have a MSN client, I could still send you IM messages. What's the trick? ----------------------------------- [Gandalf] Mon Mar 20, 2006 1:05 am ----------------------------------- There are clients that work with MSN and other IM protocols as well. You are not limited to the horrible, bloated MSN Messenger. In even simpler terms... There are programs that allow you to talk to others who use MSN which are not made my Minscrosoft. *edit* Too slow. ----------------------------------- Tony Mon Mar 20, 2006 1:11 am ----------------------------------- http://adiumx.com/images/screenshots/accounts.jpg Supported protocols ¶ * AOL Instant Messenger (Including ICQ and .Mac) * Jabber (Including Google Talk) * MSN Messenger * Yahoo! Messenger (Including Yahoo! Japan) * Bonjour (Compatible with iChat) * Gadu-Gadu * Novell Groupwise * Lotus Sametime ----------------------------------- Amailer Mon Mar 20, 2006 4:12 pm ----------------------------------- Yahoo! Japan? O.o And there are indeed invites for WLM- go to http://www.ideas.live.com, sign in and check to see if you have any. Either way, to those who want invites, PM or post your email address here. And um, WLM isn't that great... but it has some stuff from MSN+; speaking of which, tabbed conversations are coming to WLM in the next release. **EDIT** BAH, you don't need invites anymore :P http://www.mess.de Btw, you can get a job at M$ in the WLM team. mccthire@microsoft.com email your resume XD ----------------------------------- timmytheturtle Mon Mar 20, 2006 4:17 pm ----------------------------------- **EDIT** BAH, you don't need invites anymore :P http://www.mess.de don't you mean http://mess.be? Edit: I've used WLM, it really sucked, Even though it's still a beta, it crashed way to much, Used almost double the memory Messenger 7.5 uses, the interface didn't look to good either. The "Now playing" didnt seem to work right either, it cut off the artist and only left " - ". Other than that I didnt really get much use out of it, seeing as everyone on my msn list uses 7.5 or 7.0, and the fact that this is a multi-user machine and only my email was set to be using the beta Is this the public beta a new build (i tried the non-public last week)? ----------------------------------- Amailer Mon Mar 20, 2006 6:54 pm ----------------------------------- Nope, not a new build. Just a public release. The next release will be the last release before the final- so yeah. If you have time and care to waste it, read the-- chat conversation witht he M$ develoeprs or w/e on mess.be ehhe yes not de :P ----------------------------------- chrispminis Mon Mar 20, 2006 11:13 pm ----------------------------------- There are programs that allow you to talk to others who use MSN which are not made my Minscrosoft. Explain? @Tony ahhh! I get it now... Sorry, thought you were suggesting me to get a new client that has a tab system (but i didnt realize you were saying that I could still talk to my old contacts who use MSN). in which case I'll look for something like that. ----------------------------------- [Gandalf] Tue Mar 21, 2006 3:53 am ----------------------------------- There are programs that allow you to talk to others who use MSN which are not made my Minscrosoft. Explain? Just some subliminal messaging to convince others of the evilness of certain pirates. ;) ----------------------------------- chrispminis Tue Mar 21, 2006 8:26 pm ----------------------------------- Crafty... and to all who wanted gmail invites... Don't forget to send me your e-mail too. ----------------------------------- Ninja Tue Mar 21, 2006 10:14 pm ----------------------------------- ye include your email in your pm if u want invites..i have 96 invites left and mostly all my friends have gmail so im not going to be using the invites really..so if u want one please feel free to ask