在经过漫长的等待之后,微软的mac团队MacBU终于推出了Messenger for Mac 8的beta版本.这个beta最让人兴奋的功能就是期待已久的视频/语音聊天.同时支持与Messenger for Mac用户或windows下的Windows Live Messenger 2009用户语音/视频聊天.
根据Mac Mojo Blog,他们解释了为什么新版本花了这么长时间推出:
Why did it take so long?
We have been working hard on this feature for a long time so the answer is not a lack of effort. The honest answer is that AV calls are a lot harder to implement than one would think and after we got things working last year, we had to postpone the release because of significant protocol changes we needed to support in order to stay compatible with the latest version of our Windows Live desktop client.
他们承认开发语音/视频聊天有很大的难度.而且去年发布的Windows Live Messenger 2009使用了全新的语音/视频聊天协议,MacBU不得不为了和新协议兼容而推迟这个新版本的发布时间.
同时,他们也解释了为什么新版本只是一个beta:
Why is this a beta release?
This is a beta release because we are still putting the finishing touches on the full application and some things are not finished yet. However, we are very aware of how patiently you have been waiting for AV support so we decided it was better to get it into your hands now as a beta release than to make you wait even longer.
他们明白许多人都期待能在mac上使用msn的语音/视频聊天功能,于是他们先发布这个beta,同时完成正式版最后的润色.
正式版将会和Office for Mac 2011在今年底一同发布.