Latest beta version of MSN is nice, but if you can't use the
features, it's the same as WLM 8.5. You can only use the animated
GIF as your display picture. That's the only one which I use and
which I can use.
Although signing in is much faster for beta... that's because only
a limited number are testing. When it goes out to the public, I
don't think it will be.