Last week we posted some leaked screenshots, showing the wave 3 style interface of Windows Live Messenger 9 M1. From the comments and opinions I heard these were generally well received, breaking away from the very Vista look of the current version of Windows Live Messenger.

roflmao456 has created a skin based on these screenshots, taking the colour scheme and gradient effects and implementing them into Messenger. The skin isn't great, but it's not disastrous either. Seeing as we have only had a few selected screenshots this has generally been pulled off well. Using the Open Live skinning engine means there are heaps of options to use too.

Download Windows Live Messenger 2009 skin, requires Messenger Plus! Live
View a screenshot of the skin