Company Microsoft and Mail.Ru report a new version of the popular instant messenger - Mail.Ru Agent 5.6, a supported operating system Windows 7.

According to the developers, Mail.Ru Agent supports Windows 7 is now even easier to use due to the harmonious support of visual functions of the operating system, providing huge audiences of the program a number of new features. For example, users can now consolidate the instant messenger in the task bar (Taskbar) or excluded from it according to personal preferences, with the application icon itself displays the number of received messages. Lists of the transition (Jump Lists) allow you to perform basic actions with Mail.Ru Agent from the taskbar without opening a window of the program, and "live" show a mini-version of the open windows (Customizable Taskbar Thumbnails) provides an opportunity to continue to communicate quickly with the right companion. Overall, the new messenger with the extended functionality can be rightly called a true New Year gift to users of the system.

"The popularity of the new operating system Windows 7 and growing by the day - now it works almost 5% of the portal. It is logical that a new Mail.Ru Agent, which today is one of the most popular instant messengers, we decided to take into account the specifics of Windows 7 and the maximum use of its advanced functional. I hope that users who have already switched to the operating system, like the optimized specifically for their version of the program. "

"The joint project of Microsoft and Mail.Ru became a kind of" first attempt "to create external applications for Windows 7 in Russia. We are pleased that our longstanding collaboration with one of the largest Russian Internet companies has continued in the framework of the ecosystem of Windows 7 - comments Director of Strategic Technologies, and Microsoft. - The results of this collaboration demonstrate the unique possibilities for both users and third-party developers: Consumers with the new OS are comfortable and a variety of services that make life easier, and IT professionals to acquire the innovative tools and technologies to create unique applications. "