Thanks to Tech-Critic.com tonight an early build of MSN Explorer 9.0 leaked onto the internet. The build compiled on the 17th of June with the build number 9.00.0006.1700 and is still very similar to MSN Explorer 8 and 8.5.

Promised features revealed to Neowin from sources close to MSN are an anti pop-up blocker, tight intergration with Windows Explorer, Alerts intergrated into Dashboard and a Traffic Report summary intergrated into the dashboard. Neowin has obtained a copy of MSN9 and we installed it for review purposes. From the start setting up MSN9 the installer is focussed on "MSN Family". MSN Family and MSN Personal are the two old names for the new tiers of MSN 9. The new tiers will be called MSN Plus and MSN Premium. The idea behind the changes is so that the premium service will include more software for the MSN 9 subscription.

Read more for full new features/improvements.

Screenshot #1: Main MSN9 Window --http://www.neowin.net/staff/creamhackered/articles/msn9/main.png

Screenshot #2: Improved Dashboard With New Additions --http://www.neowin.net/staff/creamhackered/articles/msn9/dashboard.png

Screenshot #3: Mail Client Improved | Exporting/Importing Email --http://www.neowin.net/staff/creamhackered/articles/msn9/movemail.png

Screenshot #4: Nav Bar Customization --http://www.neowin.net/staff/creamhackered/articles/msn9/navbar.png

Screenshot #5: Parental Controls --http://www.neowin.net/staff/creamhackered/articles/msn9/parentalcontrols.png

Screenshot #6: Pop-up Blocker Warning | Main Pop-up Blocker Settings | Thumbnail Of Blocked Pop-up --http://www.neowin.net/staff/creamhackered/articles/msn9/popupblocker.png
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Screenshot #7: About MSN9 --http://www.neowin.net/staff/creamhackered/articles/msn9/about.png