My Windows Live Messenger Design

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I was bored and I quite like the interface for Windows Live Mail and other live products. Anyway, i think messenger is a bit of the "odd one out" so i tried to create a smilar design to which is functional, clean and easy to navigate.

What do you think of it anyway?

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meh, I like the 2nd one. On the 1st screenshot, the contacts are taking up too much space.

Me 2 :)

Quite like simplistic looking applications. Apple seem to have nailed it.. more or less. Im sure the new live messenger release with wave 3 will be awesome, expecially with its use of vista effects (forget the name of it).

Shame about the adverts tho... they really do bollocks up any chance of a "nice and simple" UI.

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Hey Buu,

That looks real good. (OT) Just out of curiosity, please can you tell me where you got that wallpaper from?

Cheers.

No worries mate, got if from http://dl.studiopd.com/images/Hardwood.jpg

Increased contrast and reduced brightness a little, also put a left to right gradient across it.

This is my wall, 1440x900 tho.

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Great design, Just had an idea though... if instead of the top toolbox being for contact search, it could be for status update or display name... like facebook... so the second display bar message on WLM would be a status instead. - just an idea :)

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No worries mate, got if from http://dl.studiopd.com/images/Hardwood.jpg

Increased contrast and reduced brightness a little, also put a left to right gradient across it.

This is my wall, 1440x900 tho.

Hey Buu,

Thanks a lot for that. Much appreciated.

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