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[Amnesia]

wtf is this!

The ORIGINAL 8 looked liked crap, I get an email about a refresh and see that they've made it even MORE ugly.

[NienorGT]

Comeon... I think it's a little better this one...

[Deactivated Account]

looks more U.G.L.Y then the last Ver

[Driph]

what was that team smoking when they came up with this new UI, i also really dont like the way messenger returned to the old status icons.

[Amnesia]

wait!

I got it!

they're making the betas MORE and MORE ugly so the final one will look amazing even if it's crap. I see MS's mentality.

[HoochieMamma]

On the plus side I think they might have done a little to reduce resource usage.

[Kussie]

I agree a lot more ugly then the last version.

And i hate the fact the contact boxes are so over crowed now.

[LoR*Evanescence]

Holy crap...the interface is BUTT UGLY. It came up orange by default, and I almost threw up. Are the UI designers over in Seattle all smoking something?

(By the way, if anybody still wants an invite, just e-mail [email protected] and I'll hook you up.)

It came up as a royal purple for me!!!!! Wow, kind of ugly.

I'm playing with the paint thing now, took me about 5 minutes to find where they relocated it, I thought they got rid of it when I didn't see it on the top.

Anyone find a good color, if so what hex is it. I'm trying to find something that looks nice.

What else is new with this? Anything. Or did they just drop a few things and change the looks. Like the contact list doesn't bounce around / expand anymore.

Edit: Actualy, after changin the colors a lot. The royal purple or royal blue, its kind of half way inbetween the two look. Is the best color I have seen, nothing else looks good, or is eassy on my eyes. I just don't like any color combination.

[Rob Veteran]

Have they completely gone insane with the graphics on this latest build? I was getting quite used to and liked the previous one, but this is a huge step back!

[aberflasm]

UGH!!! The new UI hurts my eyes. Why?! Somebody needs to be fired for letting this slip through.

[Detroit]

Damn, my eyes!!!

The goggles do nothing!!!!

[_I am Reptar]

Just opened it, it's so freakin' ugly.

[HoochieMamma]

Don't worry people, there will be enough people kicking up a stink at connect to make them re-think the UI a little ;) .

[dw2003]

thanks, got the email and downloading it now

Edit: I liked the old UI better :(

Edited February 10, 2006 by dw2003

[andrewhaji]

Don't worry people, there will be enough people kicking up a stink at connect to make them re-think the UI a little ;) .

I sure hope so. I MUCH prefer the 7.5 UI to this one. Come to think of it, I recall mentioning the fact that I liked the 6.2 UI much better than the 7.0 UI when it came out.

I guess things just take time to grow on you. I'm sure we'll all be used to this new UI soon enough.

[PT 13]

thanks, got the email and downloading it now

Still no e-mail here (thank god :D) :shiftyninja:

[tmx220]

guys i go to download the file off connect but i get a file called download details.apx and when i open it under notepad its a mess any ideas?

[aberflasm]

Complain here:

https://connect.microsoft.com/feedback/View...eedbackID=40890

[Hankyone]

grey/silver color is better

[va7kbh]

I had to use IE to download this file.

Interesting note: MsnPlus seems to be working again?

[+Elі Subscriber²]

I just download it from connect, God the new GUI is horrible!!!!

[+Chsoriano Subscriber²]

I'd have to agree with everyone's comments here. They seriously messed it up. The previous build looked more finished than this crap. The old status icons just don't fit in, and the UI doesn't look as refined.

[Meshuggah]

Holy god this thing is ugly!!!!!!!

I even liked WLM 8 when it first came out, but this? :no:

[andrewhaji]

Complain here:

https://connect.microsoft.com/feedback/View...eedbackID=40890

:rofl:

Title

What did you do?!?!?!?

How often does this happen?

Always Happens

I guess the UI is one of those features of a program which "always happens", eh?

[Ji@nBing]

same version here:

http://g.msn.com/1csbeta/Mess80_EN

Can anyone confirm if this is the new build? When I try and install it, it just asks if I want to repair my installation...