Live Messenger Refresh Now Available

[lordtinuviel]

mine looks better now, but still like the other ui more

[dinner123]

People complain, it gets looked into (and even fixed), but people just look for something else to complain about.:shiftyninja::

Yeh god knows why Microsoft think it should still be a BETA:pinch::

from the a-patched screenies, it looks good, hopefully it will be rolled out to the other testers soon

[Larney]

Doesn't crash here (b27 of apatch)

I'm not saying it's Apatch that MAKES it crash but it has been crashing for a large number of people in this thread. Exception errors or whatever they are just come out of nowhere. That is the only issue I have with this build.

[brandon.mat]

I personally think this is an aloot cleaner approach and looks really nice and simple, and doesn't seem cluttered.

Hey how do you show display pictures in the main window? Mine doesn't and there's no option to.

[iSimx]

NOW that I have wlm :) - i think its really ugly.. needs serious improvement

[Tech_Dude_5000]

NOW that I have wlm :) - i think its really ugly.. needs serious improvement

i agree, even the first one looked better then this, even though it looked like it was for bunch of middle school students and freshmens. it stilled looked a bit better then thius one.

[sfnoxious]

The only thing with WLM that I have found looks bad is the green icons when it's signing in and the icon of the exe. If Microsoft could make it more minimalist and modern it would tie in with the rest of the program.

[thedoors27]

The background HoochieMamma has. Anyone know where I can get it?

[Xtreme $niper]

Okay okay I'm sort of freaking out now. I just downloaded the refresh and my first reaction was "did my graphics card just explode?".

What in the world have they done to the UI? Even the colourful design was better. This is just... Wtf?

I think they designed this with Vista in mind, because it looks like absolute ass on XP. I mean the only thing saving it at this point is changing the default colour from black to grey. *shudders and contemplates entering feedback on the UI*.

On a side note: This post is completely ignoring the various changes to anything but the UI. I know there are nice fixes, but this is just about the UI and nothing more.

Edited February 13, 2006 by Xtreme $niper

[Slimy]

^ tell them @ Feedback ID: 41293

[cm_mc]

well i just isntall win FX 3 and the shadows make the new build look so much better!!!

[PugSt3r]

google is your friend ...hehe ...if you know what i mean =)

[Xtreme $niper]

^ tell them @ Feedback ID: 41293

Hah you could have used some nicer words in there dude :p Voted anyway.

[snsn]

I used the A-Patch130rc1b27 Path for WLM, But every time I must boot twice. Does anyone have the same problem? :(

[sfnoxious]

I used; A-Patch130rc1_27WLM with the latest version of WLM and everything is working fine. Try repairing WLM and installing the A-Patch again. :)

[wutang01]

Why did Microsoft decide to abandon the Candy look of 362?

I liked that look. The only thing that ****ed me off was the mouse hovering thing (which I know you can turn off, but I also wanted to see the person's dp without taking too much space on the contact list)

I'm curious what the next build'll look like :blink:

[autodefe]

Is anyone else seeing the systray icons of version 7.5 or older? I see the new fat green/light green man when it's logging in and when I'm receving mail (the animations) but when I'm signed in, away/busy, or "offiline mode" it shows the old-style icons.

fut the whuck?

[Imperceptible]

It's supposed to be like that, nothing to worry about.

[smartbuddy_82]

The icon thing is same for everyone so nothing to worry about.

[CeNoEviL]

How do you go about to change the background for the contact list? I've seen some pictures here where people have done it. Any help? Also if you put the picture as the background, will it stretch according to how big your contact list is or not?

Plz, i too would like to know how this is done...Any one advise?

TIA

[sfnoxious]

Changing the background of your Contact List;

Create a .gif image named lvback.gif and paste it into your MSN Messenger directory C:\Program Files\MSN Messenger. You can have whatever picture you want keeping in mind that it will resize to fit the contact list. I have made a simple gradient which I think works the best as you can see below. Please feel free to use this image :)

lvback.gif

[Storm]

You know what, I'm doing a bit of a back flip on my position with WLM refresh. If you keep it with the default colour and put a nice background on it and a-patch it's ass sideways it looks quite nice.

Where can i get that bg? Cheers.

And is that winFX on XP? Ta

[trini]

I hate everything at the top of the main window being aligned to the right side :no: And when I use the black theme, the text becomes almost unreadable :|

[Mystical112]

looks pretty decent once i a-patched it... :)

[Sniper101]

The new UI is no more Microsoft Are taking all Download links offline and Bringing the old Links back online which im now happy about i thought id have to update to that THING :)