Messenger for Mac Display Pics in WLM

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Hey, I am running Windows Live Messenger 8.5. I was just wondering if anyone has come across anything that will add a small version of the current display pictures for all recipients next to there nickname in the text area of a conversation, as seen in Messenger for Mac?

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mess (dot) be and get the toolkit for WLM, forget what its called. will add all the features and remove the unwanted crap.

I assume you mean MessPatch but im sure it doesn't have this feature, but I maybe wrong, so i shall go check now...

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i remember seeing this kind of feature during the betas... but idk if its still in the final

edit: nevermind... i thought that was the contact list when it's the conversation window... then no, i dont recall anything that could reproduce that in wlm

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i remember seeing this kind of feature during the betas... but idk if its still in the final

edit: nevermind... i thought that was the contact list when it's the conversation window... then no, i dont recall anything that could reproduce that in wlm

Well, that at least tells us that this is in mind, so that's something to look forward to.

Why isn't this feature already in WLM?

I guess that's just the same question as why Messenger for Mac has spell checker, something that would appear to be an essential item, and Live Messenger, Microsoft's primary, does not.

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Messenger Plus! has this feature IIRC.

nope... an older version of MSN Messenger allowed the contact list to display small icons, display picture, or a large display picture.

I can't find that feature anymore in WLM

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I guess that's just the same question as why Messenger for Mac has spell checker, something that would appear to be an essential item, and Live Messenger, Microsoft's primary, does not.

The spell checker in Messenger for Mac is a Mac OS X API.

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