.tony Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 I've always wondered, is there anyway to turn off the new Photo Sharing "feature" and just revert to old behaviour of sending the image? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sibot Posted March 29, 2009 Author Share Posted March 29, 2009 I've always wondered, is there anyway to turn off the new Photo Sharing "feature" and just revert to old behaviour of sending the image? Yep, there is a way, when you click on Photo, it starts the Photo Share, while if you click on send Files->Send File/Photo, it would transfer the image normally. Regards, Sibot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesseinsf Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 People who can't accept the changes of things are like the Neanderthal Humans. Neanderthal Humans died off because they could not adapt to change in the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timdafweak Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 Great review! Insightful and informative. I'd like to see some more. What about the new Skype interface? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babyHacker Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 (edited) I have been using 2009 for months now. The default layout is terrible as with most Microsoft things but luckily you can change it a bit. I have the contact icons small, all of them and then everything but favorites unchecked. The favorites list is a great idea and the fact that the icon picture is now server side. This is one of those concepts like online bookmarks that I am sure everyone has thought of 10 years ago but for some reason, this concept seems illusive to software engineers. I'd really like to see Microsoft integrate Xbox Live contacts into messenger. For years they had a tacky button which would display an HTML page of your contacts. That is not integration, that is just a shortcut icon to a web page. They should appear as contacts and you get on and offline notifications as you would any other contact. I hope they update Live messenger in XBL, it is an older version so I always get signed out when I sign in on Xbox Live. Edited April 2, 2009 by babyHacker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carmatic Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 They also secretly added some add-on exe running background and demand for internet access, I forgot the exe name, but once you were seduced to upgrade, you will find out (if you got a firewall, it will report). what hidden exe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omen1393 Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 Why are you guys so picky about a messenger? I mean, do you really need to have a pretty interface just to talk to people? When it comes to simply communicating with people it works as intended, what's the big deal? So what there's no text seperating who's on online, mobile and offline? You can still customize it easily. As far as I'm concerned it does everything that I would want a messenger to do and that is being able to send messages to other people and be able to find people fairly easily. All I do is I customize it to make it only show online users and then I can see who's online at any given time. I check my mail through windows live mail so why should I check it through messenger? Why cause such a big racket about something that still performs the same tasks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.tony Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 Yep, there is a way, when you click on Photo, it starts the Photo Share, while if you click on send Files->Send File/Photo, it would transfer the image normally.Regards, Sibot I'm aware of that work-around but I was looking for a way to turn it off completely so you can drag and drop images into the conversation window without the Photo Share "feature" coming up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Canadian Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 I wish they would put back in the ability to see your contacts by email address.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mystic MVC Posted April 13, 2009 MVC Share Posted April 13, 2009 Anything ever been said about adding tabs or are those still locked forever? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scowl Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 (edited) Much cleaner (Y) Yup. I've always wondered, is there anyway to turn off the new Photo Sharing "feature" and just revert to old behaviour of sending the image? I actually really do not like the new Photo Sharing feature. Yahoo does it much better in my opinion. They're eventually going to change it I believe. It wouldn't be so bad if it didn't take up the entire freakin' chat window. And I'm not the only one.. http://www.withinwindows.com/2009/04/18/ph...r-kill-it-dead/ As per your request, here's a patch to make it so when you drag a picture into the chat window, it automatically sends it as a file instead of opening up Photo Sharing. Ahhh like the old days! http://mess.be/pafiledb/pafiledb.php?actio...load&id=717 If you've used A-Patch make sure you restore the settings so the CRC check lines up correctly when applying the patch below. Also, does anyone know why there hasn't been a new Mess Patch? Edited April 23, 2009 by scowl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Wizard Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 I really do not like the new version, especially the default settings, its not as bad after tweaking the settings but the photo sharing feature is so annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamminium Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 I don't like the new 2009 version, either (uninstalled it after a week). It looks aesthetic but the miminal set (Messenger) also grows considerably in size. The sharing folder feature which I'm very fond of is also absent in this version. In the end, the good old 8.5 is still my pick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
master2k27 Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 I like 2009 version Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuJu Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 bleeh. it messed up my gf webcam so i dont like it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliot B. Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 bleeh. it messed up my gf webcam so i dont like it Messenger did not mess up your girlfriend's webcam :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamminium Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 I was forced to upgrade to 2009 because of an ATL bug. lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuJu Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 Messenger did not mess up your girlfriend's webcam :rolleyes: haha actually it did. because now we use Skype, and the video works, but its very glittery. still trying to get it to work on her MSN tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capr Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 too much... i don't want to have to install this to talk to my friends and have a chatbox take up half my monitor.... gmail's little AIM chat is one of hte greatest things ever... i wish microsoft and google would stop fighting and i could access my MSN through gmail also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sibot Posted October 11, 2009 Author Share Posted October 11, 2009 haha actually it did.because now we use Skype, and the video works, but its very glittery. still trying to get it to work on her MSN tho. I've faced that problem quite a few times, I'd recommend that your girlfriend upgrades to the same version of MSN. It can get very annoying when you send multiple webcam invites, but the other person receives none. too much... i don't want to have to install this to talk to my friends and have a chatbox take up half my monitor.... gmail's little AIM chat is one of hte greatest things ever... i wish microsoft and google would stop fighting and i could access my MSN through gmail also. You could try and patch your MSN, remove all the unnecessary huds and make it as minimalistic as possible :). Or you could use Pidgin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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