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Originally posted by spvn
Well maybe you and your friends/contacts use WLM differently from how I use it. I almost NEVER read my friends' personnel messages, but what I do see are their names when I start a convo with them.
We're not talking about how
you use it, we're talking about the purpose of it. Your nickname is generally for something short such as 'Chris' for me, then if I wanted to share anything else, that's what the personal message is for.
I know you're still used to the old MSN days when there was no personal message, but that's what it's there for - so you don't have to cram it all into one.
Even if you don't use/read personal messages, with no nickname feature in WLM 2011, you will now, so that's no longer a problem. Use social networks if you want to share stuff (which WLM is now connected with).
If you don't want someone knowing your name, why do you have them as a contact? It's the same thing for Facebook, that has your real name.. so what? Messenger wanted to be connected with social networks such as Facebook chat, and with that it makes sense to use the same name for each.
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Originally posted by spvn
PROBLEM SOLVED. MICROSOFT, DO THIS NOW.
It doesn't matter how much you moan or campaign,
it's not going to be changed. It has already passed through beta testing - the period of time in which things are changed and tested. It's something you've got to live with and get used to. Same thing happens with every new release and every time we have to say "you'll get used to it" and they do without realising it. It's for the best, I ensure you.
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