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The key code change is this line:
                <buddylist id=atom(buddylistview) layout=filllayout() background=argb(0,255,255,255) />

Originally the background of the buddylist is unspecified and I guess it defaults to plain white [argb(255,255,255,255)] however if that happens you can't see the picture. Best if i explain argb here:

ARGB(alpha,red,green,blue)

So its a function that supplies a colour, now when i made it i assumed that it would show up white and fade in... however for some wierd reason this isn't the case. It starts at black... no idea how to fix this... but its only for less than a second anyway.... i prefer no tiling and no lag to a little nuisance black.

If you really, really hate it just remove the animation line. It must be some kind of bug in the animation.

Note: Good work Bradley for finding the align thingo... I thought it was bottomright too but forgot about content align good work

edit: Just to answer a few of your questions bradley...

Some tutorials on editing UIFILEs can be found just google for UIFILE, you will see several links... however they mostly cover logon and boot screens.... so not 100% relevant however it helps you get an idea.

Changing that alpha value changes the alpha of the whole contact list.... not very good unless you want faint contacts...


Edit2: Discovered how to make the picture alpha for you....
add the following lines to styles:

code:

---

    buddylist
    {
        Accessible: true;
        AccRole: 33;
        AccState: 0;
        background: window;
        alpha: 255;
    }
    png[id=atom(backgroundpng)]
    {
        alpha: 100;
    }

---

and edit this:

code:

---

<png id=atom(backgroundpng) contentalign=bottomright flip=false idres=100 />

---

edit3: perhaps you could add this to your post stolenguitar... and that isn't how you should refer to a post it should be like this: StoleN.GuitaR's reply to This is how to change MSN7 background.
to do that type [post=http://shoutbox.menthix.net/showthread.php?tid=32756&pid=320424#pid320424] Its just because that post isn't on page 4 for me... its on page 1
and maybe put all that code in a txt file..... its rather tedious to scroll so far.... lol