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RE: Announcement: Vista Live Messenger 8.1 comming soon, Willz and I are updating it!
Well people today is a day of excitement as I have created a stable version of possibly the greatest and most complete WLM skin that has ever been seen.

As most of you know me and Stian have teamed up to bring you the update to Vista Live Messenger, which is coming :) its solid and it just needs a few things done to it and it will be done :)

But lets go back a bit, nearly 2 years ago I started creating a skin called AeroMSN. Finding skinning hard I teamed up with iPab and we brought you guys one of the best themes for MSN Messenger 7.5. Windows Live Messenger was released and we laid down plans to create AeroWLM, we found the name to be crap so we called the project WAM (Windows Aero Messenger).

About a year ago I released a screenshot of a very early version of WAM. For those who can't remember it was this:

[Image: 1stwamum8.th.png]

The skin was meant to be a major release for 8.0. But the ideas were really complex and I couldn't bear the load of university at the time. So WAM died and I took a break from the skinning world and came back to bring you guys Ev0 and now VLM.

To this very day I get told "man you should have made WAM I was so looking forward to it".

So I thought enough is enough.

[Image: chatwindowsyg1.th.jpg]

[Image: contactswg3.th.jpg]

These are the first two working (yes working) screenshots of Windows Aero Messenger Reloaded. THIS IS ON WLM 8.1.

The skin features what WAM would have been and much more. I created this skin using different methods than what I'm normally used to. It has really controlled colorization where colorization actually helps the skin work better and does not make glow or glass effects look crappy. As shown in the screenshots, just set the color to whatever your main desktop color is and use a bit of plus transparency and PRESTO you have a cool glass-ish effect. Or you can maximize the chat window and use it with a wallpaper in a dual screen situation (which is why the bar is at the bottom :) )

It also features a new style DP container in the chat window. The bottom part of the container is now a stylish button instead of a button within a border. So when you hover over it, it glows nicely.

Pretty much every aspect of messenger has been refined and styled here. WAM also features an emoticon patch which was an intended feature for Ev0, but never surfaced. Every single emoticon has been modernized and stylized to be smooth and effective (no more white edges :) )

That's all on WAM Reloaded.....

For Now.

No ETA on this :P good things come to those who wait.

This post was edited on 06-14-2007 at 01:18 PM by Willz.
06-14-2007 01:09 PM
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Announcement: Vista Live Messenger 8.1 comming soon, Willz and I are updating it! - by Stianu89 on 04-18-2007 at 03:35 PM
RE: Announcement: Vista Live Messenger 8.1 comming soon, Willz and Me are updating it - by ipab on 04-18-2007 at 03:40 PM
RE: Announcement: Vista Live Messenger 8.1 comming soon, Willz and Me are updating it! - by crank on 04-18-2007 at 04:49 PM
RE: Announcement: Vista Live Messenger 8.1 comming soon, Willz and Me are updating it! - by duck! on 04-18-2007 at 05:14 PM
RE: Announcement: Vista Live Messenger 8.1 comming soon, Willz and Me are updating it! - by Oxy on 04-18-2007 at 05:20 PM
RE: Announcement: Vista Live Messenger 8.1 comming soon, Willz and Me are updating it! - by Lourix on 04-18-2007 at 05:23 PM
RE: Announcement: Vista Live Messenger 8.1 comming soon, Willz and Me are updating it! - by Thor on 04-18-2007 at 05:25 PM
RE: Announcement: Vista Live Messenger 8.1 comming soon, Willz and Me are updating it! - by Stianu89 on 04-18-2007 at 06:18 PM
RE: Announcement: Vista Live Messenger 8.1 comming soon, Willz and Me are updating it! - by aNILEator on 04-18-2007 at 06:42 PM
RE: Announcement: Vista Live Messenger 8.1 comming soon, Willz and Me are updating it! - by Jimbo on 04-18-2007 at 06:52 PM
RE: Announcement: Vista Live Messenger 8.1 comming soon, Willz and Me are updating it! - by Baggins on 04-18-2007 at 07:03 PM
RE: Announcement: Vista Live Messenger 8.1 comming soon, Willz and I are updating it! - by prashker on 04-18-2007 at 07:16 PM
RE: Announcement: Vista Live Messenger 8.1 comming soon, Willz and I are updating it! - by Nagamasa on 04-18-2007 at 09:54 PM
RE: Announcement: Vista Live Messenger 8.1 comming soon, Willz and I are updating it! - by Rolando on 04-18-2007 at 10:29 PM
RE: Announcement: Vista Live Messenger 8.1 comming soon, Willz and I are updating it! - by aNILEator on 04-18-2007 at 11:01 PM
RE: Announcement: Vista Live Messenger 8.1 comming soon, Willz and I are updating it! - by NanaFreak on 04-19-2007 at 06:36 AM
RE: Announcement: Vista Live Messenger 8.1 comming soon, Willz and I are updating it! - by Eddie on 04-19-2007 at 07:03 AM
RE: Announcement: Vista Live Messenger 8.1 comming soon, Willz and I are updating it! - by Felu on 04-19-2007 at 10:05 AM
RE: Announcement: Vista Live Messenger 8.1 comming soon, Willz and I are updating it! - by Willz on 04-19-2007 at 11:12 AM
RE: Announcement: Vista Live Messenger 8.1 comming soon, Willz and I are updating it! - by Oxy on 04-19-2007 at 11:15 AM
RE: Announcement: Vista Live Messenger 8.1 comming soon, Willz and I are updating it! - by absorbation on 04-19-2007 at 04:50 PM
RE: Announcement: Vista Live Messenger 8.1 comming soon, Willz and I are updating it! - by vaccination on 04-19-2007 at 05:04 PM
RE: Announcement: Vista Live Messenger 8.1 comming soon, Willz and I are updating it! - by High Speed Chaser on 04-20-2007 at 12:22 PM
RE: RE: Announcement: Vista Live Messenger 8.1 comming soon, Willz and I are updating - by Willz on 04-20-2007 at 12:44 PM
RE: Announcement: Vista Live Messenger 8.1 comming soon, Willz and I are updating it! - by duck! on 04-20-2007 at 12:30 PM
RE: Announcement: Vista Live Messenger 8.1 comming soon, Willz and I are updating it! - by Oxy on 04-20-2007 at 01:09 PM
RE: RE: Announcement: Vista Live Messenger 8.1 comming soon, Willz and I are updating - by Stianu89 on 04-20-2007 at 01:19 PM
RE: Announcement: Vista Live Messenger 8.1 comming soon, Willz and I are updating it! - by Willz on 04-23-2007 at 10:51 AM
RE: Announcement: Vista Live Messenger 8.1 comming soon, Willz and I are updating it! - by Stianu89 on 04-23-2007 at 11:21 AM
RE: Announcement: Vista Live Messenger 8.1 comming soon, Willz and I are updating it! - by aNILEator on 04-23-2007 at 11:24 AM
RE: Announcement: Vista Live Messenger 8.1 comming soon, Willz and I are updating it! - by Willz on 04-23-2007 at 11:30 AM
RE: Announcement: Vista Live Messenger 8.1 comming soon, Willz and I are updating it! - by aNILEator on 04-23-2007 at 11:41 AM
RE: RE: Announcement: Vista Live Messenger 8.1 comming soon, Willz and I are updating - by Stianu89 on 05-05-2007 at 02:23 PM
RE: Announcement: Vista Live Messenger 8.1 comming soon, Willz and I are updating it! - by Stianu89 on 04-26-2007 at 06:49 PM
RE: Announcement: Vista Live Messenger 8.1 comming soon, Willz and I are updating it! - by absorbation on 05-05-2007 at 02:50 PM
RE: RE: Announcement: Vista Live Messenger 8.1 comming soon, Willz and I are updating - by Stianu89 on 05-06-2007 at 12:33 PM
RE: Announcement: Vista Live Messenger 8.1 comming soon, Willz and I are updating it! - by Butcher_ss on 05-19-2007 at 06:05 AM
RE: Announcement: Vista Live Messenger 8.1 comming soon, Willz and I are updating it! - by Willz on 05-19-2007 at 06:39 AM
RE: Announcement: Vista Live Messenger 8.1 comming soon, Willz and I are updating it! - by Stianu89 on 05-22-2007 at 11:59 AM
RE: Announcement: Vista Live Messenger 8.1 comming soon, Willz and I are updating it! - by Jimbo on 05-22-2007 at 02:30 PM
RE: RE: Announcement: Vista Live Messenger 8.1 comming soon, Willz and I are updating - by Stianu89 on 05-22-2007 at 02:42 PM
RE: Announcement: Vista Live Messenger 8.1 comming soon, Willz and I are updating it! - by Oxy on 05-22-2007 at 03:07 PM
RE: Announcement: Vista Live Messenger 8.1 comming soon, Willz and I are updating it! - by jerone on 05-23-2007 at 06:44 PM
RE: Announcement: Vista Live Messenger 8.1 comming soon, Willz and I are updating it! - by Butcher_ss on 05-24-2007 at 03:01 AM
RE: Announcement: Vista Live Messenger 8.1 comming soon, Willz and I are updating it! - by prashker on 05-24-2007 at 03:32 AM
RE: Announcement: Vista Live Messenger 8.1 comming soon, Willz and I are updating it! - by Felu on 05-24-2007 at 03:49 AM
RE: Announcement: Vista Live Messenger 8.1 comming soon, Willz and I are updating it! - by Lux on 05-25-2007 at 09:43 PM
RE: Announcement: Vista Live Messenger 8.1 comming soon, Willz and I are updating it! - by Willz on 06-06-2007 at 11:20 AM
RE: Announcement: Vista Live Messenger 8.1 comming soon, Willz and I are updating it! - by prashker on 06-06-2007 at 11:30 AM
RE: RE: Announcement: Vista Live Messenger 8.1 comming soon, Willz and I are updating - by Willz on 06-06-2007 at 11:39 AM
RE: Announcement: Vista Live Messenger 8.1 comming soon, Willz and I are updating it! - by Butcher_ss on 06-06-2007 at 11:32 AM
RE: Announcement: Vista Live Messenger 8.1 comming soon, Willz and I are updating it! - by prashker on 06-06-2007 at 11:39 AM
RE: Announcement: Vista Live Messenger 8.1 comming soon, Willz and I are updating it! - by aNILEator on 06-06-2007 at 05:34 PM
RE: Announcement: Vista Live Messenger 8.1 comming soon, Willz and I are updating it! - by Willz on 06-14-2007 at 01:09 PM
RE: Announcement: Vista Live Messenger 8.1 comming soon, Willz and I are updating it! - by Chris4 on 06-14-2007 at 01:12 PM
RE: Announcement: Vista Live Messenger 8.1 comming soon, Willz and I are updating it! - by Thor on 06-14-2007 at 01:16 PM
RE: Announcement: Vista Live Messenger 8.1 comming soon, Willz and I are updating it! - by Matti on 06-14-2007 at 01:16 PM
RE: Announcement: Vista Live Messenger 8.1 comming soon, Willz and I are updating it! - by Willz on 06-27-2007 at 02:38 AM
RE: Announcement: Vista Live Messenger 8.1 comming soon, Willz and I are updating it! - by duck! on 06-27-2007 at 06:54 AM
RE: Announcement: Vista Live Messenger 8.1 comming soon, Willz and I are updating it! - by prashker on 06-27-2007 at 07:25 AM
RE: Announcement: Vista Live Messenger 8.1 comming soon, Willz and I are updating it! - by Matti on 06-27-2007 at 08:25 AM
RE: Announcement: Vista Live Messenger 8.1 comming soon, Willz and I are updating it! - by Butcher_ss on 06-27-2007 at 06:18 PM


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