Shoutbox

1. The simple answers is "no".  WLM 2009 chooses the colour of each contact's window based on what "scene" or WLM colour they have selected.

2. No, the options for "Be Right Back", "Out To Lunch" and "On The Phone" have been removed to simplify things.  Although you can still select those options via Personalised Status or commands, they will only appear that way for people using 8.5 or lower (which will soon be impossible).  These options are likely to be removed when Plus! gets updated to version 5