That's what i said, I think Triple8 got confused with the order of words I used.
MSN has "ripped" the use of backgrounds IMO off Yahoo! because of how popular they were and Microsoft's promotion for MSN Messenger 6 was, "a compleletly custom" IM client.
To be honest, theres only so much you can do after sending files and chatting. I suppose all the companies are limited to what features they can add.