Shoutbox

Messenger 8.5 vs 2009 is like browsers, operating systems, religions and politics. One will never convince the other of their point of view by just words, it leads to endless discussions going nowhere.

I would install 2009, If the voice- and webcame would be "OK", but I the quality is really bad, why?
My friend has 2009, and I have 8.5, why does it work good, and 2009 and 2009 not?

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Originally posted by yoinkster
I have got used to having very boring, very trimmed windows that don't intrude on my workspace that are tall and thin. These new chat windows DO have larger display pictures making them a lot wider and, as you point out, have inexplicably moved to the other side of the window. This just makes it feel unfamiliar and devalues the experience.

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You are aware that you can make the display pictures smaller, right?  And that if necessary you can hide the display pictures from the contact windows completely? 

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Originally posted by yoinkster

I spent some time flicking through the options to find something along the lines of "override everyone elses' preferences and just show me my windows as I want them" but it wasn't there.

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In a conversation window:

Tools>Use default scene

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Originally posted by yoinkster

The monstrosity that has been created is not the fix for all those massive bugs you claim exist in 8.5 because it is simply not fit for purpose. It's like saying a half ton woman is a suitable solution for the problem of not being able to sleep with a Swedish bikini model any more. Yes, you may still get some action from the replacement but ... really, who would want to? My point was that I honestly couldn't give a rat's butt if I'm making it more problematic for MS to improve Live 2009 because frankly, they deserve all the stick they get for this particular product (and I'm normally a big fan of MS stuff).  Again causing problems for other people comes a distinct and very distant LAST in my concerns, I can chat to people on an older version of MSN that I want to use and they can chat back to me, that's all I care about.

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If you're so insistant that WLM 2009 is an inferior product, why would you want to do something which you know is hindering future development?  Surely it would be more constructive to give them feedback on the "problems" that you are experiencing with WLM 2009 so that they can correct them in the future?

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Originally posted by yoinkster

Since ResHacking MSN I have experienced a total of 0 problems with MSN and a further 0 problems with the features in Plus! that I use. My computer has exploded exactly 0 times and there have been a total of 0 attempts on my life from would-be MSN exploiters. Yes, you're right, I absolutely must use the new, worse, more infuriating version.

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Good luck, because that won't last for long.  And I think you'll be able to find many people who have no problems with WLM 2009...perhaps because they get the correct information on it before shouting about features being missing, when infact you're just not looking carefully enough.