Shoutbox

Well guys Sopair 2 is officially out for the general public to download. Just to recap, Sopair 2 is a special edited version of Windows Live Messenger 9 which contains some of the most requested options for Messenger 9. It not only allows you to change the layout of 9 but it also enhances 9 in several areas such as the alerts and sign in window.

Please note this skin is ONLY for the Public Beta of Messenger 9 and you MUST have Messenger Plus! Live 4.79 or later to run the skin.

Features:
Ability to switch from modern and classic Messenger layouts
Add a 3rd Display Picture to the chat window
Ability to move chat window display pictures to the right
Enhances alerts to make them suit 9 better
Sign In window matches the design better
Ability to restore send button in chat window
Ability to hide button text
Ability to hide buttons
Hide whats new and tabs
Use Messenger 9 icons in the tabbed chat bar
and MORE!

Note:
This skin itself is a beta and was only constructed as a proof of concept that skinning can still be done on 9 properly. It may contain a few bugs here and there but overall it is solid. No support will be given on this skin as it is for a beta version of Messenger and a beta version of Messenger Plus! Live. The skins option panel is only available in English.




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By the way, don't ask me about ad-removal because everyone should know the drill now regarding ads and how to remove them.

Enjoy the release.
Willz.

the alerts look nice
i also like the 3rd DP

Woo an update Keep it up!

Go on with it man!!! It's an awesome work!!!!

PD: I know it's not possible, but I hate the add xD...Thought...I can't use A-Patch for the MSGPLus Skins... =(...

PD2: Just tryied with no succes... I can't send "invisible" messages (appearing offline)... And when I get online Messenger crash...

One suggestion would be to remove some padding, if possible, on both sides of the convo window, cause it takes up a lot of room...

But awesome, I'm lovin' it!

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Originally posted by :No-Frost:
Go on with it man!!! It's an awesome work!!!!

PD: I know it's not possible, but I hate the add xD...Thought...I can't use A-Patch for the MSGPLus Skins... =(...

PD2: Just tryied with no succes... I can't send "invisible" messages (appearing offline)... And when I get online Messenger crash...

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If you have had patches set up before it might cause issues. Skins do not affect any features such as sending messages. Skins only edit the layout and graphics, not the functionality.

Messenger dropping out when you sign in isn't a skin issue either. It does that a lot of the time, its just a Messenger bug.

Keep up the good work Willz. I am going to try this skin as soon as I upgrade to 9.0

Nice job, but is there any way to make search bar area transparent like you've done on menubar in '8.5 style dashboard'.

and do simlair thing for the 9.0 dashboard? Also, On 9.0 dashboard, is there a way for you to lengthen the area for the name? Currently my name will be truncated even though there's loads of space next to it. (if you need SS/more detail ask ;o)

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Originally posted by vaccination
Nice job, but is there any way to make search bar area transparent like you've done on menubar in '8.5 style dashboard'.

and do simlair thing for the 9.0 dashboard? Also, On 9.0 dashboard, is there a way for you to lengthen the area for the name? Currently my name will be truncated even though there's loads of space next to it. (if you need SS/more detail ask ;o)

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Nah I can't do it because the search bar isn't its own element that I can move around in 923 like the mail buttons etc. Its part of the 1001 container which contains the entire contact list.

If I try to do the same dashboard effect for this it will just stretch the scene from top to bottom and that will just look dodgy since a scene is only 640x320.

As for the more characters thing in the 9 dashboard, what defines that is that amount of buttons you have on the right of it. Since the layout goes DP | Name | Buttons. The dp and buttons area are constrained to their original sizes whilst the name area is stretched to whatever area is left. If the word doesn't fit it will wrap the text automatically.

So yeah you can't really extend how long is properly since its automatically done. The only thing you can do is hide more buttons or remove a bit of padding or even make the buttons themselves a bit smaller. Either that or remove word wrapping (not actually sure if that is even a property anymore). Its not really an easy issue to overcome.

Im just gonna ask it here:
Will you be making Open 9? Or, however you would call it, the WLM9.0 version of Open Live? OL helped me alot, and it would most certainly do when I need to "relearn" the new ways of coding skins when 9 is released.