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but the basic design is already in the beta, and i have to say nudge and winks . there's only one good thing that i can think of, signing in with any status.

Don't like 'em? Disable & cease to use 'em.

I think MSN Messenger 7 is better looking and as soon as i get rid of all the tabs and the advertisments (none of the patches seem to work for meat the moment) it will look brilliant. The winks and nudges are a bit over the top, but at least you can disable them.

p.s. This is my 100th post (yey)
I know it's not much, but its still a milestone

Ok I must say I am disgusted with MSN 7.0 I have tested on may machines and various setups.

I found that on Windows XP Machines that MSN 7 winks would cause the messenger window to freeze then log off the user. Even at times give program error and shut down. Then when a user would login again the same thing would happen when winks were sent

Windows 9.x ME an 2000 I found that the computers were glitchy when it came to running as well. The chat would lagg, when webcam support was on the MSN 7 would crash, when smilies were sent they would not show up, when winks were sent crashing is what would happen.

Another feature I think that is really dumb is the whole theme thing, Microsoft not only decided to include their tags on the left side to make money but now they are selling theme packages for a freakin chat consoule. If someone has the time to pay for this they should not be using a computer.

On the MSN 7 Release I would love to be able to see some new things which hasnt happened yet...
The option to be able to send and receive online/offline messages. Why is it that ICQ, Yahoo! and many other clients allow users to send offline messages and chat in invisible/offline mode but MSN never seems to grasp the concept that it would be a very handy feature, sure they may have to edit some settings of how messages are sent and received on the protocols, but it would make life easier. They should have plugins avaliable for people who enjoy sports, horroscopes, and stuff like that. For example I am a hockey fan and I cheer the Toronto Maple Leafs, a plugin displaying the game they are playing that night with a updates score would be interesting. Just an idea

Another feature I would like to see is a remake of the display photos. Every have a really nice photo you want to display but when you place it to be displayed its off centered and all, not displaying correctly? well I think when you select and browse a photo and when you see an example befor eyou apply settings you should be able to move the photo in its box with your mouse to line it up correctly for viewing of other users.

Well thats my 2 cents, what would you think of these comments?

u may have all the reason but kangie spoke :

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Originally posted by kangie
i wont be getting it again.... the whole point of a BETA is that official people test it, so it doesnt mess up for normal users... dont go moaning hen you cant sign in, cos ITS A BETA

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OK I agree, but what if the Beta wasnt avaliable to us, sure the pros have the way of testing and getting feedback, but there are so many computer setups and by them offering it to us we are able to test and make sure this is what we want, think about it. they dont offer it to us and they release it, we are stuck with a product thats final and thats it, at least having the beta and being able to have our say could make microsoft think about changing options before the official release is sent out

i think microsoft is being too much conservadorist(is this the word?) in several aspects (in evthng not only in msn msngr) like design habits

i would imagine the reason for the design is to keep it simple for new users. having a simple interface a little attractive makes new users comfortable with using it and makes it easy to navigate, having something to busy and complex looking will distract new users from using their product

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Originally posted by metal_messiah

i would imagine the reason for the design is to keep it simple for new users. having a simple interface a little attractive makes enw users comfortable with using it and makes it easy to navigate, havnig something to busy and complex looknig will distract new users from using their product

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no..i would ike msn 7 beta better if it looked good!see my 2nd post in this thread...

i see where you are coming from but i would have do disagree with the idea solely because it would cause problems not only for users but for Microsoft, having different versions of one release would be hateful and a nightmare to microsoft developers. If anything they should have an option during setup so you can select one of 2 options like simple version or advanced, or fun version and simple version, something where the user can read which installation they will want and depending on what installation will depend what parts of the code are included during install. I guess making the installation customizable would be what I am getting at.