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Quantum
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O.P. Can skins make windows live messenger faster?
Well basically the title says it all.
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03-28-2008 06:49 PM |
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Basilis
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RE: Can skins make windows live messenger faster?
No. They only change its appearance
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03-28-2008 06:52 PM |
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CookieRevised
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RE: Can skins make windows live messenger faster?
I even think they make Messenger slower. No matter how little resources you change or how much stuff you hide.
The fact is that Plus! needs to be loaded in the process, which already is more stuff running than original. On top of that Plus! intercepts (or whatever it does) the resource loading. All this makes WLM slower than normal (although you wouldn't notice the difference).
... I think
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03-28-2008 06:55 PM |
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Patchou
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RE: Can skins make windows live messenger faster?
As a general rule, skins do not make any speed difference. The do not slow down Messenger at all, not even a tiny bit, due to the way they are designed (load-when-needed system, no extra conversion in the middle, ...). The only thing you may notice is a second or maybe two of extra loading time when Messenger is started, but after that, it's a smooth ride.
As for making Messenger faster, I'd say no. The default interface of Messenger is pretty simple and does not make extensive use of big bitmaps. Removing a couple of buttons won't change anything in the loading time, you may speed things up a little bit in the contact list depending on what you do to the contact entries but even that, I doubt. The UI system of Messenger is pretty clever and very well done in my opinion, it's completely detached from the logic, that's why we can skin it and that's also why changing the layout of the window won't affect performances.
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03-28-2008 07:31 PM |
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Quantum
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O.P. RE: Can skins make windows live messenger faster?
Ok. Thanks! Patchou, basilis and cookie.
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03-28-2008 07:56 PM |
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vikke
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RE: Can skins make windows live messenger faster?
I would say this depends from skin to skin. If your skin is using huge images or a lot of semi-transparent stuff, it may take longer for Windows Live Messenger to paint than just white background and some text. But I think you cannot notice the difference because it's too small (like they said), unless you have a really heavy skin or errors in your XML.
When the resources are getting replaced, when Messenger starts, it takes a while longer, because Plus! has to load itself, the skin, parse the XML, and replace the resources after that. 1-2 seconds isn't slow, considering that multiple XML files are parsed and a lot of other stuff is done.
To sum up, a skin could slow down Messenger if you're doing something wrong, but it won't get Messenger any faster (of course it will, but you won't be able to notice it because the difference is tiny).
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03-29-2008 12:08 AM |
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Shiny Rabbit
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RE: Can skins make windows live messenger faster?
hiding the ad banner i think speeds it up at least a little because it doesn't have to load an annoying little flash thing
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03-29-2008 10:31 PM |
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Quantum
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O.P. RE: Can skins make windows live messenger faster?
I will delete the ad I hate it. Especially the mouse-over if there a default skin going about with the ad-removed? (i know there no on the DB)
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03-29-2008 10:38 PM |
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deAd
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RE: RE: Can skins make windows live messenger faster?
quote: Originally posted by Shiny Rabbit
hiding the ad banner i think speeds it up at least a little because it doesn't have to load an annoying little flash thing
I believe Messenger continues to load the ad in the background, but you just don't see it.
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03-29-2008 10:38 PM |
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Quantum
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O.P. RE: Can skins make windows live messenger faster?
quote: Originally posted by deAd
quote: Originally posted by Shiny Rabbit
hiding the ad banner i think speeds it up at least a little because it doesn't have to load an annoying little flash thing
I believe Messenger continues to load the ad in the background, but you just don't see it.
What if you use a patch?
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03-29-2008 10:41 PM |
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