quote:
Originally posted by EriktheRed
Sharing folders are critical and have been removed.
They have been replaced by the much safer, much stabler and much more versatile SkyDrive. You don't even have to be online anymore to share files, and you can share files with more than one contact without the need to have multiple copies of a file, etc, etc...
Of course, it is 'different' and you need to get used to something new, but SkyDrive is like 1000 times better. And believe me when I say that I know what I'm talking about as I used Sharing Folders extremely intensivly and was a bit sceptical at first too.
quote:
Originally posted by EriktheRed
Backgrounds are critical to differentiating between conversations easily and almost all functionality has been removed.
Backgrounds are not removed. They are still there: Tools > Backgrounds...
The only difference is that they don't colorize the entire chat window anymore because of the new scenes features (which you can use to colorize the chat windows even further if you want).
You sure can still differentiate between chat windows/individual contacts using the current Backgrounds feature.
quote:
Originally posted by EriktheRed
Changing the look for no reason but to alienate consumers was insane. All aspects of customizability are gone, except for a one-inch bar at the top.
Sorry but you can change the look far more than you could in previous versions.
(and then there are also skins in case you're also using Messenger Plus!)
At least take a minute to browse the menus and options of the new version instead of immediatly complaining and/or copying what other people say (who didn't took the time to at least check things out either).
quote:
Originally posted by EriktheRed
Please either try to help, or get your facts straight before you troll.
I think it is someone else who is trolling, EriktheRed.
The stuff I say ARE facts. You can check everything I said yourself if you just do some effort instead of complaining and accusing me for being a troll.
And sure, I don't post what you want to hear. But posting what people want to hear is never "helping". Helping is trying to solve the issues people have in a _proper_ way. And yes, sometimes that means saying stuff which people do not want to hear.
The proper way of helping you guys is giving the advise to upgrade, weither you like it or not.
If you actually follow our advise and upgrade, you won't need to come back later to ask why you can't sign in anymore, why you sometimes get a login error, why your contacts aren't syncronized, why you can't add a contact, etc....
And, eventually, you will need to upgrade anyways because there will come a time that you wont even be able to log in with those older versions, eventhough you tricked/hacked them.
/ 
