Vista - WLM9 Beta: "yahoo:" prefix for Yahoo Messenger contacts

I believe prefixing "yahoo:" to the name of Yahoo Messenger contacts is not
an elegant solution. It is especially problematic when the first character of
the contact's name combines with the colon ( resulting in an emoticon being
displayed.

I have reproduced the scenario and I have the same issue with my own Yahoo
username. :S is created by the yahoo: prefix which creates a confused
smiley.
However the Y! icon is still visible. Like WLM 8.5 it is located near the
display picture of the distant user.

"Teoh Han Hui" <teohhanhui@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:64B2C6A8-9DAC-4F7C-8362-D445C24CF421@xxxxxx

Teoh Han Hui

Couple of questions for you -

1. Did you use the previous beta as well? Did you notice this problem there?
2. What build are you using now? (Help->About Messenger)

Are other beta users seeing this as well? Could you try completely deleting
this contact and re-adding them to see if the problem persists?

Thanks,
Brian
Windows Live Contacts Team


"Teoh Han Hui" <teohhanhui@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:64B2C6A8-9DAC-4F7C-8362-D445C24CF421@xxxxxx

Never mind about trying to delete and re-add the contact. This is a known
issue and should be fixed in the final release.

Thanks,
Brian
Windows Live Contacts Platform Team

"Brian Lapinski [MSFT]" <testor@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:#KwUQUNHJHA.3668@xxxxxx

We'll see. You guys ignored us when the beta started a year ago. hopefully
you'll listen this time around now that you guys have "changed"


"Brian Lapinski [MSFT]" wrote:

Update: It turns out this bug showed up based on a weird interaction
between the Windows Live messenger and Windows Live Mail clients. We plan
to have this fixed as we agree that it's a goofy user experience.

thanks for the report!
Nick H.
Windows Live Test Team.