WinIcons:
- Number of emails on mail icon not matching.
- Signed out icon UGLY
- Peeling page effect should not disappear when mouse is moving towards it.
(Double animation).
- Paint brush icons shows BEFORE page peels
- Blocked Icon and offline icon unclear
- Favourite’s icon does not seem to match.
- History icons need to match new messenger
UI Contact List:
- Top bar should be transparent so that image background shows through
- Lower nickname bar one line so that it can be widened.
- Lower the message bar one line so that it’s in line with the mail icon.
- I love the pop up transparent side bar, however it does not match the
over-all layout.
- Corner should NOT peel when mousing over mail.
- What’s new is a great concept but needs to be refined.
o When there is an image, the right margin is greater than the left margin
o “What’s new� text and left right buttons are too big
o No way of scrolling if someone has long update.
o No way of seeing what’s new if someone has a long name
- Favourite’s idea is great. Love the customizability. (Being able to remove
it if I don’t want it, choosing the size of the display pic shown if any)
- Arrow tabs too close to the left margin
- After expanding the side tabs, then reducing it, it should set the window
width as it was.
- Search box could be a bit thinner in height.
Currently feels like Messenger 7.5, 8, and Vista are all combined , no
consistency.
UI Conversation:
- Top bar should be transparent so that image background shows through
- Lower nickname bar one line so that it can be widened.
- Lower the message bar one line so that it’s in line with the mail icon.
- I love the pop up transparent side bar, however it does not match the
over-all layout.
- Corner should NOT peel when mousing over mail.
- A light divider should be shown between avatar and conversation for
unification (Just as there is a light divider bar between the type box and
the message window)
- Out glow of name and status too strong in both dark and light backgrounds.
- Option to reduce font size?
- Glowing button which shows the toolbar should be fixed since it cuts off
suddenly (graphically).
- Selecting a colour other than the default is not attractive, nor does it
blend well.
- Bring back send button (or option to add it)
- The bullet point after a grouped conversation should be faded out as it’s
too strong at the moment.
- Too big of a gap if user has nickname only.

Other:
- Clicking any msn conversation gets ALL of them to show up (if they are not
minimized)
- No new message sound in a group conversation
- Sign in screen is no longer appealing nor matching.
- Contact card needs to match new UI


Issues:
- Custom emoticons no longer display when sending. They can be seen though.
- If someone posts a large emoticon, it is cut and only a portion can be
seen unless it is followed by another conversation. For example, someone
sends large emoticon. Only half shows. If I type something or the sender
types something, the emoticon is then shown properly.
- Call function was not working, kept taking me to the intro screen and
asking me to tick a box to create a desktop shortcut. UI did not match.
- People seeing strange characters instead of far east and Arabic characters
in my nickname. This is between Windows Live 8.5 and 9 wave 3.
- Compared to Skype, it feels like webchat is too laggy. I don’t understand
why.

Love
- Tabs in the Messenger List are in the right place
- Nice simple Mail icon
- Custom dynamic display pictures!
- Custom sign in sound!
- Animated displays
- Option to hide offline contacts
- Ability to sign in on more than one place
- Smooth animation


Suggestions:
- Drag a user into conversation window adds him to the conversation.
- Organize by status (so all online shown, then away, then busy etc..
- Option to set Online, Busy and Away colours?
- Perhaps a ‘status’ box, so that if someone signs in using the same
username at a different place, it leaves a message saying so. Like a form of
tracking and keeping the ‘main’ pc aware.
- Option to launch Windows Live Mail or IE Hotmail instead. (At the moment
if you have Windows Live Mail it launches that by default).
- Option to hide ‘Groups’ group.

Over all I feel like there have been some very nice features but the UI is
simply not to my taste or standard. I feel as if 8.5’s design looked better.
I also hope that there will be an attempt to highlight the new features.





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you are not guaranteed that anyone from MSFT will read this...

this is a public newsgroup.

They don’t even read the feedback they get from correct channels!

How do I know? WELL LOOK AT THE MESS messenger 9 is! lol

(and Im not talking about bugs.. but horrible design!)




"Khalifa" <Khalifa@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:0E0F4308-DA59-48A2-917B-842C197812BD@xxxxxx

> WinIcons:
> - Number of emails on mail icon not matching.
> - Signed out icon UGLY
> - Peeling page effect should not disappear when mouse is moving towards
> it.
> (Double animation).
> - Paint brush icons shows BEFORE page peels
> - Blocked Icon and offline icon unclear
> - Favourite’s icon does not seem to match.
> - History icons need to match new messenger
> UI Contact List:
> - Top bar should be transparent so that image background shows through
> - Lower nickname bar one line so that it can be widened.
> - Lower the message bar one line so that it’s in line with the mail icon.
> - I love the pop up transparent side bar, however it does not match the
> over-all layout.
> - Corner should NOT peel when mousing over mail.
> - What’s new is a great concept but needs to be refined.
> o When there is an image, the right margin is greater than the left margin
> o “What’s new� text and left right buttons are too big
> o No way of scrolling if someone has long update.
> o No way of seeing what’s new if someone has a long name
> - Favourite’s idea is great. Love the customizability. (Being able to
> remove
> it if I don’t want it, choosing the size of the display pic shown if any)
> - Arrow tabs too close to the left margin
> - After expanding the side tabs, then reducing it, it should set the
> window
> width as it was.
> - Search box could be a bit thinner in height.
> Currently feels like Messenger 7.5, 8, and Vista are all combined , no
> consistency.
> UI Conversation:
> - Top bar should be transparent so that image background shows through
> - Lower nickname bar one line so that it can be widened.
> - Lower the message bar one line so that it’s in line with the mail icon.
> - I love the pop up transparent side bar, however it does not match the
> over-all layout.
> - Corner should NOT peel when mousing over mail.
> - A light divider should be shown between avatar and conversation for
> unification (Just as there is a light divider bar between the type box and
> the message window)
> - Out glow of name and status too strong in both dark and light
> backgrounds.
> - Option to reduce font size?
> - Glowing button which shows the toolbar should be fixed since it cuts off
> suddenly (graphically).
> - Selecting a colour other than the default is not attractive, nor does it
> blend well.
> - Bring back send button (or option to add it)
> - The bullet point after a grouped conversation should be faded out as it’s
> too strong at the moment.
> - Too big of a gap if user has nickname only.
>
> Other:
> - Clicking any msn conversation gets ALL of them to show up (if they are
> not
> minimized)
> - No new message sound in a group conversation
> - Sign in screen is no longer appealing nor matching.
> - Contact card needs to match new UI
>
>
> Issues:
> - Custom emoticons no longer display when sending. They can be seen
> though.
> - If someone posts a large emoticon, it is cut and only a portion can be
> seen unless it is followed by another conversation. For example, someone
> sends large emoticon. Only half shows. If I type something or the sender
> types something, the emoticon is then shown properly.
> - Call function was not working, kept taking me to the intro screen and
> asking me to tick a box to create a desktop shortcut. UI did not match.
> - People seeing strange characters instead of far east and Arabic
> characters
> in my nickname. This is between Windows Live 8.5 and 9 wave 3.
> - Compared to Skype, it feels like webchat is too laggy. I don’t
> understand
> why.
>
> Love
> - Tabs in the Messenger List are in the right place
> - Nice simple Mail icon
> - Custom dynamic display pictures!
> - Custom sign in sound!
> - Animated displays
> - Option to hide offline contacts
> - Ability to sign in on more than one place
> - Smooth animation
>
>
> Suggestions:
> - Drag a user into conversation window adds him to the conversation.
> - Organize by status (so all online shown, then away, then busy etc..
> - Option to set Online, Busy and Away colours?
> - Perhaps a ‘status’ box, so that if someone signs in using the same
> username at a different place, it leaves a message saying so. Like a form
> of
> tracking and keeping the ‘main’ pc aware.
> - Option to launch Windows Live Mail or IE Hotmail instead. (At the moment
> if you have Windows Live Mail it launches that by default).
> - Option to hide ‘Groups’ group.
>
> Over all I feel like there have been some very nice features but the UI is
> simply not to my taste or standard. I feel as if 8.5’s design looked
> better.
> I also hope that there will be an attempt to highlight the new features.
>
>
>
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> http://www.iloveqatar.net