New contact cards in 8.1 suck!

I hate the new contact cards in 8.1. Why the hell is the contact's display
picture so small? The whole reason I ever used those stupid contact cards was
in order to see someone's display picture in full size, without having to
open a conversation, just to close it again without saying anything.

Resizing the display pictures that small in the contact cards is stupid!

I suggest to bring them back to their correct size, or at least give the
user the option to choose what size they want the display picture to be in
the contact card.

Windows Live Messenger just doesn't give you enough options. If I was one
the developers, I would be constantly exploring ways to allow the user choose
what they want: "How might the user like this bit... they may not like it
this way, so I should give them the option for a way they might like
instead!", but no—doesn't seem like the developers here bother to take this
approach.

Thanks for messing the contact cards up! I think it's back to 8.0 for me.

Hi,

Second this. I even still click for the contact card expecting the larger display picture --
it's a habit and frustrating when it does something different.

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"Dominic" <> wrote in message
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>I hate the new contact cards in 8.1. Why the hell is the contact's display
> picture so small? The whole reason I ever used those stupid contact cards was
> in order to see someone's display picture in full size, without having to
> open a conversation, just to close it again without saying anything.
>
> Resizing the display pictures that small in the contact cards is stupid!
>
> I suggest to bring them back to their correct size, or at least give the
> user the option to choose what size they want the display picture to be in
> the contact card.
>
> Windows Live Messenger just doesn't give you enough options. If I was one
> the developers, I would be constantly exploring ways to allow the user choose
> what they want: "How might the user like this bit... they may not like it
> this way, so I should give them the option for a way they might like
> instead!", but no-doesn't seem like the developers here bother to take this
> approach.
>
> Thanks for messing the contact cards up! I think it's back to 8.0 for me.

one of the updates for the one patch will increase the size of the picture :-)

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <> wrote in message
news:C9EC5011-F94A-4FD3-BA53-...
> Hi,
>
> Second this. I even still click for the contact card expecting the larger
> display picture -- it's a habit and frustrating when it does something
> different.
>
> --
> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
> Associate Expert
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
> --
>
>
> "Dominic" <> wrote in message
> news:9E715DC8-F178-4AEB-8614-...
>>I hate the new contact cards in 8.1. Why the hell is the contact's display
>> picture so small? The whole reason I ever used those stupid contact cards was
>> in order to see someone's display picture in full size, without having to
>> open a conversation, just to close it again without saying anything.
>>
>> Resizing the display pictures that small in the contact cards is stupid!
>>
>> I suggest to bring them back to their correct size, or at least give the
>> user the option to choose what size they want the display picture to be in
>> the contact card.
>>
>> Windows Live Messenger just doesn't give you enough options. If I was one
>> the developers, I would be constantly exploring ways to allow the user choose
>> what they want: "How might the user like this bit... they may not like it
>> this way, so I should give them the option for a way they might like
>> instead!", but no-doesn't seem like the developers here bother to take this
>> approach.
>>
>> Thanks for messing the contact cards up! I think it's back to 8.0 for me.
>
>

Lius wrote:
> one of the updates for the one patch will increase the size of the picture :-)
>
> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <> wrote in message
> news:C9EC5011-F94A-4FD3-BA53-...
>> Hi,
>>
>> Second this. I even still click for the contact card expecting the larger
>> display picture -- it's a habit and frustrating when it does something
>> different.
>>
>> --
>> Jonathan Kay
>> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
>> Associate Expert
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
>> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
>> --
>>
>>
>> "Dominic" <> wrote in message
>> news:9E715DC8-F178-4AEB-8614-...
>>> I hate the new contact cards in 8.1. Why the hell is the contact's display
>>> picture so small? The whole reason I ever used those stupid contact cards was
>>> in order to see someone's display picture in full size, without having to
>>> open a conversation, just to close it again without saying anything.
>>>
>>> Resizing the display pictures that small in the contact cards is stupid!
>>>
>>> I suggest to bring them back to their correct size, or at least give the
>>> user the option to choose what size they want the display picture to be in
>>> the contact card.
>>>
>>> Windows Live Messenger just doesn't give you enough options. If I was one
>>> the developers, I would be constantly exploring ways to allow the user choose
>>> what they want: "How might the user like this bit... they may not like it
>>> this way, so I should give them the option for a way they might like
>>> instead!", but no-doesn't seem like the developers here bother to take this
>>> approach.
>>>
>>> Thanks for messing the contact cards up! I think it's back to 8.0 for me.
>>
>
>
How about a larger view in the conversation window, similar to the size
of the video window.