Windows Live Messenger Wave 3 Suggestions and testing

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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