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.

Exactly. Why cant they just add a Yahoo icon like the purple " ! Y " . thats
a much better approach and we all will know, "ah, thats my yahoo contact"
then just text.

But wait, microsoft is moving away from icons. back to the 3.1 era thats
great.... <rolls eyes and shakes head>

"Teoh Han Hui" wrote:

> 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 think that is the way it was in 8.5 so not sure why they changed it.
Would be much nicer with the Y instead

".Chris" <> wrote in message
news:B647503A-4D39-4FD3-8840-...
> Exactly. Why cant they just add a Yahoo icon like the purple " ! Y " .
> thats
> a much better approach and we all will know, "ah, thats my yahoo contact"
> then just text.
>
> But wait, microsoft is moving away from icons. back to the 3.1 era thats
> great.... <rolls eyes and shakes head>
>
> "Teoh Han Hui" wrote:
>
>> 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.

Because they wanted a "clean look". with no images just hard to read text. Or
this is our own punishment for all the complaints we given them the past 7
years.

Text is not always clean. Images are cleaner in my opinion as they can
explain 150 letters with one simple look microsoft fails again to see that

"Brian Murphy" wrote:

> I think that is the way it was in 8.5 so not sure why they changed it.
> Would be much nicer with the Y instead
>
> ".Chris" <> wrote in message
> news:B647503A-4D39-4FD3-8840-...
> > Exactly. Why cant they just add a Yahoo icon like the purple " ! Y " .
> > thats
> > a much better approach and we all will know, "ah, thats my yahoo contact"
> > then just text.
> >
> > But wait, microsoft is moving away from icons. back to the 3.1 era thats
> > great.... <rolls eyes and shakes head>
> >
> > "Teoh Han Hui" wrote:
> >
> >> 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.
>

At this rate, we'll end up back at a command line with mouse UI

--
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
(c) 2008 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
--


".Chris" <> wrote in message
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> Because they wanted a "clean look". with no images just hard to read text. Or
> this is our own punishment for all the complaints we given them the past 7
> years.
>
> Text is not always clean. Images are cleaner in my opinion as they can
> explain 150 letters with one simple look microsoft fails again to see that
>
> "Brian Murphy" wrote:
>
>> I think that is the way it was in 8.5 so not sure why they changed it.
>> Would be much nicer with the Y instead
>>
>> ".Chris" <> wrote in message
>> news:B647503A-4D39-4FD3-8840-...
>> > Exactly. Why cant they just add a Yahoo icon like the purple " ! Y " .
>> > thats
>> > a much better approach and we all will know, "ah, thats my yahoo contact"
>> > then just text.
>> >
>> > But wait, microsoft is moving away from icons. back to the 3.1 era thats
>> > great.... <rolls eyes and shakes head>
>> >
>> > "Teoh Han Hui" wrote:
>> >
>> >> 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.
>>

and the Microsoft bashing will contune....

No really they are doing a great job, but they need to listen to us more,
keep us updated via blogs and have one central feedback place. The microsoft
website has forums, newsgroups, both with diferent looks and comands. Just
have one central spot...

They are worrying so much about apple bashing them, let them..

Sorry for my off topic comment but just wanted to say my 2 cents

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:

> At this rate, we'll end up back at a command line with mouse UI
>
> --
> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
> MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
> MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
> Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> (c) 2008 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
> --
>
>
> ".Chris" <> wrote in message
> news:274CA4CE-26D4-430C-BE9D-...
> > Because they wanted a "clean look". with no images just hard to read text. Or
> > this is our own punishment for all the complaints we given them the past 7
> > years.
> >
> > Text is not always clean. Images are cleaner in my opinion as they can
> > explain 150 letters with one simple look microsoft fails again to see that
> >
> > "Brian Murphy" wrote:
> >
> >> I think that is the way it was in 8.5 so not sure why they changed it.
> >> Would be much nicer with the Y instead
> >>
> >> ".Chris" <> wrote in message
> >> news:B647503A-4D39-4FD3-8840-...
> >> > Exactly. Why cant they just add a Yahoo icon like the purple " ! Y " .
> >> > thats
> >> > a much better approach and we all will know, "ah, thats my yahoo contact"
> >> > then just text.
> >> >
> >> > But wait, microsoft is moving away from icons. back to the 3.1 era thats
> >> > great.... <rolls eyes and shakes head>
> >> >
> >> > "Teoh Han Hui" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> 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.
> >>
>
>

On Sun, 21 Sep 2008 17:22:57 -0400, Brian Murphy wrote:

> ".Chris" <> wrote in message
> news:B647503A-4D39-4FD3-8840-...

>> "Teoh Han Hui" wrote:

>>> 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.

>> Exactly. Why cant they just add a Yahoo icon like the purple " ! Y " .
>> thats a much better approach and we all will know, "ah, thats my yahoo
>> contact" then just text.
>>
>> But wait, microsoft is moving away from icons. back to the 3.1 era thats
>> great.... <rolls eyes and shakes head>

> I think that is the way it was in 8.5 so not sure why they changed it.
> Would be much nicer with the Y instead

WLM 8.5 shows the exact same icon for Yahoo! contacts as for WLive contacts.

--
Norman
~Oh Lord, why have you come
~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum

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" <> wrote in message
news:64B2C6A8-9DAC-4F7C-8362-...
> 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.

nope kid. yahoo had a ! logo... get your facts straight ok

"N. Miller" wrote:

> On Sun, 21 Sep 2008 17:22:57 -0400, Brian Murphy wrote:
>
> > ".Chris" <> wrote in message
> > news:B647503A-4D39-4FD3-8840-...
>
> >> "Teoh Han Hui" wrote:
>
> >>> 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.
>
> >> Exactly. Why cant they just add a Yahoo icon like the purple " ! Y " .
> >> thats a much better approach and we all will know, "ah, thats my yahoo
> >> contact" then just text.
> >>
> >> But wait, microsoft is moving away from icons. back to the 3.1 era thats
> >> great.... <rolls eyes and shakes head>
>
> > I think that is the way it was in 8.5 so not sure why they changed it.
> > Would be much nicer with the Y instead
>
> WLM 8.5 shows the exact same icon for Yahoo! contacts as for WLive contacts.
>
> --
> Norman
> ~Oh Lord, why have you come
> ~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum
>

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" <> wrote in message
news:64B2C6A8-9DAC-4F7C-8362-...
> 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.