How is it not logical? All of your running applications are in the taskpane - Firefox is there. Windows Explorer is there and it let's you know the progress made when copying files. Windows Live Mail is there and it lets you know when there is a new email message. Why not have Windows Live Messenger there, letting you know your status and other information? That, to me, is very logical. What isn't logical is hiding the running instance of Windows Live Messenger away in the system tray and making the icon smaller, unlike the rest of the running applications.
That is a very valid point and I understand this completely. I'm not too bothered about this myself although when I think about it, it probably would be more convenient to go straight to the contact list. Other than this, I don't see why people are complaining about Windows Live Messenger a running task being in the task pane with the rest of the running tasks :.
You're right about the "running programs" part. It is too loose a term and programs shown in the taskpane are ones which have a corresponding window. Your examplw of the anti-virus is spot on. I missed that, thanks for bringing it to my attention :.
I think with Windows Live Messenger, it doesn't matter too much whether you need the window all of the time as it is like that with any window. When you are not writing in a Word window and are having a break from work, you don't need the Word window. When you are listening to music from a playlist and not changing tracks, you don't need the media player's window.
Why not keep it there and that way you can remove the redundant icon in the system tray. Even though you are totally correct in what the system tray is used for, I can't help thinking Microsoft are moving away from this idea and using the taskpane for everything now and in my opinion that makes much more sense :.
In fact they need to include the whole right-click menu there. If no one likes it, then why don't you go to the old MSN? Version 8is better than the version IMO. Calum, because I dont need It there.. I just dont I can see my status perfectly when its sitting in the tray not that i care much about it anyway I have messenger set to set my status as 'away" when im afk for a while and it automatically sets it to "busy" when im playing or watching fullscreen movies And if i need to set the status manually which i dont do at all cuz i dont care i just right click on the tray icon and thats all I have all my "best buddies" contacts ppl with whom i chat all the time on desktop messenger plus And why do you always compare Messenger to apps like Word or Firefox???
Its not the same stuff I have Messenger set to startup when i boot into windows so i dont have to start it up manually And I hardly open main window at all, so why do I really need it there Tray is there for a reason Pinning stuff to taskbar is like creating a shortcut on the desktop, but its more advanced I dont know if you have your Messenger window always open or maybe you like to open it all the time or set status from the main window, then maybe you need it there, but I think you are just making your experience more complicated I rarely use Messenger but I always have it running.
That way, I can see when other people sign in and other people can see that I'm signed in. I don't check it constantly why would I need to? As far as I'm concerned, the only place for an application that's used in this way is the system tray, not the taskbar. As others have said, it's like antivirus in this respect i. Unless I'm actually conducting a conversation there's no reason to see Messenger in the taskbar and it's not at all like your browser or a word processor those are just silly analogies.
To top it all off, in it's idle state the application doesn't even have a window in the taskbar. It just sits there taking up space and distracting attention without serving any useful purpose. If you really have to have it wasting your time in the taskbar then let MS make that an option but the default should be to use the system tray.
I doubt I will use it at all once Windows 7 comes out because of the new behaviour and MS need to be careful in case too many other people feel the same way. If they'd remove the second "window" for the profile pic, and instead made it just control the contact list I'd be fine with the new way. It's more 7-y. It's just stupid the way it has the 2 windows, and forces you to click twice to get to the contact list when you don't have any chat windows open.
I think you find you can if you get the settings right. YngDiego said: I notice the two taskbar icons as well, which is really stupid. Sunday, January 11, PM. I used the "send feedback" and tried my best to explain it in words. Not nativ english but i hope it got through. I think it's a feature not a bug. Probably by design. Ok, if thats the case then somebody needs to do some redesigning. Or is there some hidden meaning with this? Like that you could have two loggins active at the same time?
I don't have any information about the "why". We have lots of feedback about this behaviour on connect, so I won't be surprised if the developers change this. Nice with the fast reply btw ;. Wierd, i did not notice this in Windows Vista SP1 when i installed it there, and the notification bar icon was present too. Unless, if somehow the WLM team want to integrate this with Windows 7 for some functions such that the 2 icons is the results. Thanks for the reply btw. Hi said: So does windows live messneger msn work on windows 7 or not?
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