So we all know what happened to the good old MSN Messenger, it got replaced by the Windows Live Messenger. Are they the same developpers ? I have no freaking idea, but one thing is for sure, this same messenger has never been the same since...
Ok let's start by saying the truth. Yes, WLM is way more pleasant to the eyes than MSN was. The fact that you can change the colors makes it look even cooler (I've set mine in black). But does anything else is good about this messenger, compared to it's old gimmick ?
As the BETA of this software came, I thought it was going to be way better than the previous versions. It was as stable as the others, the new design was quite easy to the eyes, but without changing too much from the traditional MSN design. The first problems I've had with this new breed of Windows, in the BETA version was that it would mysteriously refuse to connect, then it would show this error message, and close... I contacted the support of the software, and once again like every computer support, I got turned down saying it was probably my machine. But in reality, I'm sure they didn't even know WTF was the problem... I ended up not using the BETA for the most part of its existance until one day I decided to download it back, and worked...
Sometime later, the official version would come out and I went to download it of course. I had it since its release. It worked well... Well, until the problems begun...
Bug Problem #1 - Unreceived Messages
So after several encounters with my contacts that I wasn't responding to them, it seemed like I was not receiving all the messages that were sent to me. Wait, it gets worse... These same messages would then be delivered to me as messages I'd receive when I was offline. So I was ending up connecting to WLM with tons of messages bombarding me like the cold war. Results, not reliable...
Bug Problem #2 - "Take the file I'm sending you for **** sake..."
What file ? I don't get any file... A problem that was happening with MSN Messenger 7/7.5 and still happen. Transfer of files, you'd say ?? Where's the transfer when you or your contact doesn't get a file that is sent ? Don't ask me why, I can't even answer this one myself. Wait, it gets worse... Sometimes after trying to have a file transfer and the cancellation, you may end up getting the transfer request and the cancellation out of nowhere. Now you end up confused if your contact was trying to send you something and selected the wrong file, or if he changed his mind, or it WAS the file he tried to send you WAY earlier this same day...
Bug Problem #3 - WTF, Haven't I blocked you ??!!
Yup, you heard it. It happens that you block someone for good, some temporarily because they piss you off, or etc... Over the years I've through many sites, many IRC networks, many places where I got contacts from. And whatever you like it or not, sometimes some contacts are blocking material. I've blocked people using WLM, I don't know how much (not that I block alot of people, but I don't count them...), and many of them ended up contacting me. I'm like, WTF, I banned this dude, how can he be talking to me ??!! Well, WLM mysteriously unblocked the contact. It pisses off when someone I blocked for good appears from nowhere talking to me...
Bug Problem #4 - Select/Right-Click/Delete Contact... Contact added you in his list, what to do ?
WTF !!!! This is the bug that brought me to make this thread. This is the most stupid pile of crap I've ever been through with a Microsoft product. As said in bug #3, I sometime block people, and I delete some of them. I also clean my list, to keep the fresh contacts there, and the useless away... Then, I go to sleep, come back, and get this message like the contact added me to his list... HE HAD ME BEFORE !!!! I HAD HIM BEFORE !!!! I DELETED HIM !!!! WTF !!!! And everytime I reconnect to WLM, it does the same thing for the recently deleted contacts. I've had one I deleted like in November, and it still pops up from time to time. I use GAIM and Trillian as alternatives when I get pissed from WLM, and these softwares don't do this, only WLM does this. This is some of the biggest non-sense in my computing history...
So, I wanted to detail what I've gone through with this piece. It kind of was my review of the software too... 👎
Have you gone through weird bugs, or bugs that pissed you off ? Detail it here...
Ok let's start by saying the truth. Yes, WLM is way more pleasant to the eyes than MSN was. The fact that you can change the colors makes it look even cooler (I've set mine in black). But does anything else is good about this messenger, compared to it's old gimmick ?
As the BETA of this software came, I thought it was going to be way better than the previous versions. It was as stable as the others, the new design was quite easy to the eyes, but without changing too much from the traditional MSN design. The first problems I've had with this new breed of Windows, in the BETA version was that it would mysteriously refuse to connect, then it would show this error message, and close... I contacted the support of the software, and once again like every computer support, I got turned down saying it was probably my machine. But in reality, I'm sure they didn't even know WTF was the problem... I ended up not using the BETA for the most part of its existance until one day I decided to download it back, and worked...
Sometime later, the official version would come out and I went to download it of course. I had it since its release. It worked well... Well, until the problems begun...
Bug Problem #1 - Unreceived Messages
So after several encounters with my contacts that I wasn't responding to them, it seemed like I was not receiving all the messages that were sent to me. Wait, it gets worse... These same messages would then be delivered to me as messages I'd receive when I was offline. So I was ending up connecting to WLM with tons of messages bombarding me like the cold war. Results, not reliable...
Bug Problem #2 - "Take the file I'm sending you for **** sake..."
What file ? I don't get any file... A problem that was happening with MSN Messenger 7/7.5 and still happen. Transfer of files, you'd say ?? Where's the transfer when you or your contact doesn't get a file that is sent ? Don't ask me why, I can't even answer this one myself. Wait, it gets worse... Sometimes after trying to have a file transfer and the cancellation, you may end up getting the transfer request and the cancellation out of nowhere. Now you end up confused if your contact was trying to send you something and selected the wrong file, or if he changed his mind, or it WAS the file he tried to send you WAY earlier this same day...
Bug Problem #3 - WTF, Haven't I blocked you ??!!
Yup, you heard it. It happens that you block someone for good, some temporarily because they piss you off, or etc... Over the years I've through many sites, many IRC networks, many places where I got contacts from. And whatever you like it or not, sometimes some contacts are blocking material. I've blocked people using WLM, I don't know how much (not that I block alot of people, but I don't count them...), and many of them ended up contacting me. I'm like, WTF, I banned this dude, how can he be talking to me ??!! Well, WLM mysteriously unblocked the contact. It pisses off when someone I blocked for good appears from nowhere talking to me...
Bug Problem #4 - Select/Right-Click/Delete Contact... Contact added you in his list, what to do ?
WTF !!!! This is the bug that brought me to make this thread. This is the most stupid pile of crap I've ever been through with a Microsoft product. As said in bug #3, I sometime block people, and I delete some of them. I also clean my list, to keep the fresh contacts there, and the useless away... Then, I go to sleep, come back, and get this message like the contact added me to his list... HE HAD ME BEFORE !!!! I HAD HIM BEFORE !!!! I DELETED HIM !!!! WTF !!!! And everytime I reconnect to WLM, it does the same thing for the recently deleted contacts. I've had one I deleted like in November, and it still pops up from time to time. I use GAIM and Trillian as alternatives when I get pissed from WLM, and these softwares don't do this, only WLM does this. This is some of the biggest non-sense in my computing history...
So, I wanted to detail what I've gone through with this piece. It kind of was my review of the software too... 👎
Have you gone through weird bugs, or bugs that pissed you off ? Detail it here...
