01-13-2009, 07:31 PM
Here is a list of things that are different in Messenger 9.0 that you should be aware of. This includes technical limitations and what can be done in terms of restoring the 8.5 style of window.
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Limitations
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Restoring 8.5 Functionality (What can be done)
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Limitations
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- Scenes can cause issues whilst skinning, in general if you do not do drastic changes to the UI then you won't experience too much trouble. The main issue is that the header elements will create a colored layer on top of all elements underneath the scene element. Either lay the scene element underneath a static image that suits your design or leave the header alone.
- Scenes can't be physically removed. If you do so colorize will no longer be remembered on the window you remove the scene element from.
- Alerts no longer colorize, any colorized images will be ignored like they are in drop down menus.
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Restoring 8.5 Functionality (What can be done)
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- Although chat window backgrounds don't cover the full window area it is entirely possible to restore chat window backgrounds to cover the full window area like they did in 8.5. The best way to do this is to refer to the 920 Definition from 8.5 and then try to structure it the same. Please note that the Dynamic background container must be restructured and moved with the background element for this to work properly.
