Messenger Blog
Line Rider recently released a new version of their popular game which incorporates the use of the Windows Live Messenger Library. For the uninitiated, Line Rider is a Silverlight-based game that involves drawing one or more lines/tracks on which a boy with a sled can ride on. The game has garnered a huge number of fans that have made thousands of videos of their tracks and posted them on the In....
The IM Control enables you to embed a Messenger chat experience into your web site or blog. When people visit your web site, they are able to send you instant messages when you're online. When they send these messages, they are prompted to provide a display name that you'll see when they contact you. Up until this point, the default name that has been populated is a localized version of "Visitor."....
If you've developed an application with the Messenger Library, you're probably aware that when you are testing your application locally, in the past you've had to go through the trouble of providing a hosts entry with a valid domain name and then using that value when instantiating the SignInControl object. This obviously is a hassle when you're behind a proxy and testing on IE, Firefox and other....
Just recently, we added two new markets to the IM Control and Messenger Library. The languages that we added, namely Hebrew and Arabic, are unique in that they are the first right-to-left languages we have supported. For developers that have handled globalization before, you probably recognize the unique challenges associated with right-to-left languages. Not only do words flow from the right to l....
Coca-Cola and Panini in partnership with UEFA have recently developed a new web site for the 2008 UEFA European Football Championship. Check it out at http://www.euro2008album.com/. Their site uses the Windows Live Messenger Library as an integral part of its design. If you attended Mix 08, you may have also seen an early demo of the site design. You can get to the archived Mix 08 session here.....