Windows Live Messenger IM Control

Messenger Presence Feature - Coming Soon - LiveSide - News blog

Messenger Presence Feature - Coming Soon - LiveSide - News blog — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 17:21:19 GMT

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re: Windows Live Messenger IM Control

Liam — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 23:45:36 GMT

This sounds interesting, however I am wondering about a few things;

- Can this system be abused e.g. send the person spam

- Will you have to login to Windows Live ID to use it?

- Will there be measures to block certain individuals messaging you?

re: Windows Live Messenger IM Control

Angus Logan — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 02:36:36 GMT

Hey Liam,

great questions - see inline.

- Can this system be abused e.g. send the person spam

----> there is a capthca/human interactive proof which stops bots from being able to SPIM (Spam over IM)

- Will you have to login to Windows Live ID to use it?

----> No - you can do this as a "visitor" or you can sign in to send a message.

- Will there be measures to block certain individuals messaging you?

----> No because this is designed to be placed on your blog or a website so people not on your buddy list can contact you. Therefore we can't block certain people as they aren't authenticated.

Regards

Angus Logan

re: Windows Live Messenger IM Control

Don Burnett — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 08:40:38 GMT

wow this looks just like Hab.la...

Who brought this out idea first?

http://hab.la

re: Windows Live Messenger IM Control

Sunshine — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 17:51:11 GMT

Hi Angus,

This looks really cool, just a few concerns/questions:

- Does it have to have a status icon?

I prefer people on the web not to know my status so i get to choose to reply or not without the other end getting angry if i don't....love some web privacy.

- Will offline messages be supported?

re: Windows Live Messenger IM Control

Sunshine — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 17:53:58 GMT

P.S. I also posted the above questions/concerns on LiveSide. Your choice where you wish to reply ;)

Messenger Presence Feature - Coming Soon

Bink.nu — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 16:27:50 GMT

At Mix UK Danny Thorpe and Angus Logan gave us a first look at a new feature that's coming soon,

Meeting and chat with Angus Logan [UPDATED]

Kartones Blog — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 12:37:33 GMT

Today, and thanks to David Salgado , I had the opportunity to chat with Angus Logan (Product Manager