You asked for it - Windows Live Messenger Web Bar themes

One of the pieces of feedback we got from the launch of the Web Bar was “give me some pre-defined themes so I can make the end-user experience smooth”.

Steve Gordon the development lead on the Web Toolkit heard you and has posted a few basic themes and explained how you can build them yourself.

Since the Web Bar and all of the UI Controls are constructed using HTML and CSS, web sites have complete control over how the controls appear to the user. With this flexibility, there is a wide range of customizations that a web site can do, ranging from simply changing the font color, to providing a completely custom experience akin to some of the creations you might find on the CSS Zen Garden.

Check out his post.