Microsoft to roll-out Messenger 5.0 for Mac

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  • Reply 61 of 66
    Quote:

    Originally posted by 1984

    How about rolling out Windows Media Player 10 for the Mac?



    My thoughts exactly.
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  • Reply 62 of 66
    gene cleangene clean Posts: 3,481member
    [QUOTE]Originally posted by audiopollution



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    Even considering the fact that an open source project can't afford to hire a graphic designer to come up with a coherent branding, is it really that hard for a group of programmers to sit around a table and not say, "I think a green cartoon duck is the perfect icon for our instant messaging program?"



    Is it that hard for you to realize that the Duck, as it became known, was a decision based on a series of incidents, rather than on some type of marketing hoopla?



    The Duck was chosen because it was cool, and cute. I find it cool and cute too. You may not, personal tase, but that doesn't make all open source icons 'a stinking pile of crap'.



    It may be your taste that's a stinking pile of crap - we'll never know.
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  • Reply 63 of 66
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Gene Clean

    Is it that hard for you to realize that the Duck, as it became known, was a decision based on a series of incidents, rather than on some type of marketing hoopla?



    The Duck was chosen because it was cool, and cute. I find it cool and cute too. You may not, personal tase, but that doesn't make all open source icons 'a stinking pile of crap'.



    It may be your taste that's a stinking pile of crap - we'll never know.




    Jesus, did I hit some hyper-sensitive OSS nerve here? Are you the man behind the duck?!



    My taste is for icons which, in some way, convey the applications intended use. To me, the Adium icon looks like it might be for a kids game. A bad one involving cute ducks.



    Everyone knows that instant messaging ducks don't look anything like that, anyway.
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  • Reply 64 of 66
    gene cleangene clean Posts: 3,481member
    My point still stands: it's only personal taste. Therefore all your rhetoric about 'stinking piles of crap' could, in effect, be pointless seeing as there are no two same tastes.



    FWIW.
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  • Reply 65 of 66
    I like it, I can finally have an avatar, see my friend's and see those custom smilies... lack of video/audio chat and those weird screen animation thingies are a bummer. But at least they are trying.
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  • Reply 66 of 66
    kcmackcmac Posts: 1,051member
    I'm with audiopollution. That dang duck is just no good. And it does center on the fact that it gives you no clue as to what it is. And after you reach about 12 years of age, ya kinda want something a little better than the fischer price picture.
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