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Forums -> UltraMon™ -> Windows Live Messenger + Tabs = BUG
Dan   2008-03-08 08:33
Reporting a bug with the navigation buttons (Expand and Switch Monitor) that appear next to the min, max and close buttons at the top of the window.

Windows live messenger (MSN) and chat tabs do not work with these buttons and the Vista aero theme.

The chat window has an extra set of buttons for each chat you have Tabbed. So when you move the chat window, only the active tab brings the ultramon buttons with it. The rest are left behind until you revisit those specific tabs they will remain there.

Here is an example image of what I'm taking about.

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Thanks,
Dan
Dan   2008-03-08 08:36
I should mention this is with the Beta 3.0.2

Here are my specs...

4 monitors, 2 disabled
Current desktop: 3840x1200 (-1920,0 - 1920,1200)

Monitor 1 - Dell 2407WFP (Digital) (primary):
Settings: 1920x1200, 32-bit color, 59 Hz refresh rate
Coordinates: 0,0 - 1920,1200. Workspace: 0,0 - 1920,1170
Video card: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX
Device: \\.\DISPLAY1\Monitor0

Monitor 2 - Dell 2407WFP (Digital):
Settings: 1920x1200, 32-bit color, 59 Hz refresh rate
Coordinates: -1920,0 - 0,1200. Workspace: -1920,0 - 0,1170
Video card: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX
Device: \\.\DISPLAY2\Monitor0

Monitor 3 - Generic PnP Monitor (disabled):
Settings: 640x480, 8-bit color, default refresh rate
Coordinates: 0,0 - 640,480
Video card: NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS
Device: \\.\DISPLAY3\Monitor0

Monitor 4 - Generic PnP Monitor (disabled):
Settings: 1600x1200, 32-bit color, 60 Hz refresh rate
Coordinates: 1920,0 - 3520,1200
Video card: NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS
Device: \\.\DISPLAY4\Monitor0

Thanks,
Dan
Christian Studer   2008-03-08 11:20
How do you enable chat tabs? I haven't found a setting for this under options.

Christian Studer - www.realtimesoft.com
Dan   2008-03-08 16:44
oops sorry,

This is with the Plus extension... I use it so regularly forgot it wasn't normal part of messenger...

http://www.msgpluslive.net/

it's very popular...


menu > Plus! > preferences > conversations > tabbed chat...

Thanks,
Dan
Christian Studer   2008-03-10 10:42
Thanks for the information, I've been able to reproduce the issue with chat tabs enabled. I'll look into this for the next release.

Christian Studer - www.realtimesoft.com
Dan   2008-03-27 21:26
cool thanks! and you're welcome.

Thanks,
Dan
Mark Evans   2008-05-06 11:53
This happened to me today with AIM 6.5.11.1 for Windows. Two tabbed IM conversations led to multiple Ultramon buttons scattered about the screen.

Also, I seem to have lost the extra buttons, and Menu item shell commands, for MSN Live Messenger 2008 (8.5.1302.1018). I tried using Ultramon's Options...Compatibility dialog to fix it, both by removing Windows Live Messenger from the list, as well as setting the Options to "hide" those two options, clicking OK, closing, and then resetting them to NOT hide. But no effect...

Vista SP1
Notebook monitor + 19" NEC 90GX2 1280x1024
Ultramon 3.0 Beta 2.1
Christian Studer   2008-05-06 12:58
Mark, do the buttons appear again if you move/resize the window?

Christian Studer - www.realtimesoft.com
Mark Evans   2008-05-07 07:55
AIM - Chat window, when the IMs are grouped into tabs
- Context menu buttons DO exist
- Menu bar buttons DO NOT exist
- No effect after moving or resizing window

AIM - Chat window, when the IMs are separate windows
- Context menu buttons DO exist
- Menu bar buttons DO NOT exist
- No effect after moving or resizing windows

AIM - Main program window
- Context menu buttons DO exist
- Menu bar buttons DO NOT exist
- No effect after moving or resizing windows

Microsoft Live Messenger - Chat window
- Context menu buttons DO NOT exist
- Menu bar buttons DO NOT exist
- No effect after moving or resizing windows

Microsoft Live Messenger - main program window
- Context menu buttons DO NOT exist
- Menu bar buttons DO NOT exist
- No effect after moving or resizing windows
Christian Studer   2008-05-07 12:57
I haven't been able to reproduce the issue with Messenger on 32-bit Vista SP1, both the window buttons and menu commands are present and work fine. I used the Aero theme for testing, and the menu bar from Messenger was always visible (I'm not sure if there's still an option to hide it).

I'll look into the AIM issue together with the Messenger Plus issue.

Christian Studer - www.realtimesoft.com
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