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Live Messenger and all its Goodness

by Steve Syfuhs / November 24, 2008 04:00 PM
I've been playing around with the Windows Live Messenger Web SDK.  It's an interesting little toy.  I suppose 'toy' is a little improper, as there are a lot of API's available to work with.  You can check out the API at http://dev.live.com.


I'll admit, I was a little iffy on the idea of adding my presence to the site.  What good is it if all I'm doing is telling people that I'm online?  Well, it turns out I can do more.  If you click the presence button:


You open a window that allows you to chat with me.  Pretty neat, I think.  When I came across it, I decided I wanted to modify it a little, so it's more in theme with this site.  Basically all I did was put it into a modal window:


Theres a bit of work required to put it into a modal window, so I will cover that next time I post.

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Steve is a bit of a Renaissance Kid when it comes to technology. He spends most of his time in the security stack.