Paul Maddox

Software development team leader specialising in Microsoft Visual C# and C++ from the Northwest of England. Experience working in a globalised business and team; understanding of enterprise business operation and practices; experience reporting to executive management Skills in numerous languages and technologies; knowledge of formal software development lifecycle; experience of architecture design

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Screen Real Estate Wastage

Usually I’m a fan of Microsoft UI design, however having installed the latest version of Windows Live Messenger (or more accurately had it forced on me) I’m astounded by the amount of screen real estate squandered.  Clearly Microsoft have been buying too many 24” monitors.  After turning off as much of the unneeded fluff as possible I was still left with a window far larger than necessary, with no real benefit.  See below!

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