Wednesday, July 04, 2007

How not to change your MSN theme

There is a difference in shortcut methods--please take note.

If you would like to share a picture with the person you are currently conversing over MSN with, you can do one of two things. You can either select "share a file" and browse through your pictures until you find the one you want, click on it, and share it that way, OR, you can drag and drop said picture into the text-typing area of your MSN window and the transfer will automatically begin.

HOWEVER, please note that the text-tying area of your MSN window is NOT the same as the area in which you read your conversation from. If you drag and drop the picture you want to share your friend with into this area, you will not begin a transfer, but will rather change the entire theme of your MSN conversation window--the picture will become the background of your window and will appear behind everything you type and read.

While this is not a particularly destructive mistake to make, it can be quite the disruption when the picture you were trying to share with your friend was this one:


What a mistake to make. I had to stare at Dimps's borrowed eyes for a good 5 mintues before I could calm myself down enough to figure out how to undo the change. 5 minutes may not sound like a lot of time, but it is when you can't stop laughing long enough to breathe. I hope I have enlighted some of you MSNers out there.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

but mel, u know u loved those 5 mins where my borrowed eyes was your msn theme.
in fact, i'm sure you're missing it right now.

- dimps.

melody said...

Hahahaha! There could've been nothing better than having a picture of your borrowed eyes filling my screen...unless of course I had a picture of your borrowed eyes with a pen stuck in one of them!