Try the Windows Live Contacts control

Try the Windows Live Contacts control - tile view

This is a simple mashup that demonstrates the communication features in tile view.
The publisher or developer can specify a text message to be sent when communication is started from this control.

Right click view source to see how all this is done - it's one page of javascript and html.

The presence icons to start instant messages only appear if:

you are logged into Windows Live Messenger
you are browsing in Internet Explorer

Even when the above is not met, you still get the email and contact card icons.

You don't need to give up a fixed area of your screen to the control, you can make it hide and show.

The drop down below shows you the currently supported languages. Please choose one to see how the user interface changes in the control.
Language/Market:

The drop down below lets you select between the 2 tile views. Please choose one to see how the user interface changes in the control.
View:

By changing the width and height of the control, you can see how the user interface changes in the control.
Width:
Height:

The message specified here is inserted into instant messages and emails started from the control. Use this to promote your content and URL. A blank message results in not specifying the message attribute. The URL of the host page is sent as a default in this case.
Message Template:	Subject: Message:This is a self promotion message from the developer or publisher


The developer can specify color for areas in the control. The accepted format is #FFFFFF (hex), rgb(255,255,255), or one of aqua\|black\|blue\|fuchsia\|gray\|green\|lime\|maroon\|navy\|olive\|purple\|red\|silver\|teal\|white\|yellow.
Inner Background Color:
Inner Text Color:
Outer Background Color:
Outer Text Color:
Link Color:


The developer can write code that reacts to state changes in the control thru the various events.
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