Additionally, when you click on your own display picture in Messenger 7.0, your Contact Card displays.
This small window provides a range of personal information and links to other MSN services. You can access other users' Contact Cards by clicking their picture in the main Messenger window But Messenger 7.0 takes this capability a bit further with another new feature called a gleam, that visually reminds you when one of your contacts has updated their MSN Spaces blog or other personal information. Gleams appear as small orange stars next to contact pictures in the main MSN Messenger window.
Contact Cards can hold a wealth of information for contacts that are busy using MSN services. In addition to basic contact info, the Contact Card will also display links to their latest Spaces updates. If you "flip" the card around, by clicking on the small double-arrow graphic, you can access email and phone number information for that contact.
In previous MSN Messenger versions, many people used the customizable name feature to provide simple status information. For example, during a recent trip to Ireland, I changed my display name to "Paul [in Ireland March 23-29]" so that my contacts would remember that I was away, and when I would return. You can still do this in Messenger 7.0, if you want, but this version also sports a new customizable personal message field that lets you get creative and communicate messages to all our contacts. In the main Messenger window, you can edit this message simply by clicking on the text box that's right below your display name .Or, you can click the down arrow and enable a cool new feature that automatically changes your personal message when you're listening to music. Instead of your personal message, contacts will see the name and artist of the song you're listening to with either Windows Media Player or Apple iTunes (yes, seriously: It integrates with iTunes) (Figure). And that song name is a link. When you or one of your contacts clicks it, the appropriate page in MSN Music loads
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