I have some issues with the UI much like I did when we moved from Lync 2010 to Lync 2013 but I do believe the client will resonate with end users. I think the changes overall are a positive. Even running the client in Lync 2013 UI mode the sounds are still the new SfB sounds which might be unnerving for some users and result in unnecessary helpdesk calls. I understand the desire to make the new UI look and feel like the consumer version but changing the sound files may cause some administrative headaches. I would highly recommend that you take a backup of the Lync sounds and distribute them to your users. I’ve looked at the client more than once and didn’t even notice the presence of the user.Īnother change you can’t see in these pictures is that the default sounds have all changed from the Lync to Skype sounds. I’ll be honest this takes a bit of time to get used to. Third, the presence icons have changed to small round circles instead of the color bar next to the pictures. There is plenty of white space between the contacts that could be removed. Using the same resolution and window size we can see that we can’t fit as many people into the visible window. Second, the default view takes up much more space then the old client. First, we have moved to the over used picture in a circle look. There are some things that are immediately noticeable. Note that I’m using the EnableSkypeUI flag to flip between the UI’s so the build number of the clients are exactly the same. Here is a side-by-side comparison of the two clients. Pushing REG_BINARY can be a bit of a pain so hopefully the Lync Server 2013 updates will be released soon. What I don’t understand is why a REG_DWORD wasn’t used instead. Transferring images through the existing lync requires setting up a sort of tcp file transfer. You'd have to Listen to the conversation events and do the replace on the Conversation's MessageReceived events. However some people may not want to see a smily face vomit so you have the option to disable the animations. I never quite understood the rage but Microsoft has introduced the animated emoticons from the Skype Consumer client to the SfB Client. The EnableSkypeUI REG_BINARY can be set to either 01 00 00 00 (True) or 00 00 00 00 (False). You could definitely create a lync client using the lync SDK and replace certain placeholders like :mynewemoticon: with an image. One of the huge complaints of Lync 2013 was the emoticons.
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