Same problem with nicknames and personal messages not syncing, and crashing upon clicking e-mail button here. Added contacts take a long time if ever to show up online too. Not using Wine. WLM 8.5, Windows 7.
I also encountered these minor issues. Contacts logged in donāt show up unless you relogin, along with no sync of picture/personal messages (this also happens on 7.5 on XP)
Installing IE8 resolved these problems for me !
Edit : is that normal that communicate between those who have MSN 7.5 and WLM 8.5 is buggy ? I can see my MSN 7.5 friends online and chat with them but they canāt see me online nor see my emoticons (even if they still can chat with me, but itās annoying)
Edit 2 : in fact I appear offline for everybody (thatās okay I just had to reinstall WLM sorry for all these edits)
Edit 3 : another little bug detected in WLM8 through Wine : emoticons window makes a long time to charge (this problem doesnāt occur in 7.5)
quick note: I tried to answer you on Slack but the workspace now requires 2-factor authentication and itās a hassle for such a thing afaik. If you disable it, let me know and Iāll join the conversation again.
Done!