INSTANT MESSAGING (IM) CLIENT AND IMPLEMENTATION METHOD FOR USER INTERFACE THEREOF

摘要

Embodiments of the present invention disclose an instant messaging (IM) client and an implementation method thereof. The IM client (501) includes a main panel (502) which can display a list of messaging objects, and it also includes a sub-panel (503) established outside the area of said main panel according to a sub-panel establishment request. Said sub-panel is a sub-panel corresponding to one or more messaging object in said list of messaging objects; wherein, said sub-panel comprises a plurality of vector graphic layers which correspond to the different attributes of said messaging objects respectively. By adopting the present invention, convenient operation of the messaging objects and abundant implementation of the operation on the messaging objects can be realized.