Thanks for your input on this, will log this in our issue tracker.

In ES 2.0.9 the text mentioned doesn't have a link. Perhaps this was accidentally missed?

We changed this behavior. That is supposed to be a conversation title. Instead of it being a link, user's can now change the title to whatever they want. Take a look at my screen shot here, http://take.ms/cHNUi

Interesting. I'm curious about the new conversation name logic. In most cases when you send someone a message they go into the same conversation. Unless it's a multi-member conversation, it seems impossible to create a separate conversation between you and that member. As a result you will only have one conversation between you and the recipient. What advantage does allowing the conversation to be renamed add? I generally like more options. However if your correspondence is with the same person (indefinitely) which means it's the same conversation, having it be titled the person's name seems to make more sense. If titling it a topic or idea, it would likely change over time as you chat with your friend for years. I suppose in that instance they could change the message name again. My point is that it doesn't seem to add much value in the current circumstances (title change)? I'm willing to accept that perhaps there is something I'm not seeing.