Common asked questions in this thread:

Can Plus! 3 include the handwriting plugin/infopen? Patchou has decided not to include this in Plus! 3.

Can I e-mail you about being a beta tester for the new version? Patchou is not accepting any requests for beta testers at this time, if this changes you'll find out about it on this forum.

When will Plus! 3 be released!?!? That information isnt known yet, but there is one thing certian. When it is, it will be released on these forums first!

This edit was by Johnny_Mac

• Word Filtering, when you receive and when you send (see screenshot).
  
• Redesigned Quick Icons with 5 configurable panels, automatic custom emoticons detection, ...
  
• Plugin preferences panel to enable/disable/configure plugins differently in each account.
  
• More multi-format options: 68 pre-defined colors, special auto-formatting panel, ...
  
• Text Search function
  
• Helper panels to select commands or enter command parameters while you chat
  
• No more permanent chat messed-up. Plus! now has a built-in auto-fix feature that detects placement errors in a chat and fixes them.
  
• Auto-accept feature for file transfers and other requests (like web cams). This feature can be enabled for specific contacts only if you want.
  
• The Personalised Statuses have been redesigned, the options are more clear and you can choose who receives your automatic message.
  
• Quote Sender. This new feature lets you quote anything recently said by one of your contacts, in the easiest way possible.

Simple but useful search feature, accessible with Ctrl+F

Word filters, a new feature available in the preferences

@ Filter: Chrono | Replacement: Chromo

hehe its cool to see some screenshots
Keep it up Patchou

looks sweet patch!

have u responded to ppl who sent u beta test emails?? or are u just gonna do that when u'r ready?

I'm just waiting to have a beta ready to send

Sounds cool, keep up the good work Patchou

screenshots look good!

excelent work, ive always had trouble trying to explain to other people what to do to get to the features in plus! this will be 1000x easier by the sounds of it

Hi Patchou.
I notice your Word Filtering function in MSG Plus 3. Are you able to make it so that it can also filter nicknames or display names? Cos it is quite insulting to see that the F*** word on my display screen when my parents are here. They will ask who's that and why is he so rude etc. Thank you very much.

Well Done for MSG Plus 3!

And er... personal comments... I know many people will say I can use the custom names etc but this is my pure request. No offence please.

Sooner then i expected

i can tell with all the new user interface that you have been working hard as always lol, but i didnt know about all the new features as well.

I’m glad that the word filter and other requested features have been put in and especially like the new plugin interface, that will defiantly be useful. But most of all i like the Find Text feature, i know thats going to be useful because i always find myself searching for something i had said before but couldn’t find it

Great work on Plus!

This is super!  Well done, Patchou.  The screenshots look great.  keep up the great work!

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Hi Patchou.
I notice your Word Filtering function in MSG Plus 3. Are you able to make it so that it can also filter nicknames or display names? Cos it is quite insulting to see that the F*** word on my display screen when my parents are here. They will ask who's that and why is he so rude etc. Thank you very much.

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Originally posted by yocoolboy
Hi Patchou.
I notice your Word Filtering function in MSG Plus 3. Are you able to make it so that it can also filter nicknames or display names? Cos it is quite insulting to see that the F*** word on my display screen when my parents are here. They will ask who's that and why is he so rude etc. Thank you very much.

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[12:37:31 a.m.] Chrono, Quié: can the filter replace the words in ur
                nickname ?
[12:39:13 a.m.] Patchou: it could, but I've disabled it for names
                because I dont see the point
[12:39:26 a.m.] Chrono, Quié: Ok
[12:39:56 a.m.] Chrono, Quié: ah u can use custom names already
[12:41:11 a.m.] Patchou: yep, thats right, thanks for giving me an
                argument for next time someone asks me for filters in
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[12:41:22 a.m.] Chrono, Quié: lol

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u can already use the custom names feature to change ur contact's nickname, even in the conversation window

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Thanks for e fast reply and ooh can u please help me congratulate Patchou on his nice work? I have many friends using MSG Plus and I bet they will like this new version!!!

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Originally posted by Patchou
I'm just waiting to have a beta ready to send

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Lookin' Great Patchou

Hey,

I was wonder if Messenger Plus! 3 will bring any chnages to the Plugin system?  Will will have to recompile our plugins with new header files agin?

Or will their be new features for Plugin developers?


Dempsey 

Since there is going to be a plugin panel. Maybe adding the option to reload all the plugins would be nice...

Wow. Those are really great improvements.. some features I've always wanted but never asked you . The new interfaces look really nice too (of what I can see)

Good job Patchou.

and maybe it'll be easier to uninstall plugins

great jobs, Patchou

* Mnjul is looking forward to the beta (which I can get may be the one for the translators)

And I'm going to translate Plus! on version 3 for Patchou soon

Patchou, you are GOD!!

THIS IS SO FUCKING AWESOME!!! MAN I LOVE YOU WITH ALL MY HART

It is amazing Patchou once again it looks like you've exceeded yourself!

* Wabz waits eagerly for the first beta email to arrive

  <--- thats  just coz i'm excited

i dont suppose any more beta testers are needed are they ?



Dempsey

patchou can you either still keep the hidden regestry entrys or make a way to disable the huge color panel and replace it with the old one? looks like overkill to me?

another suggestion would be to automatically add the custom emoticons to the ( menu

keep it up

*cough*more*cough*eggs*cough

waw ! really nice idea of redesighning and make it more simple in use. Great job
edit: how about an option of making the toasts transparent ?

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i dont suppose any more beta testers are needed are they ?

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better looking event log?


any how looks great, and nice to see gfd has work to do

Its looking really good, so keep up the good work. So much has been covered i don't have any suggestions. So now i've got to think of some, hmmmmmmmmm

Don't worry for the plugins, they are always backward compatible. If you want to use the new features of the plugins (like the Config event). Enabling/disabling plugins takes effect next time you sign-on. This is done to prevent plugins to "freak-out".

As for the color panel, it is small enough, there's no overkill at all. The old panel was just ugly and had to go .

so what is the config event?  and is there any other new plugin stuff apart from the disableing?


Dempsey

looks slick patchou

and at Chromo

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Originally posted by Dempsey
so what is the config event?  and is there any other new plugin stuff apart from the disableing?


Dempsey

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lol if they say it will it change? will they see if it changes?

Patchou, Maybe it's a good idea to add a thingie to the 'auto accept for pre-set users' to have a field where you can enter where the files of that person is stored..

Like: joe@his.isp sends test.doc, I did set-up  a path (c:\Joe) and that he stores his test.doc inside c:\joe (like i set-up)

I hope you understand

Wow, I wasn't expecting news like this, it's very pleasing indeed.

I look forward to hearing more soon.

Great work Patchou, your a legend, we all love your work.
Though, I just realised somthing when i was fiddling with the personal status .... um, you can define shortcuts for pre-defined status's, why not, signing out, sign in, going offline/online etc. ... i guess in this case, you might consider makeing another section in 'Personalised Status' (Shortcuts) for these personised keyboard shortcuts. OR evan have these in 'Predefined' but with Suffix and Messenger Status shaded.


Anyways mate, I'm sure it gets a little annoying hearing all these suggestions, making it seem you'l never get msgplus! finished, unless your not considering a final at all, that would be cool also!
Hey! I'l understand if you want to brush me off, if you didn't, version 3 would never get done.
But i hope you'd consider this.

Get back to work lazy bum!

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signing out, sign in, going offline/online

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Originally posted by warreng
Get back to work lazy bum!

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Sounds great Patchou, can't wait for the beta

I'm surprised... The screen shots look very nice, Patchou!
I hope there is a beta soon to see all those new features (if you allow me to be a beta-tester). If not, I'll have to wait until you release the translators version...

Btw, will the Chrono to Chromo replacement be enabled by default ? It'd be a great idea.









j/k

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You the man Patchou!

I was wondering if I could become a beta tester.

*chaos_grenade hopes that he can beta test Plus!3*

i dont see why you guys even bother to post that you would like to be a beta tester. patchou only chooses people he trusts/knows semi well.

[spam]patchou pick me![/spam]

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i dont see why you guys even bother to post that you would like to be a beta tester. patchou only chooses people he trusts/knows semi well.

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patchou and his side to side aligning   (yes ive noticed, you do it alot lol)

btw.. can't wait for MP!3

SUGGESTION: A quote feature!! More often than not I quote something a user has said in the current conversation. I think it would be nice to have it.

Yeah, thats a good suggestion! And i know a simple way to include it: if you press CTRL+[up errow] you get a list with number of last messages YOU send... Add recieved messages to that list in another color

MP!3, eh?

I hope it will be released in March....
This should be March's Phenomenon!

Nice screenshots.
If it's possible, would you also post the screenshot of preferences?

Way to go, Patchou!

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Originally posted by Patchou [Edited].....
[*]The Personalised Statuses have been redesigned, the options are more clear and you can choose who receives your automatic message...... [Bit more editing]

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Hello Patchou!

I am from Venzuela and i'm interested in translating Messenger Plus! 3 to Spanish (Venezuela)

what do I have to do?

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Originally posted by federicox
Hello Patchou!

I am from Venzuela and i'm interested in translating Messenger Plus! 3 to Spanish (Venezuela)

what do I have to do?

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Hmm...I must echo that I am so excited for Plus! 3.  Dont ask, anywayz, Maybe we'll see a Configuration Wizard?  I think that was posted somewhere below.

can't wait to see it

Hello pactchou I'm from Ontario canada and i'm11 years old  just a big fan of msg plus!  ii'm really excited about the next version it looks awesome oops did i say awesome i mean extremely 'awesome i can't wait

when is the launching date?

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when is the launching date?

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I thought you might like to see a new feature I just finished... the screen will look better in the final but I'm sure some of you will love the idea (that's one of the suggestions that come back regularly).

yay Seg is famous
Nice to see that feature it will be quite useful

Yes! wee I'm famous! tis a great feature

yeh your famous and your saying something clever which is a added bonus.........


idea for the quote feature?

open chat logs with it, and then you could search for the word you want with the quoter....say i was talking to segosa [ famous again ] and yesterday he said something, but today he said he didnt, all i would do would be to open the quoter, open the log file i wanted.. then key words search


sorry for adding to your todo list

but i would like that feature if its ok

How to get that screen appear? It looks very very cool but I still think that just CTRL+[Up Errow] will be easiest, although this seems to have much more features.

But yo, usually you are not quoting something that was said half an hour ago, usually you're quoting only last 1-3 messages of your contact, so i think that it's best to include BOTH ways (that new advanced window and CTRL+[Up Eroow])

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From Mess.be:
MSN Messenger 6 is all about "expressing yourself" and from now on you can also send just about anything you draw with your mouse directly as an instant message -so-called "ink message"- to your contacts! ... Your contacts don't need this software installed to receive the images...

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i think Plus should be able to do this, as all it has to do is call some API's.  I think it makes Messenger think its running on a tablet pc.

Yeah, i'm sure not more than that! Platchou PLEASE do it!

if there's one option that should be added in the next plus! it should be this for sure

Yeah it would be cool to have infopen in Msg Plus!

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the screen will look better in the final but I'm sure some of you will love the idea

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Can this be included in next Plus! ??

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oh my god, Patchou! MsgPlus would probably have it's downloads boosted by 200% if you included this!

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there was a thread about it. search it. I can't do it now

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oh my god, Patchou! MsgPlus would probably have it's downloads boosted by 200% if you included this!

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i think patchou may leave that fetaure out because of the compatition with the other company that spent "3 years" [?] on it well maybe not because he would only have to enable it for messenger through the api's

The other company may say nothing as it is not their idea, its idea of Microsoft, and it also runs on Microsoft engine. All that drawing stuff is a part of MSN Messenger 6. They can't complain about Patchou enabling something disabled by Microsoft, you know... It's not their business.

The whole thing is part of MSN Messenger, the program we use (InfoPen) is made for Outlook Express or Outlook (It adds drawing features to that) it only enables the TabletPC OS Ink Messages to MSN Messenger as an extra. The whole drawing interface, everything, is already in MSN Messenger, InfoPen doesn't actually add it itself.

Patchou should be able to enable it, you've seen what he can do with MSN Messenger so far, there's almost nothing he can't do. It's just a case of him thinking this is a good enough feature to add!


lizard.boy: regedit.

bhaaa.. I'm posting a bout a new feature and you only want me to add another one.... . I won't trick Messenger into doing something it's not supposed to do and I'm sure Microsoft will enable it themselves in their next major version update so don't worry about it, you'll have it .

1. it is supposed to have the draw/write feture. but they disable it on everything except tablet pc
2. why would they?
3. is there something i'm missing?

Anyone realised that this ink program is damn near 20mb?

Anyway, congratulations Patchou, really looking forward to the next version! Hope you still have some beta testing places free, if so please consider me... if not, don't worry, it'll be just as good when it's released.

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bhaaa.. I'm posting a bout a new feature and you only want me to add another one....

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Patchou, if you not gonna add tjis feature to Plus! 3, you must at least release a crack for 30-day trial version of InfoPen!
j/k

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I won't trick Messenger into doing something it's not supposed to do

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when's it likely to be out?

My god... Did you read the FIRST post in this thread?

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I can't promise anything yet as there's still a lot of things I want to add, however, I think it's safe to say that the final version will be released sometime at the end of March or at the beginning of April.

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Patchou, if you not gonna add tjis feature to Plus! 3, you must at least release a crack for 30-day trial version of InfoPen!
j/k

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I won't trick Messenger into doing something it's not supposed to do

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Errr... Excuse me... that's what you been doin' since MSN Messenger 3

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Patchou, you see how much fun you'll spoil for all the people after 30-day-trial expires? Btw, Plus! is to come out about in 30 days (from ur own words )

So... PLEEEEASE do it!

You removed banner, right? You added colors, right? Whats the difference, especially if feature is already there

Btw, i heard you sayin' long time ago that you might add a feature that will send photos in convo window, not notmal file transfer... just the same way as this Ink messages... At least you said you'll concider it as one of suggestions (btw i was the one who suggested that... long before MP!2 final)

It would be nice to have this inside Plus. I don't really like having to run an extra program.

However if its hard to do, or adds 18Mb to the size of Plus, its not worth it

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It would be nice to have this inside Plus. I don't really like having to run an extra program.

However if its hard to do, or adds 18Mb to the size of Plus, its not worth it

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I agree about 18 MB size, but i dont agree that there is anything TOO hard for Patchou to do... he got skills, he can do everything if he want to

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Segosa got a point in that too
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patchou howabout official plugins for plus? so that users dont have to have all the options but they can be installed?

Patchou said that some plugins will be published on msgplus.net, but i dont think something like this can be done with a plugin... if i'm wrong, pls correct me...

i know that i meant a plugin by patchou that is able to do this.

Nah, the problem is that Patchou does not want to add this feature... if he would want he will just include it in Plus! 3...

So go'n'join us with Segosa in "chaning-Patchou's-mind" team

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yeh your famous and your saying something clever which is a added bonus.........


idea for the quote feature?

open chat logs with it, and then you could search for the word you want with the quoter....say i was talking to segosa [ famous again ] and yesterday he said something, but today he said he didnt, all i would do would be to open the quoter, open the log file i wanted.. then key words search


sorry for adding to your todo list

but i would like that feature if its ok

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i dont know much about programming, but im sure its possible to add the ink feature with plugins? even if they are not supported by patchou, they would still work right? and the plugins are just normal DLL's with speical additions for commands and menus, arent they? and if anyone had a tablet pc, cant they just get the dll's from there, or rip them from the setup of infopen?

this is a required feature!!

also, how bout support for transferring bitmaps with a little modification to the tablet pc dlls?, and if you can mod the dlls can you like make a hook or something, to automaticly draw out the bitmap to the typing box?

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i dont know much about programming, but im sure its possible to add the ink feature with plugins?

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hey Patchou, me member reading that u were working on making auto-hide, me wonderin u u ever gots it workn, if so well it be in Plus! 3

yeah. autohide would be good cause I hate having to minamize and maxamize ect each time, so if you could make an auto hide msn and plus then it would be even cooler. Are you able to mkae this or does it affect the msn program too much??

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or make it itentified as a plugin in the maniger if the user has teh tablet pc dlls on the computer already

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or make it itentified as a plugin in the maniger if the user has teh tablet pc dlls on the computer already

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I will NOT add it, don't post another 30 posts to insist lol. If Microsoft wanted to give you access to this feature, they would have already, and I'm sure they will soon (if they don't, I'll reconsider). I already have way too many things to do in Plus!3, wayyyyy too many stuff on my list.

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I will NOT add it, don't post another 30 posts to insist lol. If Microsoft wanted to give you access to this feature, they would have already, and I'm sure they will soon (if they don't, I'll reconsider). I already have way too many things to do in Plus!3, wayyyyy too many stuff on my list.

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Boys (well, girls too): Would you stop discussing about the addition of this feature please?...As Patchou has expressed himself We wouldn't want to see this thread closed long before Plus! 3 gets released, right?
If you want to talk about the feature itself, you may continue in this thread: http://shoutbox.menthix.net/showthread.php?tid=21757

I couldn't read the entire thread (it's long!), but I skimmed through it all.
I have 3 things to say:

1. Congrats and good luck, Patchster.

2. Umm, about the quoter thingie, will it be possible to just insert the quote into the IM editbox and add some text after the quote, or will it automatically send the quote as a message? Because I'd really prefer the first option.

3. I think that using the Ink thingie when you have a keyboard is pretty stupid, and a waste of Internet resources. But anyway, I was thinking..... Are those Ink thingies vector-based, or are they actual images? Because if they're images, that means MSN Messenger 6.1 (or 6.x?) has a built-in support for sending and displaying images in conversation windows.... which means it would be theoretically possible to show people images inside IM windows. So it could be a nice thing to try out, Patch.

It sounds great Patchou, I hope you remeber one feature that you have promised so many time ago. Im keep  waiting

Two things I wont to talk about:

1.Patchou You are a true Hero, and I think we all appreciate all the HARD work you have done for us to make Msn Messenger a better peice of software!!

2. Second part I want to talk to you about Patchou is My idea about Auto-Accepting that I put forward to you, i'm not sure if you didn't go back and read the rest of the forum and the suggestions made about it but I think you should include a password and you give the users you want access to lets say the web cam it would ask for a password and they would have to type it in..... this would be a good security feature!

P.S: wondering if I could be abeta tester to see how you went about my feature! and if I can get credit for it!

Again Thank you!!
Brian D

blah blah blah blah blah, I've been following this thread on since its started. All this issue over file size when downloading with new features etc. Patchou mate, if this issue also concerns you and I'm sure it bothers others too that when you add more and more features, the greater the size of the download gets.

Its been my understanding that the more people request an addon the more it would make it easier for them to:
1) select which ones they want (personalise installation) and
2) make them themselves (simple scripting language)

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This can be easily solved with the following ideas I got in conjuction with Macromedia's Central, create a plugins menu, simple window within MSN Plus! where the menu or whatever is actually a page on the internet listing the available plugins. Further more, have it so that users have to login (Same accounts as for forums etc, so they can keep track on what plugins they have installed. That way, developors can see whos downloaded and whos using them. (ie success rate).
Now! with this new menu system, you can leave all the features seperate (addons) and people can select which ones they want to install and browse the ones that are newly available. Since these are seperate from plus! than the default file size for plus! would be minimal.

I hope someone is following me with this...

Basically, addon feature (already been done). But with the added ability to browse the ones available and the ones already default with msn plus! converted into plugins.

I love what you do Patchou, I seriously do. But its my opinion that the more features you make 'default' in the plus! becomes irrelivant to most, (bos protection, cause majority don't chat at work) unless its used all the times, like colours etc. The rest is just taking up space. I like the idea of being able to browse plugins through plus!, add/remove the ones I personally don't need.

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I feel I have to also comment on the addon feature (dlls). I think its brillient for developers, but not all together easy to understand for people like me that havn't taken the time to learn 'visual basic or visual c++' because of various time contraints. What there needs to be is a simple scripting language where you can write it in a simple text editor (like what you can with html, php and mirc) so theres no need for compilers etc.
Of course unlike mirc/others there would still be a need to call dlls for advanced users. But I would like to be able to do a simple script without having to go through the process of learning a visual language. Later on, you might consider a basic WYSIWIG.


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Oh yeah, it was also said that there was a feature to leave message for people when they are offline, and that message will be sent when they come back. If thats the come-back message, than I hope it'l be updated in the v3.0. I think that setting it to message the person, EVERYTIME they come online is a little redundant unless you want to annoy them. Unless of cause you want to say Hello to that person as soon as they come online, everytime, than thats ok too. Just think that there should be an option to auto disable the auto message once its been sent once. Like a times to send the message box (# Times, 0 for infinite). Also, if thats the case for setting a message for someone everytime they come online, you might as well make it editable when the person is currently Online, as opposed only be able to edit it when they are not online.

I'd also like to offer myself to be a beta tester.

I have another idea. How about if patchou has them on his servers and during install it ask what you would like to install, eg: handwriting (even though your not going to use this, it is just an example) and stuff, and have msgPlus! app automaticly ticked. This would make it posible for high speed internet user to download the things if they like, and slow spped internet users only have to download the less than 5mb file or however big it is.

Text Picture:

MsgPlus! Installation

Please choose the following to download and install:

[Ticked and fadded so no one can untick it]  Basic MsgPlus! application
[Not Ticked] Drawing Tool
[Not Ticked] Any other thing bigger than 5mb that patchou might make.

What do you think??

oh yes, btw, i also meant that Macromedia Central has somthing similar, not: 'in conjunction'. Poor choice of words. But yes, king_of_cool_kids, thats ok. Basically what i meant, is to choose what features you want to install after you've installed the "base" plus! program, so everything else is like an addon, than you choose which ones you want to install, download and etc.... basically what microsoft windows update does. but with the option to remove the addon at any time.

Fortunatly, Patchou has already gone through the process of having an addon feature, its just a matter of turning all the other added features into addons, and that way choosing which ones people would like to install.
The benefit of this is:
Easier on patchou so he doesn't need to recompile msn plus! all the time, but make additions in the form of addons.
More configurable so people can choose which features they want/need/would be nice to have.
Small file size for default download. Its just a matter of choosing which features should stay as the default additions.

But I really have to stress on the importance of having a scripting system, it could greatly expand the usefulness of plus! and messenger for not just 'visual language' developers but for general computer users alike. As long as there's a help file thats easy to understand and full of useful functions. I would gladly help in anything from design, layout and actually doing it myself.

Hell, if i could programme c++ I would make a scripting editor feature for plus! myself. I seriously tried, and failed. But I'm sure someone out there could see how this could benefit plus!/messenger.

AND! it would make messenger more fun

ps. I think that drawing in chat windows would be cool.

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that idea back down there was good about extra stuff server based. but with that config you fire wall and add a extra program and we get a new lovely hacker on our servers....

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warreng Its a good idea, but if theres one thing I really hate, is having to download a file thats 500kb, just to download somemore files!  It really pisses me off. ...


Dan

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that idea back down there was good about extra stuff server based. but with that config you fire wall and add a extra program and we get a new lovely hacker on our servers....

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The installation of Plus can't rely on some files be at the server. What would happen if the server goes down? And what if the user can't connect to the Internet when s/he want to install Plus?. The best is have all inside a single exe installation file, as it's now.

About the ability of select what feature to install, I don't agree with that. People will complain saying: "hey this doesn't work for me" just because they didn't installed that feature. Remember, people install thing too fast (next, next, agree, intall), without reading and they don't remember they didn't install that.

Also, if I'm not wrong, there will be a section at msgplus.net where people would be able to download plugins.

About the scripting language. People would have to learn it, so why not learn VB (or VC)? VB is very easy and you have the templates needed to compile the pluging. Including that feature into Plus would increase its size and using that you won't be able to do everythig you can do with "real" plugings. It would provide limited features. Also, someone made a pluging that offers a similar feature: It executes vbs files. Search it. It should be somewhere.

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By Next > Next > Agree > Install Choli menans that users will not tick what they want to install. Like they COULD tick somehwere "Install Drawing for MSN", but they dont read it, just click Next until program is installed... Than they see their friends drawing in MSN, they want too, they ask how they do it, friends say: install Plus!. Then the user will just go to forum complain that drawing feature does not work for him while it does for his frends, you know??

And bout files on server... it was King_of_cool_kids who suggested that... so i think Choli was talkin' to him...

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ahh yeah, if coli was referring to king_of_cool_kinds, than i probably would of agreed, but he gave no effort as to say he was referring to him. anyways, yes i think that is a issue, thats also one of the reasons i thought that a menu to see the plugins and install/remove them would be good.

I know that patchou said when this thread first started that in version 3 the plugins menu will be update to allow for adding/removing. But just so people don't misunderstand me I think I'm requesting something that has already been said.

What I'm trying to suggest is to be able to view all the plugins, installed or not, new or old.
If a new plugin has been added on the website, than its viewable in your plus! program as an option to install.

Just going back and looking at:
Purhaps patchou is already way ahead of me


Okays I spent hours on these in paint and this is basically what i'm proposing.





Just realising that I forgot to include the creators name. So I guess theres room for improvment. But i guess this illustrates what i'm trying to portray.

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Yay, I almost can't wait. I think MsgPlus! 2 is almost perfect. The only thing I think is a bit nasty now, is the organization of the menus. You have to move your mouse a lot to reach the different stuff crammed into the "Messenger Plus! Extras" menu. Not sure how this could be organized better, but you're so brilliant Patchou, that I'm sure you'll sort it out!

Another thing, kind of related to the above paragraph, is shortcut keys. A lot more functions should be available with shortcut keys, especially the "custom name" function. I've asked for this earlier, and ask again: Could it be possible to bind [F2] as a custom rename button on contacts? It's great to be able to right-click on contacts, point to "Messenger Plus! Extras" and then "Rename contact", but just marking the contact and pressing [F2] is a lot easier and more natural, as [F2] is the global renaming key in Windows.

Also, I have some problems with the bosskey feature. Sometimes it just don't work. I'm not sure if it's dependant on what program I'm in, but it seems to be just a little unstable and random. If there's anything you can do to optimize this feature, please do it.

Other than that; great work. I couldn't imagine an MSN Messenger client without Plus!

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I will NOT add it, don't post another 30 posts to insist lol. If Microsoft wanted to give you access to this feature, they would have already, and I'm sure they will soon (if they don't, I'll reconsider). I already have way too many things to do in Plus!3, wayyyyy too many stuff on my list.

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blah blah blah blah blah, I've been following this thread on since its started. All this issue over file size when downloading with new features etc. Patchou mate, if this issue also concerns you and I'm sure it bothers others too that when you add more and more features, the greater the size of the download gets.

Its been my understanding that the more people request an addon the more it would make it easier for them to:
1) select which ones they want (personalise installation) and
2) make them themselves (simple scripting language)

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This can be easily solved with the following ideas I got in conjuction with Macromedia's Central, create a plugins menu, simple window within MSN Plus! where the menu or whatever is actually a page on the internet listing the available plugins. Further more, have it so that users have to login (Same accounts as for forums etc, so they can keep track on what plugins they have installed. That way, developors can see whos downloaded and whos using them. (ie success rate).
Now! with this new menu system, you can leave all the features seperate (addons) and people can select which ones they want to install and browse the ones that are newly available. Since these are seperate from plus! than the default file size for plus! would be minimal.

I hope someone is following me with this...

Basically, addon feature (already been done). But with the added ability to browse the ones available and the ones already default with msn plus! converted into plugins.

I love what you do Patchou, I seriously do. But its my opinion that the more features you make 'default' in the plus! becomes irrelivant to most, (bos protection, cause majority don't chat at work) unless its used all the times, like colours etc. The rest is just taking up space. I like the idea of being able to browse plugins through plus!, add/remove the ones I personally don't need.

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I feel I have to also comment on the addon feature (dlls). I think its brillient for developers, but not all together easy to understand for people like me that havn't taken the time to learn 'visual basic or visual c++' because of various time contraints. What there needs to be is a simple scripting language where you can write it in a simple text editor (like what you can with html, php and mirc) so theres no need for compilers etc.
Of course unlike mirc/others there would still be a need to call dlls for advanced users. But I would like to be able to do a simple script without having to go through the process of learning a visual language. Later on, you might consider a basic WYSIWIG.

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Oh yeah, it was also said that there was a feature to leave message for people when they are offline, and that message will be sent when they come back. If thats the come-back message, than I hope it'l be updated in the v3.0. I think that setting it to message the person, EVERYTIME they come online is a little redundant unless you want to annoy them. Unless of cause you want to say Hello to that person as soon as they come online, everytime, than thats ok too. Just think that there should be an option to auto disable the auto message once its been sent once. Like a times to send the message box (# Times, 0 for infinite). Also, if thats the case for setting a message for someone everytime they come online, you might as well make it editable when the person is currently Online, as opposed only be able to edit it when they are not online.

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The installation of Plus can't rely on some files be at the server. What would happen if the server goes down? And what if the user can't connect to the Internet when s/he want to install Plus?. The best is have all inside a single exe installation file, as it's now.

About the ability of select what feature to install, I don't agree with that. People will complain saying: "hey this doesn't work for me" just because they didn't installed that feature. Remember, people install thing too fast (next, next, agree, intall), without reading and they don't remember they didn't install that.

Also, if I'm not wrong, there will be a section at msgplus.net where people would be able to download plugins.

About the scripting language. People would have to learn it, so why not learn VB (or VC)? VB is very easy and you have the templates needed to compile the pluging. Including that feature into Plus would increase its size and using that you won't be able to do everythig you can do with "real" plugings. It would provide limited features. Also, someone made a pluging that offers a similar feature: It executes vbs files. Search it. It should be somewhere.

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The instalation can rely on some files being on the server, because if the server was down, you wouldent have the base install in the first place.

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And for the scripting language- dont ruin our fun. Tell me whats easier: coding a script to make a dialog appear in MIRC, or coding a script to make a dialog appear in VB or VC???

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I think plus needs to stay a one exe with everything included package. Maybe a download with the sponser nd without the sponser? So then when I gtive it to my friends they don't install it, like one did and then complained at me. Nothing should be server side. The plugins manager menu that was made looked impressive, but the whole plus interface will be changed. th@ feature should definately be included, and as a separate project someone on these forums could make a "light" version of the tablet writing thing?

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VB of course!!
I have no idea about doing that in mirc. However I can do it in VB and VC and Delphi and Java and... do I continue?

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yes thanks Shawnz for explaining the aliases, its so true.
but I also like the on event commands.

On *:text:*:*: if ($1 == blah) msg # $nick Don't be stupid.

basically that says:
on any text, in any channel. if the first word ($1) equals 'blah' than message the channel 'nickname who said 'blah'' $nick Don't be stupid.
of course if you want to be specific you could state:

on *:text*: msg # $nick Don't be stupid.

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Format:    on <level>:TEXTmatchtext>*><?><#[,#]>commands>
Example:    on 1:TEXT:*help*:#mirc,#irchelp:/msg $nick what's the problem?

The match text can be a wildcard string, where:
  *    matches any text
  &    matches any word
  text    matches if text contains only this word
  text*    matches if text starts with this word
  *text    matches if text ends with this word
  *text*    matches if text contains this word anywhere

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  ?    for any private message
  #    for any channel message
  #mirc    for any messages on channel #mirc
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Thanks, warreng gets my point.

It would be great to be able to use events in plus!

And, your right, It is incredibly simple.

Plus, (excuse the pun) You are ruining our fun. Were talking about it, we feel like talking about it, we want to talk about it, so (word removed, so I dont get banned) off.

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And to top it off, MIRC is more forgiving. You make a mistake, (which you cant usually do in mirc) you can fix it easily. Visual languages need to be perfectly written, and if you do make a mistake, you need to recompile the whole damn thing!

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Don't want to be n00b of the hour but i'd like to suggest a feature that i would like to see in the MsgPlus 3! and hopefully i'm alowd to post my suggestion here.

I was thinking of a "scenary channel" option for the display picture in msn. a sort of slideshow that changes the picture every so many seconds... minutes... or specified time to a different picture in the cycle that you have formed. And you can put as many pictures in the cycle as you want.

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Don't want to be n00b of the hour but i'd like to suggest a feature that i would like to see in the MsgPlus 3! and hopefully i'm alowd to post my suggestion here.

I was thinking of a "scenary channel" option for the display picture in msn. a sort of slideshow that changes the picture every so many seconds... minutes... or specified time to a different picture in the cycle that you have formed. And you can put as many pictures in the cycle as you want.

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Only 1 suggestion-beg: please!!!!!! we have been waiting for this looong time since the very beggining...Auto-Hide-Function[color=black][/color] (icq anyone???) Come on it would really kick ass!! I wonder, is it really that difficult? or just havent came up with ??

While i'm at it, and i'm not getting my hopes up on this feature that i'm about to suggest but, could you make a feature that can somehow override a "restrictive environment"? Like when i'm at school i can't use msn on the newer computers. I think it has something to do with not being able to write to the registry. hmm... i'd also like to figure out how to bypass the web filters that our school has put in place because when you go to hotmail.com or even try to log in to your hotmail account then it redirects you to some stupid "denial page" that the school put in. Although I've figured out 1 way around it. it's a little bit lengthy but i can say that it involves downloading msn messenger on the crappy computers at school. the other way i have to test out yet... msn toolbar button that leads you to hotmail. not sure if it works yet though.

if the IT guy at your school is crap, than purhaps theres a way. But not likely, there is such a thing called firewalls and proxy servers, so don't get your hopes up.

Oh yeah and of course policies.

Hi all !

I'm brand new in this forum, but i'm a user of mplus
So, just watching the first post made by patchou about the next version make me smile and screaming... Really exciting... hehe

Then, i just will say to Patchou : UP !

And good work... As i m at my job (france), i cant tell no more... but keep on doing good work pathcou !

by, Nalex (Fast_Sebil)

I've been waiting for Messenger plus 3~~

Sceenshots are extremely hot~ and coooooool~~ gooood

If you want any beta testers, please let me know.

I can help you as much as I can~~

Thanks~

Moon.

From Korea~~

Can't wait! Good thing the features will be easier to access: I've been using Plus! since 1.42 (I think), and within the last week I found out about a feature I never knew existed.

Keep up the good work!

EDIT: Just read through the whole thread, and the installer issue I think I have a way to resolve. Just have two installers!
One of them will be the all-in-one for those who want everything and/or have fast connections.
The other will be smaller, and install the software in a similar manner to IE, Netscape, Acrobat Reader, etc.

Waddya think?

nice screen shots and a lot of cool new things to use. but i had a comment..would it be possible to have an auto text response thing? like when someone says "how are you?" your msn automatically responses with "good, you?" which can be personalized individually? that would be kinda cool. well thanks for the messenger plus! its awesome.

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just enable the custom names and click again in the check box so it becomes squared (or grayed). That only works with MSN Messeger 6.1

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nice screen shots and a lot of cool new things to use. but i had a comment..would it be possible to have an auto text response thing? like when someone says "how are you?" your msn automatically responses with "good, you?" which can be personalized individually? that would be kinda cool. well thanks for the messenger plus! its awesome.

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In order to do an auto-reponse, the plugins (and scripts?) will need to be notified of all incoming messages: at the moment, the API defines only ReceiveNotify, which is called only when a special character is sent. So, at the moment, it can't be done, but I'm sure if we all asked nicely enough, Patchou would consider it...

A script API would certainly be nice, but it's absolutely not a must-have feature, so Patchou can safely focus on the more important stuff for the next version. If you ask me, that is.

Hey patchou
I am interested in becoming a beta for MSG Plus! 3. How can i apply to be one???


Watters91

lol... well, I've been watching you in the past days getting exciting by yourselves, talking about features that have been dicussed a lot in the past and that won't be added (like scripting ). You can continue if you want, it's nice to beleive

For those who don't remember why I won't add scripting or other big improvements to plugins, one word sums it up: security. The last thing I want to see is tools doing weird non authorized activities in Messenger because of me. Microsoft learnt it the hard way by adding too many possibilities in Internet Explorer and Outlook, only to realize later that it opened doors to hackers and viruses.

So, no scripting, no "internet-download installer" (for a lot of good reasons), and no beta test requests (thank you for wanting to help, however, I can't allow the risk to see buggy beta versions distributed on the web).

Don't worry, you'll have your load of new toys to play with in Plus!3
Patchou

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A good idea to increase maximum security in such kind of program !

As everybody knows, and as u explain it in ur post, full of capabilities is the same as full of hacking (with internet im hearing)...

So the way u want to make your software with a maximum protection is a good one, cause our soft will not be responsible in case of hacking injuries

Moreover, that will be better for the future Plus! (4.1 that everybody there is wainting for right now..LOL...) and u will show a difference between softs that protect their users and those that don't care about..

So, thank you Patchou for your great intentions with users and keep on for a long time !

Bye, Nalex () from france...

i like the idea that you can disable plug-ins. So if i can install some plug-ins, and they mess msn up, then i can disable them? cool

Awesome work, Patchou!  If I may be so bold as to suggest that you introduce more sounds to the upcoming Plus! version.  Thanks

more sounds = larger file to download.

if u want more sounds, get the audiator plugin from http://plugins.msgplus.net

Nice screenies Patchou

Can't wait for this new and even better version

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That's fully understandable. I'm not going to wish for it, I just said it might be nice. But might I ask (yet again) for the [F2] rename shortcut key? Pretty please, with sugar on top?

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Awesome! Can't wait....love msn plus

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Probably yes, that's the intelligent thing to do . However, if Plus!3 is ready at least a week before that, it will be released a patch will eventually be released later if necessary (I'll simply wait to activate auto-update to version 3)

For me it's not necessary that the drawing thing is integrated in plus3. If the plugins for plus2 also work in plus3 i'll just use that plugin.

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For me it's not necessary that the drawing thing is integrated in plus3. If the plugins for plus2 also work in plus3 i'll just use that plugin.

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Just one last thing I would like to see: Proper ordering of custom names inside the Messenger contact window. Now, every contact is sorted by their e-mail address (which is logic, since it's MSN Messenger who does the sorting), but if it's possible, it would be great if Plus! could re-sort the contacts in alphabetical order by the custom names.

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Just one last thing I would like to see: Proper ordering of custom names inside the Messenger contact window. Now, every contact is sorted by their e-mail address (which is logic, since it's MSN Messenger who does the sorting), but if it's possible, it would be great if Plus! could re-sort the contacts in alphabetical order by the custom names.

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Probably yes, that's the intelligent thing to do . However, if Plus!3 is ready at least a week before that, it will be released a patch will eventually be released later if necessary (I'll simply wait to activate auto-update to version 3)

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Whoa, this looks sooo cool, I can't wait untill v.3 will be out!! Keep up the good work!!

Hay gays wahts going own!?
Never mind the bullocks, I'm new here.


Just wanted to add a feature request;
When custom names are used all the users get mixed up, so Sarah could come before Michael because her e-mail is "sexy_girl_999@nomail.nu" and Michaels mail is "xxx_222@spam.org".

I would like the names to be in alphabetic order even if custom names are used.



Thanks for the best program ever

Why do u need it, if you can press "s" and get everyopne with "s" up ast the start? you knew that right?

I know that, but stil prefer alphabetical order...

But i dont know if its possible, Patchou was told about it many times, and he said he could not do it...

But who knows, maybe now he can?

well, let's say I could but it's time consuming and I have too many other things to care about right now.. I promise I'll check it out again.

Sounds like a cool idea  

Patchou really needs a hobby

I cant code for more than 20 seconds without getting bored

Yah , I wish our contacts could be ordered by groups in the "Send Instant Message Window" , Also custom names dont show here.....Its a little bit much to ask but why not

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bhaaa.. I'm posting a bout a new feature and you only want me to add another one.... . I won't trick Messenger into doing something it's not supposed to do and I'm sure Microsoft will enable it themselves in their next major version update so don't worry about it, you'll have it .

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Hi Patchou,hope your well and taking regular breaks away from the PC,Can't wait till version 3 of plus,Keep up the good work

WE WANT BETA

Great news Patchou!

Looking forward to the next version!

Sounds like your making progress on a steady pace.  Ive been using MSGPlus for some time now and Ive got all my mates using it. keep up the good work!

Rob

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Will there be a command like (!VER) or even (!VER) which will show what plug-ins you have enabled aswell?

For example

Windows Version: Windows XP, 5.01.2600
Messenger Client Version: 6.1.0207
Messenger Plus! Version: 2.54.0074
MsgPlus Plug-ins: WMPlus 2.0
                        MSN Handwriting 1.0
                        RDM Speech Plug-in 1.0

get the idea?

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that niiiiiiiice

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First off all (like everybody else here) Beautifull update

1 requests although:

I recently bumped against my 150 max contacts in my list. I deleted some unused accouts and ppl I never speak with. But I will reach that limit again sooner or later (And I'm affraid it's sooner ) Can it be made possible to build in a work arround herefore. I know there are other plugins doing this, but the msn plus! extension is always the first program I install, and from msn+! I'm always sure it will be updated to be compatible with the msn version of that moment. (new version, 6.2, on 8 april 2004 - source www.mess.be) If it is possible, pls consider this possibility. TIA.

LordPan

i dont think patchou has any intention of increasing the contact list size. maybe a plugin for plus could though

a problem is that if that was to happen, it would increase sign-in time, because it would have to download all the extra contacts.

I think a nice feature would be really good to have, but maybe it's not possible, I don't know, but maybe someone would be able to say whether it is or not???

File transfers normally stay in the chat window, would it be possible to move the progress indicator to the space that appears to the right of the chat area to inbetween the two display pictures?

kinda like this (see picture)

I like that idea Jay Pee and i'm tired of making the conversation thing soo confusing, by having it on the side it would be nice to see how the progress is going!

i doubt that Plus! would be able to do that. but Microsoft sure could in thenext version of messenger

i would very much like an expansion of the contact list since erasing ppl from my contact list is getting more and more difficult lately.
also that non-scrolling option for downloads seems to look quite cool!

keep up the good work patchou

about the contact list limit, i think the best option is having two (or more) diferent accounts and use the polygamy patch.

about the progress indicator, it's a very good idea: you could see the progress of all your transfers without searching then in the convo. However I don't know if that's easy to implement.

About the colors in names, use the /nick command with the Ctrl + K shotcut.

I believe that there was a progress bar in windows messenger. At the bottom where it said if the contact was typing or not. I thought this feature would be in MSN messenger, but obviously not!!

Well in MSN Messenger you get a better progress bar then in Windows Messenger imho.

The green progress bar under the doc name/icon?

It is a good status bar in MSN messenger. I'm jus sayin at least there was one in Windows messenger.

about that status bar...it's definately better in MSN messenger 6, it was disturbing having it down there so you wouldn't know wheter your friend was typing or not, also you couldnt know how many bytes were left, but on the other hand it had the advantage of not having to scroll in order to find it!!! a status bar halfway between both would be perfez..in all that space that's of no use right know under your contact's image

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I believe that there was a progress bar in windows messenger. At the bottom where it said if the contact was typing or not. I thought this feature would be in MSN messenger, but obviously not!!

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SUGGESTION: We can copy contacts email address on MsgPlus 2.54, PatChou can yiu please also add a feature which will enable us to copy contacts nickname as well, I always need that.. Thanks and keep on your good job!

(!N) then copy and paste that ?

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SUGGESTION: We can copy contacts email address on MsgPlus 2.54, PatChou can yiu please also add a feature which will enable us to copy contacts nickname as well, I always need that.. Thanks and keep on your good job!

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ok patchou can add that feature i don't mind not getting credit. its gonna help us all and and i would use it a lot to explain to people how to do things and what they need to do them

I get the idea about the status bar. What if when you had multiple downloads, they were in a pull down list that open when you pressed an arror like the arrow under the display pic.

i think it would be a good idea to use the return messageor whatever it's name is(when you write a message so the other gets it as soon as he logs in) also for file-transfers, so if you have to send smth to smo you can leave and let it send it self as soon as your friend logs in.

what's that Rep icon under the name all about? everyone has the same one!

i get on here 10- 20 times a day to see if you've released version 3 or if you've begun to accept beta testers.... keep up the good work...

does anyone have a release date???

They isn't one, however MSN Messenger 6.2 is due to be released shortly, so that would be a good guess. Possibly before though!

You know that there is going to be language filter. Well there should be a feature that if your contact uses bad language more than say five times, it automatically blocks the contact. This is incase your mum or dad walks past and ur contact wont shut up!!!

^why if it filters the words then it will look like he is a little no need for a automatic ban/block

If there's a feature to Sign in as offline, it'll be cool, please do it

Thanks for your great efforts...

Patchou wont do it as it requires modifying the EXE. and thats illegl...


and SEARCH b4 u post things that have been asked 1000 times

as for a new feature in msgplus 3, or any version for that matter.. I'd like to request the sound from counterstrike - "Negative." because that would be the best thing ever and i swear that i'd use it at least 10 times a day. that would be great, thanks

Heya,

a few suggestions for the new plus:


1. a possibility to use/switch skins per account
2. a possibility to delete plugins


is this possible???

1. not unless we modify the messenger.exe and thats illegal
2. probably impossible seeing as your contacts will see you as offline and won't reply anyway, pretty pointless I think
3. skins are nothing to do with msgplus
4. its coming as far as i know

real cool screen shots patchou

Skins have nothing to do with msg. plus, but couldnt you have a plug - in being able to switch skins wen you restart or something? I'd love that.

OK THIS THREAD IS REALLY GOING NOO WHERE PATCHOU GIVE US SOME MORE INFORMATION ON THE NEXT VERSION OR TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE NEW FEATURES!!

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You'll see the new features and the new interface soon enough.. thread closed .