Would it be possible for anybody to make an edit to the MSN interface so that you are able to click on the B I and U buttons like in word, rather than selecting it from the Special Text menu, as it's a pretty annoying thing to have to keep going into it.  Here's a picture of the kind of thing I'd like.

it wouldnt b very good cos if someone made the screen really small, it would become really dodgy

Well I think the advantages far outweigh that.

true! seems like a brilliant idea maybe it should be in Plus1 rather than a plugin, but what do i know lol
p.s it could go dodgy in handwrting when u press convert, becuave theres already alot there

What does "convert" in the handrwriting do anyways?

And yeah i think this should be implemented in Plus! would be a nice feature

if u have a tablet pc and u use the convert tab it converts ur handwriting into proper text.

but it might be better if there was a button u can press to bring up that panel

I think if you search the forum, you'll find this has been requested before when everyone was told about this new feature and Patchou consequently said no, due to the fact he didn’t think it would be appropriate. Also for people with the HandWriting plugin, this would cause some problems with the layout, unless this was also taken care of. I personally wouldn’t mind.. but its just as easy to type Ctrl + R

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Well I think the advantages far outweigh that.

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What does "convert" in the handrwriting do anyways?

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Originally posted by VGProManiac
What does "convert" in the handrwriting do anyways?

And yeah i think this should be implemented in Plus! would be a nice feature

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how about to put it next to block etc?

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Originally posted by VGProManiac
What does "convert" in the handrwriting do anyways?

And yeah i think this should be implemented in Plus! would be a nice feature

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It only works on Tablet PC's, it's to convert drawn text into typed text.. Kind of like OCR I suppose.

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* The Handwriting plugin shouldn't be a problem because Plus! will only show it's icon, and thus also the text formatting bar, in the normal "typing"-tab...

* If this is added (in plus, not in a plugin!), I'm sure you can turn it on or off... (for those who want a smaller screen)

* Placing it near the "block" buttons is very inlogic. Those buttons are meant for general things about/with/from the contact. The logic location for text formatting is in the "formatting bar", and that's the bar where the plus icon is, or as shown in Archer's example...

* btw, I'll support the idea...

It is a very good idea , I like it alot.  But don't expect it as a plug-in , it is very hard to simulate. Although it is really easy to just put an icon on the window the hard part is putting the button in the right place no matter what the size of the window is and all that. It would be better as a Plus! Feature anyway.

Yeah, would be great if could be done (directly in Plus, of course, impossible in a plugin), but I doubt it's easy at all.

Ok then, could somebody move this to the appropriate forum so it will get Patchou's attention?