I've had a search through the forum and I haven't found this idea before so here goes...
A custom display picture, like the custom contact names but instead its a custom picture chosen by you...
The main reason is that some people find some peoples display pictures offensive yet wish for some image to remain...
I'm virtually sure this is impossible to do with a plugin so its an addition to Plus! idea...

well it would be nice

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Originally posted by Anubis
The main reason is that some people find some peoples display pictures offensive yet wish for some image to remain...

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Originally posted by Chrono
in that case u can disable his dp

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Originally posted by Anubis
yet wish for some image to remain...

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its a very good idea, and should be put in plus!3.2 , pleaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaase patch

i'd use this to avoid large DP's. hey another idea! block large DP's

u can disable them if u dont wanna see them ~_~

You're right - but a program that resizes them automaticly is better

I wish i could disable viewing dp's alltogether, but this is a shared computer and the other user would get pissed since it disables it for every account
then i can just hide it, but i close the window all the time, and it doesnt remember if you had it hid or not

I like the idea of custom display pictures though

i think its a gd idea i would use it cos sumtime si dnt liek to see there pictures and things and something that resizes big dps would be good if you could choose i liek big dps but somethimes there 2 big!

been suggested before... although i searched and found nothing..


anyway it is a good idea, and i like it. Not sure about how easy it would be to do though

good idea!! IM ON IT

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but a program that resizes them automaticly is better

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are microsoft aware of all of these plugin that ppl are making that beats there codes and does things messnger is not psosed 2 go, u programmers rule!!

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Originally posted by _-PhRiVe-_
are microsoft aware of all of these plugin that ppl are making that beats there codes and does things messnger is not psosed 2 go, u programmers rule!!

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Originally posted by Anubis
Plus! benefits them indirectly

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Originally posted by KeyStorm
That's rather directly: Without Messenger you can't use Messenger Plus!

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Yeah, I know, I was sorta kiddin'

Too much work. This would mean that Patchou would have to create a bunch of code to remember each individual setting that was changed.

no someone just made an Addon not make it with Plus!

is it possible to hide my own display pic.
(next to textbox)

yes there is an arrow similar to the one next to your contacts DP

thats not the arrow at the bottom of the picture thats the arrow on the side

i know
but it doesn save that. next time when you open the window, the pic is there agian!

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Originally posted by marke
is it possible to hide my own display pic.
(next to textbox)

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Use the dam hide arrow.

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Originally posted by Scone
Use the dam hide arrow.

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brains
i want to have a pic, but ***I*** dont want to see it next to textbox
it's not possible, but baybe some plug?!

requires modding the executable of Messenger. This is not only illegal, but is also not an easy job to do it properly (with a plugin)...

why not use something like picture-in-picture like on my TV. you could have a chosen DP with the persons real one in a little square in the corner. or vise versa

Hi all,

Any updates on whether this is possible...?

I am sort of forced into using MSN Messenger as I know so many other people that use it, but don't like it's default behaviour.

I would like to show display pictures for my contacts (I currently leave them off as you have no control over them), but only sensible ones!  Many of my contacts use pictures of themselves or something personally identifiable to them - great!  I don't however appreciate offensive or even pointless display pictures.  One of my contacts insists on using pictures of random footballers as her display pic! Why? "coz their fit", she says.  Well... great - but I tend to disagree!  I do not wish to have my contact list cluttered with stupid pictures - in this case I'd like to override her chosen picture for one of her face (that I have).

In my opinion, MSN Messenger would be a great tool IF you could apply contact pic settings per user.  I imagine options of "Always use contacts chosen display pic"; "Always override contacts chosen display pic with my own" or "Override contacts display pic with my own (until contact changes their display pic)".

I did a search on this subject and found nothing recent.  I notice a Plus! API exists... anyone know if the custom pic changer would be possible using the API or is it a more 'involved' change?

Cheers.

Nothing has been changed since this thread was created (and even before that as this wasn't the first thread about this). In other words, it is not possible.

If you want it to be possible I'd suggest to tell the developpers of MSN Messenger about this instead.