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log chats enabled by default by madhattr999 on 11-03-2004 at 03:50 PM
I think when you install plus.. the chat logging feature should be disabled by default.. I send plus to lots of people and they always find out later or i have to tell them to turn off chat logging when they install it..
most of the ppl i talk to are on family computers.. not their own computer (i dunno.. maybe thats just me tho)..
so anyway.. i think this option should be off by default.. but then again.. maybe its on because patchou doesnt think it will get used if its not on by default because people wont see the simplicity of the logs?
if patchou doesnt want to set it to off by default, maybe ask the user if he wants to have the option on after he installs it? same as microsoft asks you if you want to use the message archive the first time you use msn..
anyway.. would save people the trouble of finding out too late that their conversations are being saved somewhere they wouldnt normally look..
agree? disagree?
RE: log chats enabled by default by Derwan on 11-03-2004 at 11:21 PM
Considering MSN Messenger now has logging facilities itself, the Plus! logging is only relevant if people prefer its logging system over MSN's (e.g. they want logs to be encrypted or prefer text files over xml). There is no need for Plus! logging to be enabled by default.
RE: log chats enabled by default by xsRush on 11-04-2004 at 06:10 AM
I voted for chat logging disabled by default, just because i don't use the chat logging, an also it makes a log folder even before i pick not to use the logging.
I really don't mind if it's on or off, it's not hard for me to turn it on/off an delete the folder.
RE: log chats enabled by default by gnownoskcid on 11-04-2004 at 06:16 AM
if MSN messenger's chat logging is on by default, what's wrong with having plus!'s chat logging on by default?
RE: log chats enabled by default by xsRush on 11-04-2004 at 06:19 AM
quote:MSN Messenger's chat logging is not on by default, after your 1st chat it asks you if you would like to turn it on. (if i remember right)
Originally posted by gnownoskcid
if MSN messenger's chat logging is on by default, what's wrong with having plus!'s chat logging on by default?
RE: log chats enabled by default by gnownoskcid on 11-04-2004 at 06:25 AM
quote:now that you mention it, i think you're right....
Originally posted by xsRush
MSN Messenger's chat logging is not on by default, after your 1st chat it asks you if you would like to turn it on. (if i remember right)
RE: log chats enabled by default by madhattr999 on 11-04-2004 at 03:22 PM
yup he is right. it asks u "do you want to use message archiving" after u close ur first chat window..
i think the same should be for plus.. or disabled by default and let the user find the option on his own..
or even.... maybe plus could disable the msn-logging and the ask dialog could affect plus-logging instead of msn logging