Just had a lightbulb..

How about IRC formatted chat windows? (as an option, preferably with custom formatting) so instead of;

Annoyingly long lame screename with gimpy song lyric says:
lo
(*!!!)) I R KEWL ))(!!
lo

You have;

<Bob> lo
<Tom> lo

Use custom names for the nicks, and have screen names displayed on the To: line.

With custom formatting for time/style of nick (e.g. |Bob|, (Bob), :Bob:, etc..) would be quite a cool feature

Anyway.. back to schoolwork

You can use custom names to get
   Bob says:
      lo
   Tom says:
      lo
Just enable the appropriate Custom Names option.

I think this could well be a new extra "feature"...

Patchou could add a new menu, which has a list of all your favourite chat programs and their window format.

Also, he could add the ability for Plug-in developers to create their own and add them in their plug-ins!



Regards,
XM4ST3RX

quote:

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Originally posted by raceprouk
You can use custom names to get
   Bob says:
      lo
   Tom says:
      lo
Just enable the appropriate Custom Names option.

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there was a thread about this. matty posted the msglang.dll file to do it. search the forums

Messenger 6.2
Open msgslang.dll in PE Explorer (or similar), and change String Resource 2030 (group 127) from "%1 says:" to "<%1>". Then, the output will be:
    <Bob>
        lo
    <Tom>
        lo

Messenger 7
Same file, same String Resource, same method.

could possibly be done with a plugin, but it would have to be one that mods resources in memory like spng or wtbwplug or whatever.

It essentially is possible with Custom Names and the SPNG timestamp feature.  I don't know how realistic it will look though.

If you really what IRC msn perhaps you should use the Messenger Script for MIRC