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msgPlus! Feature Suggestion by Craga89 on 04-03-2005 at 09:38 PM
Recently, I have been getting alot of stick off my friends for trying to send Custom Sounds, while, unbeknown to me, they didn't have msgplus! 
So i was thinking... 
Wouldn't it be cool if on your contacts list and/or next to thier name on the chat, they could have the msgplus symbol?. This symbol would mean that they have msgplus! installed on thier computer. I know you can use the Ping! method to test but, this doesn't tell you which version they have, just that they have msgplus!
This would be of great help to all users, and save everyone the hassle of asking or pinging the person to see if they have plus!
Hope this could be used in a nearby release or addon. Thanks 
RE: msgPlus! Feature Suggestion by user27089 on 04-03-2005 at 09:42 PM
That would mean connecting to each of those users computers, wasting valuable bandwith etc... There is no real point to it, you may aswell ping them, and if they complain just tell them you're testing something and explain to them... you can even make a quick text:
name this as: /test
code:
/ping
#1#sorry
#1#Just testing to see if you have messenger plus!
#1#if not then why not download it from here: www.msgplus.net.
just advance it from there onwards...
I'm pretty sure that there used to be a feature where you used to hover over their names and a little circular plus! logo appeared
.
RE: msgPlus! Feature Suggestion by Dane on 04-03-2005 at 09:45 PM
Technically, there is no way to just "know" if they have Messenger Plus! without some server interaction, probably where Patchou would have to store a users passport address in a database and have Plus! access that database.
However, he could maybe add more information to the Ping, like, a version number or something. But I dont think it'd be a very good idea, it's too much extra programming when you can just tell your contact to get MsgPlus.
RE: msgPlus! Feature Suggestion by Craga89 on 04-03-2005 at 09:52 PM
Ohhh, thanks for the quick response guys!
That quick text thing never occured to me, doh! It's a very good idea though hehe, definately going to use it now .
I think the version number would be good, or some text saying what features they have enabled like Custom Sounds and stuff.
RE: msgPlus! Feature Suggestion by Craga89 on 04-03-2005 at 09:58 PM
Just another quick question though.
Is there anyway to create a shortcut to send custom sounds? Sortof like the built in sounds where you can type /swoow and it plays the Woow! sound.
RE: msgPlus! Feature Suggestion by Ezra on 04-03-2005 at 10:00 PM
/Sound <name or ID #>
RE: msgPlus! Feature Suggestion by Craga89 on 04-03-2005 at 10:07 PM
Oh cool, thnx Ezra!
I think you can close this thread now hehe. I jsut found out from my friend that when you go to a contact, Right Click, Messenger! Plus options and click Contact Inormation it tells you if they have it or not.
Thanks anyway guys, lol.
RE: msgPlus! Feature Suggestion by Ezra on 04-03-2005 at 10:13 PM
That only shows it when you pinged that person, if you never pinged them it doesn't show, and it doesn't automaticly update. The info could be outdated
RE: msgPlus! Feature Suggestion by riahc4 on 04-04-2005 at 12:07 AM
quote:
Originally posted by traxor
I'm pretty sure that there used to be a feature where you used to hover over their names and a little circular plus! logo appeared
Is that to tell if they had Plus! ? cuz if it is no that feature never existed in Plus!.....
RE: msgPlus! Feature Suggestion by user27089 on 04-04-2005 at 01:07 AM
quote:
Originally posted by riahc4
quote:
Originally posted by traxor
I'm pretty sure that there used to be a feature where you used to hover over their names and a little circular plus! logo appeared
Is that to tell if they had Plus! ? cuz if it is no that feature never existed in Plus!.....
I'm pretty sure that something alike existed to do with the contact list and those who actually had messenger plus! installed, unsure though, my mind is a bit foggy, that was back in the 6.2 days...
RE: msgPlus! Feature Suggestion by CookieRevised on 04-04-2005 at 02:25 AM
quote:Asked before (search the forums
Originally posted by Craga89
Wouldn't it be cool if on your contacts list and/or next to thier name on the chat, they could have the msgplus symbol?
). And no, this will never be done.quote:1) People can disable the response to the /ping command.
Originally posted by Craga89
I know you can use the Ping! method to test but, this doesn't tell you which version they have, just that they have msgplus!
2) If you want to know their version, ask them to type (!VER) if they have Plus!
quote:Something like that never existed and never will.
Originally posted by traxor
I'm pretty sure that there used to be a feature where you used to hover over their names and a little circular plus! logo appeared.
(...)
I'm pretty sure that something alike existed to do with the contact list and those who actually had messenger plus! installed, unsure though, my mind is a bit foggy, that was back in the 6.2 days...
What you mean is the extra Plus! menu that appeared when you hoover over a contact. But this has nothing to do with them having Plus! or not. (And the 6.2 days are far from over, it is still the official latest version. And even after 7 will be released officialy, many users will still use 6.2 for a long time)
quote:that would certainly be an invasion of privacy...
Originally posted by Craga89
I think the version number would be good, or some text saying what features they have enabled like Custom Sounds and stuff.
quote:No it wont!!! You have to press the ping button, which will do exactly what the /ping command do. The information stored in the contact information panel is what the last ping result was (weither you use the ping command yourself, or pressed the button there). As Ezra said, this will not be done automatically, and when your contact uninstalls Plus! or even disables the answering to the Plus! command, this information will not be updated unless you ping them again.
Originally posted by Craga89
I jsut found out from my friend that when you go to a contact, Right Click, Messenger! Plus options and click Contact Inormation it tells you if they have it or not.