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About Anti-Boss protection by SuNcO on 09-01-2005 at 03:48 PM
Well this is not a bug, is a suggestion
To me, is important the anti-boss protection, so i have some suggestions
When i change to anti-boss mode with Ctrl+Spacebar, the Msn closes and change the icon. That's ok
1 - I want to change too the ToolTipText to one that i choice
2 - If somebody click twice on the icon, it runs an aplicattion, just like you can change the icon, can change the application. In my sample, i choice the volume icon so i can with double click open the volumen properties or control panel etc.. maybe can set 10 options by default or something like that
3 - Returns to normal mode if i press Ctrl+Spacebar again
4 - Maybe you can set 10 icons to choice, because some persons maybe don't know how to choice an icon
5 - Why not change the icon when i'm not connected ? (not the status, disconnected totally)
Of course, is just a suggestions for a normal user 
RE: About Anti-Boss protection by CookieRevised on 09-01-2005 at 03:58 PM
quote:
Suggestions should go in "Messenger Plus! General Talk"
Originally posted by sunco
Well this is not a bug, is a suggestion
To me, is important the anti-boss protection, so i have some suggestions
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quote:Good suggestions, although I don't see the point in having 10 options to choose from.
Originally posted by sunco
1 - I want to change too the ToolTipText to one that i choice
2 - If somebody click twice on the icon, it runs an aplicattion, just like you can change the icon, can change the application. In my sample, i choice the volume icon so i can with double click open the volumen properties or control panel etc.. maybe can set 10 options by default or something like that
quote:Don't see the real usefullness here, except for being convenient for some.
Originally posted by sunco
3 - Returns to normal mode if i press Ctrl+Spacebar again
quote:I don't agree, 10 icons to choose from is bloated and not needed at all.
Originally posted by sunco
4 - Maybe you can set 10 icons to choice, because some persons maybe don't know how to choice an icon
Also, "(click to change)" is pretty obvious too me. Although the small dialog window to give the path to the icon, could maybe be a bit more userfriendly with an build-in extraction function so the user can choose icons from a dropdown list instead of providing the icon resource number by themselfs (if a icon lib is selected).
RE: About Anti-Boss protection by SuNcO on 09-01-2005 at 04:07 PM
quote:
Good suggestions, although I don't see the point in having 10 options to choose from.
Well, the 10 options is because you maybe don't whant an exe file, maybe like me, you want the Volume dialog and the exe file ? If you put the WinZip icon then you choice the winzip.exe but if you choice the Volume icon ? What exe you choice ?
quote:
3 - Returns to normal mode if i press Ctrl+Spacebar again
Don't see the real usefullness here, except for being convenient for some.
And if my boss or another people come and click twice to the icon ? In that case the Msn icon appear again, but i want to not appear, i want to run the application that i choice
RE: About Anti-Boss protection by CookieRevised on 09-01-2005 at 04:23 PM
quote:the one which starts the volume control panel (sndvol32.exe). There is no need to have multiple choices build-in as each users most likely wants his own choices and it is in no way possible to add all the thousands possebilities. A simple textbox to put the path in to the program you want to use should be sufficient and give the user the best choices; their own...
Originally posted by sunco
Well, the 10 options is because you maybe don't whant an exe file, maybe like me, you want the Volume dialog and the exe file ? If you put the WinZip icon then you choice the winzip.exe but if you choice the Volume icon ? What exe you choice ?
quote:And what if he knows about msgplus and ctrl+space? Though, it could be an option to choose which you want to use or if you want that double clicking should start the selected program or open MSN Messenger again. In that way, it is usefull, but you didn't mention that at first so I interpretted it as adding to the already existing double click
Originally posted by sunco
quote:And if my boss or another people come and click twice to the icon ? In that case the Msn icon appear again, but i want to not appear, i want to run the application that i choice
Originally posted by CookieRevised
quote:Don't see the real usefullness here, except for being convenient for some.
3 - Returns to normal mode if i press Ctrl+Spacebar again
RE: About Anti-Boss protection by SuNcO on 09-01-2005 at 04:37 PM
Ok ok, i don't know than sndvol32.exe shows the volume dialog, i think is more hard
But my point is that some dialogs is hard to know how it appears. The 10 choices is just an sample and of course, you can choice one of that 10 choices, or your own
The 10 choices is not notepad.exe, mspaint.exe, i think in "Show screen properties" wich is "rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL desk.cpl" or "energy option2 is rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL powercfg.cpl
Of course, just a small samples. In fact you can run it just with desk.cpl and powercfg.cpl
The Ctrl+Space is just a sample, you can choice another combination
If that idea not like you, maybe anoter person waht too.. anyway, at least the tooltiptext and run another apllication i think is good suggestions
RE: About Anti-Boss protection by lizard.boy on 09-02-2005 at 03:24 AM
under general options >misc. there is an option to reset status, you couldnt actually set it to the same as boss protect but setting it does what you want. ie press ctrl+home reopens msn.
RE: RE: About Anti-Boss protection by CookieRevised on 09-02-2005 at 08:23 AM
quote:that's not what he wants though...
Originally posted by lizard.boy
under general options >misc. there is an option to reset status, you couldnt actually set it to the same as boss protect but setting it does what you want. ie press ctrl+home reopens msn.