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Nicknames and conversation windows by gorby on 07-04-2006 at 02:44 PM

Hello :)

I've decided to give a try to the new Messenger Live. Really impressive. However, something's annoying is that when I "Add a nickname" to one of my contacts, his "real name" isn't displayed anymore in the conversation window or when I leave my mouse over the contact nickname. With previous version, MessengerPlus allowed me to do so, and I found it very useful. The only solution is to open my contact's profile...

Is someone has a workaround for this, or should I ask for this new feature to being eventually added ?

Thanks for any advice,

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Leo - Paris, France.


RE: Nicknames and conversation windows by Chris4 on 07-04-2006 at 03:01 PM

It's not likely the feature will be added to Msg Plus! Live


RE: Nicknames and conversation windows by gorby on 07-04-2006 at 03:08 PM

Too bad, because I think it could be quite easy to add it : Indeed, real names are shown in tabs titles. If MsgPlusLive can get this parameter from somewhere, why not showing this real name somewhere else ?

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Leo - Paris, France.


RE: Nicknames and conversation windows by haydos on 07-04-2006 at 03:22 PM

That's the exact problem at the moment, Plus! Live is unable to grab the names to put them in the tabs. This is an unfortunate known limitation


RE: Nicknames and conversation windows by gorby on 07-04-2006 at 03:44 PM

Okay I understand.
And is this limitation deserve lot of work to pass through ?

Sigh... That's why I hate new versions sometimes : It's hard to quit habits to adopt some new ones.