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[Idea] Smaller Toasts by Nagamasa on 11-27-2006 at 12:31 PM
Is it possible for someone to make a script that resizes the Messenger Plus! Live toasts to a size like Yahoo! Messenger's. I find that it takes up too much space sometimes.
RE: [Idea] Smaller Toasts by Steven on 11-27-2006 at 12:36 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Naga
Is it possible for someone to make a script that resizes the Messenger Plus! Live toasts to a size like Yahoo! Messenger's. I find that it takes up too much space sometimes.
Not really, its perfectly fine, and smaller toast might require smaller font size, and some people cant read very well. It only takes up about an 2 inch X 2 inch. But if someone would make a script go ahead.
RE: [Idea] Smaller Toasts by Spunky on 11-27-2006 at 01:58 PM
Someone could just make a small window and use a timer to animate it like the "dock" feature in the Enhancer script...
RE: RE: [Idea] Smaller Toasts by CookieRevised on 11-27-2006 at 04:02 PM
quote:All that totally depends on your screen resolution and monitor size.
Originally posted by Steven
quote:
Originally posted by Naga
Is it possible for someone to make a script that resizes the Messenger Plus! Live toasts to a size like Yahoo! Messenger's. I find that it takes up too much space sometimes.
Not really, its perfectly fine, and smaller toast might require smaller font size, and some people cant read very well. It only takes up about an 2 inch X 2 inch. But if someone would make a script go ahead.
For some it can appear huge, for others it can be ony 0.5 x 0.5 inch (so to speak)...
quote:that would only work for that specific script. It wont change the size of the toast used by Plus! and other scripts.
Originally posted by SpunkyLoveMuff
Someone could just make a small window and use a timer to animate it like the "dock" feature in the Enhancer script...
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To change the size of the Plus! toasts put an alternative interface.xml into the interface directory of Plus!.
Eg: extract the attached zip and put interface3.xml file in the "\Interface" subdirectory of Messenger Plus! Live.
With notepad, or some other text editor, edit the lines which define the dimensions of the toast (<Position Width="142" Height="74"/>). Note: the units are in dialog units, not in pixels.
You also need to change the dimensions of the subelements of the toasts though!
Also make sure the file is saved as Unicode, and not as Ansi. Then restart Messenger.
Note: changing the size _will_ show certain toast of certain scripts not as intended as many scripts are written to expect the toast to be a certain (default) size.
RE: [Idea] Smaller Toasts by elektra on 11-27-2006 at 04:13 PM
Well i have a point to make
1) It doesnt really annoy me, doesnt appear that big, im not using them at the moment because im using the who online script, but if this idea got scripted, it would have to be the toast about the size of the firefoxes download alert toast, it would take a lot of experiance to do this as it would have to remove the dp and resize the font, it would have to be a feature in a patch really :/
It wouldnt really work, because it would have to be big enough to see on all monitors....
If i was you i would go request this for a patch at www.forum.mess.be
RE: [Idea] Smaller Toasts by CookieRevised on 11-27-2006 at 04:19 PM
quote:reread what has been requested....
Originally posted by quacky
Well i have a point to make
1) It doesnt really annoy me, doesnt appear that big, im not using them at the moment because im using the who online script, but if this idea got scripted, it would have to be the toast about the size of the firefoxes download alert toast, it would take a lot of experiance to do this as it would have to remove the dp and resize the font, it would have to be a feature in a patch really :/
It wouldnt really work, because it would have to be big enough to see on all monitors....
If i was you i would go request this for a patch at www.forum.mess.be
quote:No patching is required at all, and no scripting is needed either.
Originally posted by Naga
Is it possible for someone to make a script that resizes the Messenger Plus! Live toasts to a size like Yahoo! Messenger's.
quote:See my previous post...
Originally posted by CookieRevised
To change the size of the Plus! toasts put an alternative interface.xml into the interface directory of Plus!.
RE: [Idea] Smaller Toasts by Fuse on 11-28-2006 at 09:34 PM
yeah i think it'd be a could idea, resizeable toasts..
but would anyone develop?
RE: [Idea] Smaller Toasts by Nagamasa on 11-28-2006 at 10:05 PM
quote:
Originally posted by CookieRevised
o change the size of the Plus! toasts put an alternative interface.xml into the interface directory of Plus!.
Eg: extract the attached zip and put interface3.xml file in the "\Interface" subdirectory of Messenger Plus! Live.
With notepad, or some other text editor, edit the lines which define the dimensions of the toast (<Position Width="142" Height="74"/>). Note: the units are in dialog units, not in pixels.
You also need to change the dimensions of the subelements of the toasts though!
Also make sure the file is saved as Unicode, and not as Ansi. Then restart Messenger.
Note: changing the size _will_ show certain toast of certain scripts not as intended as many scripts are written to expect the toast to be a certain (default) size.
Which thing is the one that changes the size of the 'Messenger Event' and the close button?
RE: [Idea] Smaller Toasts by Voldemort on 11-29-2006 at 03:09 AM
quote:DID YOU READ ABOVE?
Originally posted by Fuse101
yeah i think it'd be a could idea, resizeable toasts..
but would anyone develop?
im the last person to get angry
cap lock is stick!
RE: [Idea] Smaller Toasts by Nagamasa on 11-29-2006 at 03:17 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Voldemort
quote:DID YOU READ ABOVE?
Originally posted by Fuse101
yeah i think it'd be a could idea, resizeable toasts..
but would anyone develop?
Calm down...I think what he means is that a script or something like that that does not involve changing something that you can screw up, like a pref page.
EDIT: Because its really hard for the colours to look 'normal'.
RE: [Idea] Smaller Toasts by CookieRevised on 11-29-2006 at 04:42 PM
quote:Refer to the official Plus! scripting documentation.
Originally posted by Naga
Which thing is the one that changes the size of the 'Messenger Event' and the close button?
RE: [Idea] Smaller Toasts by Nagamasa on 11-30-2006 at 03:06 AM
quote:
Originally posted by CookieRevised
quote:Refer to the official Plus! scripting documentation.
Originally posted by Naga
Which thing is the one that changes the size of the 'Messenger Event' and the close button?
I cant find the answer to my question in the documentation...
EDIT: Or does anyone mind helping me change the settings so that the 'blah balh' signed out part is half of the default WLM ones and the Messenger Plus! Live the same size as 'Windows Live Messenger' on the WLM toasts?
RE: RE: [Idea] Smaller Toasts by CookieRevised on 11-30-2006 at 08:09 AM
quote:XML Schemas Reference > Interface Windows > * (and especially Schema Documentation)
Originally posted by Naga
quote:I cant find the answer to my question in the documentation...
Originally posted by CookieRevised
quote:Refer to the official Plus! scripting documentation.
Originally posted by Naga
Which thing is the one that changes the size of the 'Messenger Event' and the close button?