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i do use custom names but it's still annoting to search for a contact, let's say, to see his email address. Even if you know in what group is, you have to browse through 40-50 contacts.

I would really like to see this feature in plus!

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Originally posted by CookieRevised

Just press the first letter of the name of the contact, or his email, or his custom names (depending on what you use)...

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you have to know the email address to do this if you use custom names

Replace the "msn search" at the bottom of the MSN main window with a contact list searcher. ;- )

Function exists in google-talk.

Would be a nice function.

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Originally posted by Mille
Replace the "msn search" at the bottom of the MSN main window with a contact list searcher. ;- )

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Dont think microsoft would be happy, and we dont want msgplus! to go down the drain now do we

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Originally posted by LittleK

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Originally posted by Mille
Replace the "msn search" at the bottom of the MSN main window with a contact list searcher. ;- )

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Dont think microsoft would be happy, and we dont want msgplus! to go down the drain now do we

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"microsoft being happy" is not a reason

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Originally posted by Millenium_edition
"microsoft being happy" is not a reason 

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Why not? they wont mind if you remove thier search bar?

Its a good idea for the search, i said that myself, but just use the custom name thing and copy and paste the names into it... i wont be doing it myself though, as i havent got the time or patience, youd think in msn messenger 7.5 theyd have come up with something more exciting than just a voice clip button and moving the add contact around. Sheesh.

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Originally posted by Chrono
i do use custom names but it's still annoting to search for a contact, let's say, to see his email address. Even if you know in what group is, you have to browse through 40-50 contacts.

I would really like to see this feature in plus!

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Originally posted by CookieRevised

Just press the first letter of the name of the contact, or his email, or his custom names (depending on what you use)...

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you have to know the email address to do this if you use custom names

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nope, the search will be conduct on whatever is shown in the list, not on the underlying value.

That's the whole beauty of it. Use custom names in the form of "contact name - (!N)" and you have the best of both worlds: the real name _and_ the easy to remember (and find) real name/nickname. And searching becomes very easy and quick.

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Originally posted by LittleK
Its a good idea for the search, i said that myself, but just use the custom name thing and copy and paste the names into it... i wont be doing it myself though, as i havent got the time or patience, youd think in msn messenger 7.5 theyd have come up with something more exciting than just a voice clip button and moving the add contact around. Sheesh.

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Don't make it yourself difficult; organize your list properly (give each contact a custom name in the form of "contact name - (!N)" and your life will become much easier and you don't need any search thingie...

If you don't want to do your 200 constacts at once, do them group by group each day. Once you have done it, you will see that it becomes very easy to find somebody.