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Originally posted by mwe99
yeah its kinda dangerous, plus plus! already has some shortcuts and Ctrl + L is my lock so it might start messing up.

With all the viruses going round at the mo i wouldn't click on any link.

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he said L would represent the key button it did mean thats the actual one that would be used.

i usually check a link in the bottom corner just to see where it leads, not sure why i do it but i just do. why not have it show above or something as where it goes. and im sure it could black anything saying pif

Sorry for bumping this old thread...

But Patchou didn't say anything about this idea...

Patchou what do you think?

Sorry for the double post again, but Messenger Plus! 3.60 is soon gonna
be released and I was wondering if Patchou will support this idea...

Personally, I really like the idea, but also agree that it would be dangerous...

Tooltips, definitely, as said before...

Some people wouldn't check the tooltips though, that is the problem... Patchou would have to change the EULA if he put in this feature...

Messenger Plus! and/or Patchou will not accept responsibility for any malicious items downloaded when using the URL Mask feature...

btw, url mask feature, is what I would call it .

It's a good idea! I didn't see this before...

I agree with the mIRC-like pop-up thing to prevent n00bish Trojan downloads... And a browser-like tooltip on the link with the address...

And, maybe, with the newer anti-PIF thing from MSN Messenger the possibility of getting a masked PIF is null.

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Originally posted by Mike
but Messenger Plus! 3.60 is soon gonna be released

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You think 3-4 days is enough for Patchou to code it and for people to test this?

Maybe for a 3.61...

That would be a good idea yes, however, this is a no-can-do because of associated security concerns. Sorry

Try the plugins section. They may do it....


Offtopic my PC is starting to make weird noises (hard drive related it seems).....Oh boy

I like this idea, and for those of you who are worried about exploitation, or abuse of this, I've thought of some precautions:

• When the link is clicked, a warning message pops up in the conversation saying something like "YOU HAVE CLICKED A LINK THAT IS DIRECTED TO <INSERT LINK HERE>. MESSENGER PLUS! IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE DONE TO YOUR COMPUTER WHILE CLICKING THIS LINK".
  
• Like mentioned, a tool tip would be nice.
  
• I'm assuming only users with Msgplus! would be able to use/see the links? So then, there are still A LOT of people who dont use Msgplus! so that would be another plus. Sorta member-only .

Well ... how about enabling it as a feature in the options?
And make it able to disable the MsgBox only with a registry tweak?

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Originally posted by Mike
Well ... how about enabling it as a feature in the options?
And make it able to disable the MsgBox only with a registry tweak?

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When Patchou says no its pretty much no


Like I said youll problably have better luck in the plugins section.