Shoutbox

I thought of a new way to change your status when I was editing my PSM.

To edit your PSM, you can just click it, and edit it right from the contact list. With stuffplug, you can do the same with the nickname. So why not have this option with the status? Clicking the status (instead of opening the menu to choose a status) will allow you to change your status by typing it in.

Maybe having "busy" or "online" etc typed in automatically set you to the corresponding status, and anything else, such as "upstairs" or "out with my girl" set a custom status name KEEPING whatever your current status was.

Does that make sense? Would anyone use it?

u can already have global shortcut for personal status's if thats what you mean. aka "ctrl + alt + x" can activate your personal "upstairs" status

and for the basic status's you can just type "/busy", "/away" etc in a conversation window

I mean clicking the status in the dashboard:


Then typing in what you want:


And having this as the final result:


Doing this could also automatically add this as a personal status. Obviously a limited one with no 'message' or timer or anything.

if you click away, then a plus options windows comes up. where u can set a "name tag" "persoanl message" & an "auto responder". yes it does take another couple of clicks, however gives you a few options to choose from.

see pic below

To be honest I quite like Keikonium's idea, it's a neat way of setting your status to whatever you want, whenever you want - I know that quite a few users would use it if it exists (and if they knew it existed ).

The whole thing would just make it so much more suitable, quick, and easy to do.

Thank you Volv ^_^. I know I'd use it. I rarely use messages, or timers, or PSM settings, so that window that toddy posted isn't accessed very often by me.

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Originally posted by Volv
To be honest I quite like Keikonium's idea, it's a neat way of setting your status to whatever you want, whenever you want - I know that quite a few users would use it if it exists (and if they knew it existed ).

The whole thing would just make it so much more suitable, quick, and easy to do.

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takes 2 extra clicks to bring up the away menu. hardly time saving it is, maybe 0.5s for the clicks, n another couple of secs to change the display name and click personalize

so a hold 2.5/3 secs

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Originally posted by Keikonium
so that window that toddy posted isn't accessed very often by me.

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all you have to do it set your status to away for it to come up. which is easily done by clicking on your current status nest to your name and then selecting "away". as said about, it adds a few seconds on however for them few seconds you get more features which most users will find helpeful

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Originally posted by toddy
takes 2 extra clicks to bring up the away menu. hardly time saving it is, maybe 0.5s for the clicks, n another couple of secs to change the display name and click personalize

so a hold 2.5/3 secs

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Yes, I understand that it can be done another way - but the way which Keikonium suggested is so much more simple, effective, natural, easy to do and understand, and blends in with messenger well.

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Originally posted by Volv

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Originally posted by toddy
takes 2 extra clicks to bring up the away menu. hardly time saving it is, maybe 0.5s for the clicks, n another couple of secs to change the display name and click personalize

so a hold 2.5/3 secs

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Yes, I understand that it can be done another way - but the way which Keikonium suggested is so much more simple, effective, natural, easy to do and understand, and blends in with messenger well.

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well i think it would be pretty pointless. wouldn't make it much more simple (as the current way is simple), would save a few seconds at most, and you would lose the added options.
if you don't have them few seconds to spare, why are you on messenger in the first place ¬_¬

Bottom line is that it was only a suggestion . If ever implemented, you don't have to use it, and it wont interfere with your messenger use. There are a few ways to access various features in messenger and plus!; this just adds abother .