Shoutbox

* very small note about the installer: When finished it presents a msgbox with a "Yes/No" dialog, it seems a bit unlogic though; a "OK" button will do

* small note about the variable use in nicknames: "%3" seems a bit useless as the user can make this with "%1 - %2"

* Thumbs up for the simplicity of the config panel/plugin:
   - no bloated skin used (which almost always looks ugly in most Windows skins for other users)
   - simple config options, yet very versatile...

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Originally posted by Jaguar
One question: Can you choose to put only the title of the song in your name, instead of "Singer - Title"? If you know what i mean

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Did you run the plugin and looked at the config panel?

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Originally posted by traxor
but the only real annoying thing is that you have to configure the mask before you can use the nickname, imo there should be a check box or something rather than having to type in '%3' or whatever, as some users might not understand this.

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There is nothing annoying about that. And actually, his approach is very user friendly as the user can make up his own layout for the nickname.

Working with variables like that is the standard and most decent way in doing such a thing. Every good piece of software, were the user can make up his own texts, uses this method instead of using checkboxes to define fixed layouts. As that will be very limiting to the user and doesn't provide decent UI...

With the approach he has used, you can do everything what another program can without the need of hundreds of checkboxes. Even Plus! uses the same approach; "Plus! tags" work exactly the same...