Shoutbox

Howdy. I originally posted this on mess.be, but to further chances I thought I'd post it here too.  Just something I'd like to do, since it's setup for it and just *asking* to be done.

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On to the explanation: I really got to liking the Now Playing and customization of the windows messenger and media player, but I hate cluttering up my desktop with all of these blasted windows. I like to have my messenger up, and control of my audio all the time...So I'm asking the fine and experienced here (been using things recommended from here for a while =) for pointers and tips. And stuff.

Examples are here:
The boring and cluttered.
First, we have normal MSN Messenger 7. With a few things hidden, thanks mess.be

And since everything has global hotkeys nowadays, even my keyboard, wouldn't it also be possible to steal a few buttons from WMP and add a lil VBA functionality to come up with The Sexy Solution? (notice the media buttons where the "My Stupid Space" options were)

And while we're at it, if the former isn't too difficult for me, the space-saving contact list-shrinker-button-dohickey. See all that saved space? What's not sexy about that?

Any thoughts? I'm assuming it's not too hard for someone with limited VBA skills (myself) to handle.

-kizu

*edit
Just thought of another thing, dunno how to do it, but maybe...just maybe have the Now Playing song title be like the WinAmp title ticker thing? I dunno. I have some long song titles =)
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