first off, yeah lots of insults being thrown both ways...
nobody mentioned the "search button"
... and explained that lots of info about the things she mentioned already exists on here.
anyway three things:
1. the open convo notifier-
read cookie's post abot the reliability of openconvo notifiers
they ARE still reliable (because they do notify when a person opens the conversation window with you or closes it), the only problem is that they can sometimes also give you a false "open convo" notification when the client requests a dp update (usually after signing in, you may get one false notification per contact).
here is a link to a pretty cool openconvo notifier
2. as for nickname logs.. there is a plugin you can find here:
http://www.msgplus.net/pluginsdb/down/?action=file&id=88
it:
"saves nicknames on command, or log them as they change, and you can also restore a saved nickname"
i'm not sure if this is
exactly what you were looking for though
3. as for groups:
this thread talks a bit about how you can add colors to different groups
. check it out
http://shoutbox.menthix.net/showthread.php?tid=39...d=391143#pid391143
Edit: i also want to add, that you had a pretty cool idea.. mentioning things that could be usefull in msn etc. but next time know to do a bit of research, there is TONS of info on here about many things. chances are that somebody already made a similar suggestion and that it has been discussed already.
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