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Originally posted by raceprouk
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Originally posted by traxor
Seems like a good idea and I really like it, but as far as I know when you close the instant messaging window with somebody the connection with them ends, so I'm not sure whether the contacts on desktop showing that they're typign would be possible.
It should be, because opening a new convo window, or typing into an existing one, reinstates the connection. The 'User is typing' message is then sent on the reinstated connection.
No it shouldn't be.
As explained, when you close the convo the connection is lost and no "user is typing" message is send to you. In other words it is not possible for the desktop contacts to show any indicating if the user is typing if there are no conversation windows open.
The only possebility for this is that the desktop contact feature constantly keeps an connection open to those contacts, which goes totally against the policy of MSN to close a connection when they are idle and/or not in use to save bandwidth.
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PS: there is no such thing as a soft-connection. It iether is a permanent (flooding servers!?) connection, or not.
Also, IMHO, I don't think the feature on its own (if it was possible) would be that usefull. Also, what's next? having the ability to type something in the desktop window to send to your contacts? It more and more goes towards just another conversation window. Thus rather totally useless. If you want to know more info about contacts (current DP, etc) or the conversation, open the conversation window itself, that what it is there for. The dekstop contacts shouldn't be a replacement for all the stuff you see/can do in a conversation.
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