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Originally posted by segosa
So let's get this straight, the whole thread has been a flamewar because when people said notifiers work, they actually meant that they will always get a notification if someone opens or closes the chat window, ignoring the fact that you may get incorrect ones too.
yes, hence why I say they actually do not work for what they are used for by most people.
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Originally posted by segosa
And CookieRevised believed that when people said it worked, they meant that it was always 100% accurate?
yes and no. The problem is all those people (and that's the majority) who reading this thread and downloading such programs thinking "cool, I can see when my contact doesn't want to talk with me, etc" and thus not having the proper knowledge to use such program... This is exactly the same as what has happened with those block checkers all over again...
And since this is a support forum, information on here should at least be accurate as you never know who will read threads, etc.
I even bet that some people who claim to know that such notifiers will give false notifs, don't know what stuff can cause such notifs or why they give those notifs and often mistakenly interpret them. Proof of this can be found in old threads, similar to this one, on the forum.
I don't rant about it because I want to be right all the time... I rant about it because I am concearned for those people who might read threads like this and misinterpret was has been said or in what context such notifiers can be used.
It is us helpers who, after all the damage/confusions/misinterpretation, always need to correct things and explain why things don't work. And people simply read what they want to read and don't even read already posted stuff, proof: look at the forums these days.
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Originally posted by segosa
Human communication sucks.
* segosa blames English.
Let's starts talk in Dutch
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jin11: try not to attach exe files directly when there are download pages or threads about them (which always can have important info you need to read first).
There are also many many other disadvantages of directly attaching files. To only name one: people will have no idea where the support page/thread is, they will miss the 'important info' which have might been posted, etc ..and then they will start making threads about them all over the place.
Never do it unless you have absolutely no other choice; always link to the download pages instead.
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Originally posted by CookieRevised
4) A plugin for Messenger Plus! ("OpenConvo" by Wouter) 
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Most configurable notifier of all.
Old version: http://shoutbox.menthix.net/attachment.php?pid=219848
(Place the EXE and DLL files in your plugins directory, register the DLL and run install.reg)
New version: http://shoutbox.menthix.net/showthread.php?tid=28166
(Run the installer)
Read the thread also.
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