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Originally posted by CookieRevised
And since only you and a small hand full of others are the only ones who seem to be having problems with the way it is, it is safe to assume that this is such a rare need.
Us, the small handful, are the ones that decided to ask for an improvement to a failing in the software. It's pretty sensible to assume that some users of Messenger Plus don't use the logs at all... Then a large % of those that do will be people that just get on with it and accept the way it works as set in stone... They'll get a little miffed when trying to search thru the logs one day, but they'll deal with it. Then you'll have a group of people that find out they can change the registry entries and get on with it. Then you've got people that want it changed, but just can't be arsed to do/say anything... this is a big group normally... Then you are left with us, who find the forums and start asking for changes or new features. We're a tiny % of the Messenger Plus user-base. And this 'feature' is not a show-stopper like the disappearing 'Rename Contact Feature' of MPLive, so the number of us asking for a change is small. But this thread and a few others that talk about this 'feature' have been frequented by a number of people. It's not just one person with a wacky idea. And our idea does have the benefit of actually being half sensible (if not totally)
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Originally posted by CookieRevised
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Originally posted by topbanana
Simple, set the Save By Email option as default, and change the default filename registry entries to give us a format like above. No GUI changes needed.
That is extremely unfriendly to the user. Not only are you then forcing a radical change upon the user without its consent, it would also create a big mess in the existing log directories and people will start to complain for sure!
If such a change is being introduced it must be accompanied with a well thought GUI change and even a possible way to convert the existing directories to the new system if the user wishes so.
I see your point with the big change and likelihood of complaints. So perhaps a compromise is in order:
The default behavior is for MP to 'Save By Date' and the change to 'Save By Email' would be a huge step change that would gather some complaints, cos it's very different. So we could leave the default as-is.
But, we could change the default filename for the 'Save By Email' from "December 2007" to the suggested "2007-12 (December)"... This is not a radical step-change. This change can be listed as an 'Improvement' in the changelog when released and people looking in their chosen 'Save By Email' log folders would find the new logs now being written with better filenames, which they will mostly work out straightaway is indeed an improvement.
Users love improvements to software! (noticed anyone hanging around your download servers today for any reason???
) Improvements often mean things get changed... And yes, small changes are probably better swallowed by us users.
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