Shoutbox

Even if you rename everyone with their proper names using custom names (which i have done) it sorts it in email address alphabetical order as far as i know. well at least it does on mine. So to find a contact you pretty much have to know what their email address starts with or scroll through your whole contact list anyway. and with 150+ that takes a while.
Anyway. i would love this search function too and would definately use it regularly if it were to be implemented.

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Originally posted by Dan0208
Anyway. i would love this search function too and would definately use it regularly if it were to be implemented

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read what I posted ¬¬

Yep i know and i did read your post and even followed up on the links. but if you re-read what i said (ie. "if it were to be implemented")  this kinda intimates that i would prefer to have it a feature of msn, msgplus, or a plugin rather than have to run a different client.

The easiest way to find a contact at the moment is to go into the Contact List Cleanup where you can sort by either current name or e-mail address.  This is what I use if I'm not sure what someone's current name is but I know what their e-mail address is.  Saves switching to view by e-mail address and back again.

But yes - a search would be useful too.  You might remember part of someone's name but not the first bit.

This has been requested a few times before but nothing has been done yet i would find this feature really useful as i have 237 contacts which makes it a pain searching through my whole contact list just to find one person.

Just press the first letter of the name of the contact, or his email, or his custom names (depending on what you use)...

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Originally posted by lou_habs
even that way wouldnt you have alot of ppl to do? I mean your telling me that you want to spend horus naming everyone...I have loads of contacts that I dont know their names....its kinda halarious but true

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Make it a habbit of renaming each contact you add.

Also, making custom names for the entire list doesn't take hours at all, even if you have 300 of them; simply learn to use your mouse and keyboard. IT also is only a one time action, afterwards, you don't have to do it again. And the benefits are very big if you do.

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btw, for those who didn't knew it yet, by using (!N) in the custom name, you add the original name of the contact also. Or you can select the option "Attach the original name" in the Plus! Preferences > Contact List > Custom Names.

See
http://www.msgplus.net/help_tutorials.php?tut=custom-names
and
http://www.msgplus.net/help_cmdtag.php


If you make it a habbit of renaming each contact in the style "John - (!N)" then it is *beep* easy to find someone.

PS: If you don't know the real name of the contact, use the nickname.

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All in all, searching for contacts is very easy and I always find the one I'm looking for in max 3 secs (and I have +250 contacts). It all comes down to using mouse and keyboard and how you organise your contacts.

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Originally posted by raceprouk
Or, just turn on Custom Names.

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Takes away the whole element of seeing someones personalized screen name doesnt it

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Originally posted by LittleK

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Originally posted by raceprouk
Or, just turn on Custom Names.

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Takes away the whole element of seeing someones personalized screen name doesnt it

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nope, absolutly not....

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
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btw, for those who didn't knew it yet, by using (!N) in the custom name, you add the original name of the contact also. Or you can select the option "Attach the original name" in the Plus! Preferences > Contact List > Custom Names.

See
http://www.msgplus.net/help_tutorials.php?tut=custom-names
and
http://www.msgplus.net/help_cmdtag.php


If you make it a habbit of renaming each contact in the style "John - (!N)" then it is *beep* easy to find someone.

PS: If you don't know the real name of the contact, use the nickname.

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
for those who didn't knew it yet, by using (!N) in the custom name, you add the original name of the contact also.

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I never thought of that thanks

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Originally posted by LittleK

Takes away the whole element of seeing someones personalized screen name doesnt it

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Erhm... It really adds no value to my life if someone has " you always sweet sexy thing yadda blahblah" in his/her nickname

Can't wait till everyone uses GTalk =) no fucked up useless nicknames