Shoutbox

I know custom names have been removed from the forthcoming Messenger Plus! Live because Windows Live Messenger now has a nickname feature, but the problem is this feature is well below the standard we have come to expect from Messenger Plus!.  If a contact has a nickname set on Windows Live Messenger it is impossible to see their screen name which although looks bad in the messenger main window is still interesting to see, as well as the fact that you can't have colours in your Windows Live Messenger nickname.  The way that Messenger Plus! does it currently is much better, and it would be a shame to lose these features for ever.  So I appeal to you, Patchou to bring back your enhanced feature into Messenger Plus! Live - just because a feature is in Windows Live Messenger is no reason to remove it - just look at the enhanced font colours and chat logging!

Who agrees with me?

Well.... it useless to spend so much time coding a feature already there... it will get better over the time... and the release is tomorrow...

I may add it back if Microsoft doesn't improve the current nickname feature. I suggest you email Microsoft about it .

As for colors, you surely can add some in the nicknames, just use bbcode charactres (like [b]name[/b])

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Originally posted by Patchou
As for colors, you surely can add some in the nicknames, just use bbcode charactres (like [b]name[/b])

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... I've not been caught up on MP!Ls features, but are you saying that instead of things like (!FB) we now use BB Code? If so... that is waaaaaaaaaay cool!

Yes, bb code is used in Msg Plus! Live.

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Originally posted by Voldemort
Yes, bb code is used in Msg Plus! Live.

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In addition to the old IRC-style format codes, and in lieu of the old tags.

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Originally posted by andrewdodd13

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Originally posted by Patchou
As for colors, you surely can add some in the nicknames, just use bbcode charactres (like [b]name[/b])

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... I've not been caught up on MP!Ls features, but are you saying that instead of things like (!FB) we now use BB Code? If so... that is waaaaaaaaaay cool!

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great . One user happy, 13,120,074 to go.

so does this means that the old code in peoples names like the dot$ # @ and so on will be visible, because no doubt it will take alot of users a long time to change from msn to windows messenger, and its just annoying not being able to see their names.? thanks

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Originally posted by GarymcG
so does this means that the old code in peoples names like the dot$ # @ and so on will be visible, because no doubt it will take alot of users a long time to change from msn to windows messenger, and its just annoying not being able to see their names.? thanks

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Well yes, both colour styling codes will be visible/parsed as colour if you are on WLM with Plus!Live...only if you use BBcodes these will be shown as code to those not using WLM and Plus!Live (other MSN versions, MsgPlus!3 or no Plus!).

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Originally posted by Sunshine

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Originally posted by GarymcG
so does this means that the old code in peoples names like the dot$ # @ and so on will be visible, because no doubt it will take alot of users a long time to change from msn to windows messenger, and its just annoying not being able to see their names.? thanks

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Well yes, both colour styling codes will be visible/parsed as colour if you are on WLM with Plus!Live...only if you use BBcodes these will be shown as code to those not using WLM and Plus!Live (other MSN versions, MsgPlus!3 or no Plus!).

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y thank you il sleep tonight