What happened to the Messenger Plus! forums on msghelp.net?
Shoutbox » MsgHelp Archive » Announcements » Announcements & News » Archive » Messenger Plus! 3 Progress

Pages: (18): « First [ 1 ] 2 3 4 5 » Last »
Messenger Plus! 3 Progress
Author: Message:
Patchou
Messenger Plus! Creator
*****

Avatar

Posts: 8607
Reputation: 201
43 / Male / Flag
Joined: Apr 2002
O.P. Grin  Messenger Plus! 3 Progress
Hello everyone,

for those who have better things to do than read my posts in the General Chit Chat forum, I thought I should keep you informed of the progress of Messenger Plus! 3.

I'm still working every hour of every day, every day of the week on the next major release of your favorite add-on (at least, hope it is :p). It seems that this new version will bring a lot more than I originally expected. GFD is also working hard to make Messenger Plus! 2 look like some kind of joke in comparison. For those reasons, I think we should be realistic and don't expect the final release before mid-April. Beta testing should begin in about a week (please don't request to be a beta tester, I already know to whom I'll send the beta) and if everything goes well, the software will get translated and everyone will enjoy Messenger Plus! Spring 2004 ;).

I'll also take this moment to brief you about a new "feature" I just completed. Some of you won't see the point but some others will probably be very happy to read that: Messenger Plus! can now be installed on limited accounts that don't have administrator priviledges. The new setup automatically detects the situation so you won't have any extra effort to put when you want to install Plus! on a public access point or at school. Oh, and yeah, the setup has been completely redone, it now supports every language (such as Chinese), automatically detects the language of the user when first used, etc...

I sincerely hope you'll like all this; I keep trying to focus on doing a quality product without lame&useless features. You'll be the ones who will be judging the result in a month from now and I'm doing everything possible not to disapoint anyone :).

Have a nice week!
Patchou

[Image: format.png]
Screen-shot of the week... here you can see the new multi-format panel (CTRL+R).
You can also see the new Plus! icon in the toolbar.. you'll see, it's very handy (this one and the other...).

This post was edited on 03-16-2004 at 08:11 AM by Patchou.
[Image: signature2.gif]
03-16-2004 07:58 AM
Profile PM Web Find Quote Report
surfichris
Former Admin
*****

Avatar

Posts: 2365
Reputation: 81
Joined: Mar 2002
RE: Messenger Plus! 3 Progress
Excellent work Patchou :)

I'm really looking forward to the next release and i am sure both you and GFD will do a great job.

The 'limited account installation' is a good idea for the users who cannot install it because they arent Administrators.. But for example if you were a network admin at school (and most schools have regulations and policies on software installation) it could become a nightmare...

Just my bit.

Edited by Patchou: the new setup won't try anything doggy. If you block write access to HKCU for example, it won't be able to do anything.. the goal is not to bypass every security measure possible, just to give some help ;)

This post was edited on 03-16-2004 at 08:13 AM by Patchou.
03-16-2004 08:05 AM
Profile PM Find Quote Report
Choli
Elite Member
*****

Avatar
Choli

Posts: 4714
Reputation: 42
43 / Male / Flag
Joined: Jan 2003
RE: Messenger Plus! 3 Progress
good work patchou ;)
quote:
Originally posted by Patchou
of your favorite add-on (at least, hope it is ).
of course it is :banana:

the limited account installation, as chris said, is a good idea. with this, plus will be used in more places and by more users.
quote:
Originally posted by Patchou
[img]http://www.patchou.com/temp/format.png[img]
Screen-shot of the week... here you can see the new multi-format panel (CTRL+R).
You can also see the new Plus! icon in the toolbar.. you'll see, it's very handy (this on and the other...).
nice screen shot, but can you close the [­img] tag? ;)
that panel seems very useful and the plus icon looks very nice.
quote:
Originally posted by Patchou
the final release before mid-April.
that's not a very good date for me, anyway, I'm looking foward to the release ;)

This post was edited on 03-16-2004 at 08:19 AM by Choli.
Messenger Plus! en español:
<< http://www.msgpluslive.es/ >>
<< http://foro.msgpluslive.es/ >>
:plus4:
03-16-2004 08:18 AM
Profile PM Find Quote Report
volkl
Senior Member
****

Avatar
Haro

Posts: 641
– / Male / –
Joined: Jul 2003
RE: Messenger Plus! 3 Progress
w00t w00t!!! looking awesome patch cant wait!!!! :gfdrin:

quote:
Originally posted by Patchou
your favorite add-on (at least, hope it is :p)

of course it is!!! :chrongue:

This post was edited on 03-16-2004 at 08:26 AM by volkl.
Windows Version: Windows XP, 5.01.2600
Messenger Client Version: 7.5.0324
Messenger Plus! Version: 3.63.0148

[Image: mininana.gif][Image: cownana.gif]
03-16-2004 08:25 AM
Profile E-Mail PM Find Quote Report
doughboyy
Full Member
***

Avatar
omar's sex slave

Posts: 171
Reputation: 13
34 / Male / Flag
Joined: Oct 2003
RE: Messenger Plus! 3 Progress
:banana: Can't Want for the best add-on ever. =D april is perfect. lol. a great early b-day gift for me. =D and what does the plus icon do??? or are you gonna keep that a surprise. AND i hope mp3 will work will msn 6.2

This post was edited on 03-16-2004 at 05:15 PM by doughboyy.
[Image: fmsig.jpg]
03-16-2004 08:37 AM
Profile PM Find Quote Report
Mnjul
forum super mod
******

Avatar
plz wub me

Posts: 5396
Reputation: 58
– / Other / Flag
Joined: Nov 2002
Status: Away
RE: Messenger Plus! 3 Progress
quote:
Originally posted by Patchou
completely redone, it now supports every language (such as Chinese),
Finally :-/ We can see our work in installation and I can tell my friend "oh well, the installation is Chinese, just follow it" instead of "oh yeah, yeah, choose the 'Automa-'...oh yeah, the one begins with 'A'... yeah click 'OK'..."blah blah blah:P

Keep on hard work Patch and GFD (Y)
03-16-2004 09:33 AM
Profile PM Web Find Quote Report
BiZaRrE
Full Member
***

Avatar
why are you reading this?

Posts: 295
37 / Male / –
Joined: Sep 2003
RE: Messenger Plus! 3 Progress
sweet!
can't wait for the new release, sounds really great!!
keep up the (Y)good work(Y) Patchou!!:D
[Image: blah!.gif]Got nothing else to say[Image: chrongue.gif]
= = = = = = = = = =
I was born 13595 days, 9 hours, 51 minutes, 27 seconds ago
03-16-2004 09:50 AM
Profile PM Find Quote Report
Jeronimo
Senior Member
****

Avatar
Which one is the monkey?

Posts: 679
Reputation: 16
42 / – / –
Joined: Jan 2003
RE: Messenger Plus! 3 Progress
So it will make Plus! 2 look like a joke? Man, this thing is going to be sweet :P

Thanks for keeping us informed. I think you know there are lots of people more than a little keen to see it get released. ;)

Good luck to you and the beta testers (y)
03-16-2004 10:49 AM
Profile PM Web Find Quote Report
sock
Elite Member
*****

Avatar
Back in White! (with red stripes)

Posts: 1112
Reputation: 31
39 / Male / Flag
Joined: Nov 2002
Status: Away
RE: Messenger Plus! 3 Progress
This sure is exciting news... :) Can't wait to see it in action! :) :banana:

Good luck with the code and design, Patchou and GFD. :) (Y)


BTW, are you going to wait for MSN Messenger 6.2 (April 22 I believe) before releasing MP3?

BTW2, if you already made the installer support specific accounts, it'd be nice if it had an advanced option to install Plus! for the current user only (even if I do have admin rights). :p

(Don't you love the way I "smuggle" feature requests?:p)

BTW3, I have a new slogan: MP3 Reinvented. :lol:
[Image: patchoulolhaxun7.jpg]
03-16-2004 11:12 AM
Profile E-Mail PM Find Quote Report
user17033
Disabled Account


Posts: 104
Joined: Apr 2003
Status: Away
RE: Messenger Plus! 3 Progress
make msg.plus! 2 look like a :D?
that sounds promisingly and i know you will make it really (H)!
big thanks for your hard work - i hope you know we all appreciate it without posting it in every thread ;)

edit » ahh, i forgot to mention this installation thingy. a friend of mine asked me if it is intended that installations of msgplus only works if the path to it's installation directory already exists.
he tried to install it like this (example)
c:\program files\123\msgplus\ (brown=new folders through msgplus installation)
but the installation failed with something like "not enough space". he added the folder "123" manually restarted the installation and it works without errormessages.
hope you get what i mean - i'm not a programmer and forgot the word he named this behavior

This post was edited on 03-16-2004 at 11:42 AM by user17033.
03-16-2004 11:27 AM
Profile PM Find Quote Report
Pages: (18): « First [ 1 ] 2 3 4 5 » Last »
« Next Oldest Return to Top Next Newest »


Threaded Mode | Linear Mode
View a Printable Version
Send this Thread to a Friend
Subscribe | Add to Favorites
Rate This Thread:

Forum Jump:

Forum Rules:
You cannot post new threads
You cannot post replies
You cannot post attachments
You can edit your posts
HTML is Off
myCode is On
Smilies are On
[img] Code is On