Suggestion - Search in contact list

Please, to insert a search in the contact list, pressing "CTRL + F", for e-mail and nickname

yea ive often thought about that, like I can remember someone's email but I don't know what their curretn nickname is, so being able to search for it would be good.

I could make a program to do it, but I think something like this would be better integrated into Plus! itself

Weird, i was gonna suggest this about a week ago but was caught up in soem other stuff.

I often cannot remeber contacts email neither.

maybe type in a bit of a contacts email or msn name also, that could be cool.

Or, just turn on Custom Names.

you COULD use custom names but if your list of contacts is like 150+ then you don't really want to spend hours renaming every contact so you know who's who. I mean who DOES want to do that? I would rather this feature be integrated in plus then not. or maybe just a plugin...as long as it gets the job done.

I must say, I use the custom contacts, took me ages to change everyone, and I have to keep doing it again everytime I have to format, or something goes wrong and I have to fully uninstall, this could be a good feature!!!


is tht too big?

this feature already exists, try using noroom's listmanager or Gilly Messenger
note that they're both seperate clients, and thus not add-ons... you'll have to sign in with those programs instead of msn messenger

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Originally posted by Mentality
I must say, I use the custom contacts, took me ages to change everyone, and I have to keep doing it again everytime I have to format, or something goes wrong and I have to fully uninstall, this could be a good feature!!!

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That a good point, when did I become so stupid, Or was that something from birth, I don't fancy using another server though, I'll jus back my preferences, Thanks!

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Originally posted by lou_habs
you COULD use custom names but if your list of contacts is like 150+ then you don't really want to spend hours renaming every contact so you know who's who. I mean who DOES want to do that? I would rather this feature be integrated in plus then not. or maybe just a plugin...as long as it gets the job done.

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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

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

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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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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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Originally posted by LittleK

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

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i do use custom names but it's still annoting to search for a contact, let's say, to see his email address. Even if you know in what group is, you have to browse through 40-50 contacts.

I would really like to see this feature in plus!

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Originally posted by CookieRevised

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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Replace the "msn search" at the bottom of the MSN main window with a contact list searcher. ;- )

Function exists in google-talk.

Would be a nice function.

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Originally posted by Mille
Replace the "msn search" at the bottom of the MSN main window with a contact list searcher. ;- )

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Originally posted by LittleK

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Originally posted by Mille
Replace the "msn search" at the bottom of the MSN main window with a contact list searcher. ;- )

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Dont think microsoft would be happy, and we dont want msgplus! to go down the drain now do we

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Originally posted by Millenium_edition
"microsoft being happy" is not a reason 

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Originally posted by Chrono
i do use custom names but it's still annoting to search for a contact, let's say, to see his email address. Even if you know in what group is, you have to browse through 40-50 contacts.

I would really like to see this feature in plus!

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Originally posted by CookieRevised

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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you have to know the email address to do this if you use custom names

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Originally posted by LittleK
Its a good idea for the search, i said that myself, but just use the custom name thing and copy and paste the names into it... i wont be doing it myself though, as i havent got the time or patience, youd think in msn messenger 7.5 theyd have come up with something more exciting than just a voice clip button and moving the add contact around. Sheesh.

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