i know you can have your contacts on your desktop and i have been thinking it would be great if there was a script which all your online contacts in a little scrollable window that stays on your desktop, i just thought i'd put the idea out there

I might make this for you if nobody else makes it... Is there a reason the contact list can't do this though?

well it would be convenient to always have my contacts at my fingertips rather than reaching for the taskbar

Make it always on top.
Choose "Tools->Always On Top" in your contact list.

without the clutter of my name, DP and that

Patch it with A-Patch or Mess Patch.

Perhaps the best way is to do a script after all.

there you go then and i'd rather not use a patch to make it so i can't change my name

i've seen several widgets that do these but they don't support colour codes and they don't seem to detect that i'm signed in most of the time

i have made the script

i hope this one works.

Access through the menu.

it only displays email addresses, not display names

Nice. The search bar doesnt move when the window is resized though. Attached screenshot.

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Originally posted by stu
Nice. The search bar doesnt move when the window is resized though. Attached screenshot.

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that's quite good, though i would like to resize it, the search bar isn't really important

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Originally posted by Shiny Rabbit
that's quite good, though i would like to resize it, the search bar isn't really important

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what i meant was without moving the search box, also if it wasn't always on top it would be just what i wanted

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Originally posted by Shiny Rabbit
what i meant was without moving the search box

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Hey roflmao456,

Nice script

Could you make it so it'll allow me to resize to fit my Vista sidebar (its only a few pixels away)? And maybe an always on top feature, so it would look like it was actually on my Vista sidebar?

To enable always on top add this on a new line at line 9 (without removing anything):

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Interop.Call("user32", "SetWindowPos", Wnd.Handle, -1 /*HWND_TOPMOST*/, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0x02 | 0x01);

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done, with Always on top button.. (made in MSPaint and edited to put transparency with photoshop ) to toggle always on top on and off.

and extra resizing....

I actually started making this so I'll probably post it if only for comparison

How about making the messenger buddy icons be status icons?

making it look like WLM8.5 style would be quite cool as well

roflmao456: script is very nice.i like it

agreed, just need the changes that have been mentioned already and it would be perfect for what i want

fantastic script! this is very useful and convenient.

great job roflmao456