What happened to the Messenger Plus! forums on msghelp.net?
Shoutbox » MsgHelp Archive » Skype & Technology » Skype & Live Messenger » See what people are typing???

See what people are typing???
Author: Message:
Jake.Stevens195
New Member
*


Posts: 3
32 / Male / Flag
Joined: Mar 2009
O.P. See what people are typing???
hi, i just joined da forums, i was wondering:

When someone is typing it sayes "[User] is typing a message..."

im a retard so ill speak my mind.

When WLM sends that signal, is it actually sending what they are typing or just a signal that their typing.

what im really asking is: can we see what the other user is typing before they press "send" or press enter?
03-27-2009 10:32 PM
Profile E-Mail PM Find Quote Report
blessedguy
Skinning Contest Winner
*****


Posts: 1762
Reputation: 25
31 / Male / Flag
Joined: Jan 2008
RE: See what people are typing???
Just a signal that they're typing according to the Privacy statement, and not the actual message. =)
[Image: Empty.png]
03-27-2009 10:38 PM
Profile PM Web Find Quote Report
Jake.Stevens195
New Member
*


Posts: 3
32 / Male / Flag
Joined: Mar 2009
O.P. Wink  RE: See what people are typing???
AWWW damn!

nice idea though. thanks for the reply. ;)

if anyone finds a way... please share.
03-27-2009 10:39 PM
Profile E-Mail PM Find Quote Report
blessedguy
Skinning Contest Winner
*****


Posts: 1762
Reputation: 25
31 / Male / Flag
Joined: Jan 2008
RE: See what people are typing???
There isn't a way! =P
Do you think someone would join a service that shows whatever you type (update: without your consetment)?

This post was edited on 03-27-2009 at 11:52 PM by blessedguy.
[Image: Empty.png]
03-27-2009 11:37 PM
Profile PM Web Find Quote Report
Jake.Stevens195
New Member
*


Posts: 3
32 / Male / Flag
Joined: Mar 2009
O.P. RE: RE: See what people are typing???
quote:
Originally posted by blessedguy
There isn't a way! =P
Do you think someone would join a service that shows whatever you type?

your misunderstanding me. if that signal was the actual stuff they were typing(but not shown until they press enter), if there was a peice of scripting that would display it.
03-27-2009 11:41 PM
Profile E-Mail PM Find Quote Report
CookieRevised
Elite Member
*****

Avatar

Posts: 15517
Reputation: 173
– / Male / Flag
Joined: Jul 2003
Status: Away
RE: See what people are typing???
quote:
Originally posted by blessedguy
Do you think someone would join a service that shows whatever you type?
Sure... why not... There are/were probably a lot of services were you can see the actual things people type in real time. But with those services all the people using it would know about it and acknowledge it it happens... that is the major difference.

However, Messenger is indeed not such a service. You indeed can't see what the other is typing (luckally for some :p); you can indeed only see the signal that they are typing. There is no workaround or backdoor in the protocol either since nothing is physically send until the contact has actually pressed the send button or pressed the enter key.
.-= A 'frrrrrrrituurrr' for Wacky =-.
03-27-2009 11:48 PM
Profile PM Find Quote Report
blessedguy
Skinning Contest Winner
*****


Posts: 1762
Reputation: 25
31 / Male / Flag
Joined: Jan 2008
RE: See what people are typing???
Forgot to add the little bit of info:
quote:
Originally posted by CookieRevised
But with those services all the people using it would know about it and acknowledge it it happens... that is the major difference.
I know some services would allow it, wouldn't say that anyone doesn't =P
[Image: Empty.png]
03-27-2009 11:55 PM
Profile PM Web Find Quote Report
ryxdp
Senior Member
****


Posts: 804
Reputation: 16
29 / Male / Flag
Joined: Jun 2006
RE: RE: RE: See what people are typing???
quote:
Originally posted by Jake.Stevens195
quote:
Originally posted by blessedguy
There isn't a way! =P
Do you think someone would join a service that shows whatever you type?

your misunderstanding me. if that signal was the actual stuff they were typing(but not shown until they press enter), if there was a peice of scripting that would display it.

No, he's right. If this were possible, there would be so many issues with it, eg. privacy. If someone types something and then decides not to send it, for whatever reason, it's their choice.

Yes, there might be a way via a scripting but it would be very inefficient as the message would have to be sent twice, and in that extra characters that the contact doesn't decide to include in the message would be sent, then the signals to erase them would have to be sent as well... As you can see, it would probably eat up your bandwidth twice as fast as usual, keeping in mind that text isn't very large compared to, say, a 50MB file that is being transferred over the Messenger service.

EDIT: Beaten to it :P twice, no less

This post was edited on 03-27-2009 at 11:57 PM by ryxdp.
03-27-2009 11:56 PM
Profile PM Find Quote Report
robert_dll
Full Member
***

Avatar

Posts: 393
Reputation: 8
– / Male / Flag
Joined: Aug 2008
RE: See what people are typing???
You can't do that simply because your messenegr doesn't send any message to the server until you press enter and that's all.
03-28-2009 03:15 AM
Profile PM Web Find Quote Report
« 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