Why not....... show a popup saying possible window opened by user or msn 7 to fetch display pic in a light grey popup... and if a person writes somthing ... and the user is typing message info comes you can then show a popup saying the user is typing somthing to you...
just an idea.
![:)](images/smilies/msn_happy.gif)
i know packets sent when u type.. but can be disabled i know. in most cases its not.