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RE: New Features suggestions
1) Like mentioned above, use StuffPlug-NG plugin.

2) Indeed very hard to do. It _could_ be possible maybe, but not for the near futur. If anything is done to the contactlist then it would be sorting on custom names I suppose (also a long suggested feature)

3) creating own tags: Use the Quicktexts. They are exactly made for that.
removing tags which you don't use: Just don't use them. They are part of Messenger Plus!, you can't "remove" them. However, you could make your own and thus overwriting the default ones.

4) This option will be in Messenger 7 itself.

5) Like mentioned above, use File Transfer Plus plugin

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Originally posted by zhaf
... isn't Plus! a plugin for MSN Messenger!?...
No, it is an "addon".

Plugins are small programs which use code from their mother program to add certain things to their mother program. Plugins can't be run on their own. They need the mother program to "interpret" the code.

Addons are programs which use their own code and thus can be run on their own. They add things to the program of which they are added (aka run side by side).

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Originally posted by zhaf
ok but still I would feel much better if the Plus! crew make these as plugins for Plus! so I can download them seperately...
There isn't a Plus! crew. It is a one man project. Patchou is the only programmer.

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Originally posted by zhaf
then maybe have a "mega pack" where all stuff are included? I've had bad experience with too much plugins installed at the same time.
"mega packs" are almost always bad ideas.  To satisfy all the users such packs must contain many things and thus will consist of many things which other people don't like and never use (aka "bloating").

If plugins are written properly then there isn't any conflict between several plugins. And furthermore, with sepearte plugins, the users can choose what to install and use and leave the useless things (for them) out...

Also, a big con of "mega packs" is that it contains so much features that an individual feature of it is never worked out in detail with all the possebilities. (because the creator doesn't have time to work extensivly on 1 feature because there are others to debug for example)

eg: StuffPlug-NG is a nice example of such a "pack". It contains many many nice features. For many people this is an advantage; they don't need to install 50 plugins to have the same features. But for other people, who are only interested in, let's say, 5 features, StuffPlug-NG is very bloated and has far to many useless things...

This post was edited on 10-18-2004 at 09:49 PM by CookieRevised.
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New Features suggestions - by zhaf on 10-18-2004 at 08:19 PM
RE: New Features suggestions - by RebelSean on 10-18-2004 at 08:22 PM
RE: RE: New Features suggestions - by zhaf on 10-18-2004 at 08:28 PM
RE: New Features suggestions - by RebelSean on 10-18-2004 at 08:31 PM
RE: RE: New Features suggestions - by zhaf on 10-18-2004 at 08:53 PM
RE: New Features suggestions - by Knad on 10-18-2004 at 09:16 PM
RE: New Features suggestions - by RebelSean on 10-18-2004 at 09:30 PM
RE: New Features suggestions - by CookieRevised on 10-18-2004 at 09:48 PM
RE: New Features suggestions - by ddunk on 10-18-2004 at 09:52 PM
RE: New Features suggestions - by CookieRevised on 10-18-2004 at 10:10 PM
RE: New Features suggestions - by dj02 on 10-19-2004 at 03:47 AM
RE: New Features suggestions - by banky on 10-19-2004 at 03:49 AM


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