Shoutbox

I think he meant about changing the way the contacts name appears in the contact list.  This is now a feature of Windows Live Messenger.  If you right click on your cotact in the contact list and select edit contact you can then change information about them and a nickname for them. In this area you can also use the ond irc way to colour/bold/italic etc the nickname or use BBcode like [c={colour number}][/c] for example but this is a feature of Messenger Plus! Live not WLM with the colouring etc. (you don't need Messenger Plus! Live for the nicknames however).  I hope this is what you were after.