Shoutbox

there should be a way/setting that allows you to temp disable the automessage easier



i had an idea of a setting that stops auto messaging from happening when you send your own message to someon, and then would start up again once the window was shut


so if im in away, with an auto message, if i opened a window with joe blow and said hey, it would temp disable the auto message till i shut the window


either that, or possibly a simple / comand

so like something like

/stopamsg

and allow the switches to just be your message, so you could do it like this

/stopamsg hey! how are you?

gergith says:
hey! how are you?

You can already temporarily disable automessages until the window is closed just be unchecking the "personalised status" option in the Plus! menu of the chat window .

you can also put shortcuts to get you out of personalised status. eg. mine is alt+O, so whenever im back at the computer, i will just type that

i know that, but its kinda annoying going through all that work if youd like to stay in the auto away way and talk to lots of people

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Originally posted by Gergith
i know that, but its kinda annoying going through all that work if youd like to stay in the auto away way and talk to lots of people

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all that work? It only requires 1 mouse click

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
1 mouse click 

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2 mouse clicks

4 if you're in "hide window frame" mode

4, and what if oyu want to talk to llots of people, its just a hassle, annoying, obviouslyy there are work arounds, but id like to see this, either as well, or instead of, purely becaue the only reason you temp disable them is if your talking ot the person anyways, so why not set it up as a trigger instead?

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Originally posted by Chrono

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
1 mouse click 

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2 mouse clicks

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1

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Originally posted by KeyStorm
4 if you're in "hide window frame" mode

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blah... cheater .... 1

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Originally posted by Gergith
4

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1


1 mouse click rules them all:

Point the mousecursor on the "Plus!"-menu in the chatwindow
While still holding down your mousebutton, go to "Disable Personalised Status"...
Release the mousebutton

=> 1 mouse click in total

yes, its well known that its in there, i just think its hidden too much, in a little too inconvienent way, thats all, i could do it in 0 mouse clicks! (7 key strokes )

anyways, like its just being regurgitated in this thread that yes the feature is there, but no one is really listening to my request, just questioning the need...

but let my ask you one thing, why can i type

/away blah blah 
in my window to go away? that too is in a similar menu, accessed a similar way... its just purely cause its faster and easier!

thats all im asking for this.. as it is now there is a nice work around, but its exactly that, a work around

i would much preffer a quick command then moving my mouse, if im in a rush,.. i use the auto messages when im going out, so usually when i need to disable them im in a rush, and its just annoying