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Suggestion: to reverse options "Close Current Chat" and "Close All Chats".
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TREAD™
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O.P. Suggestion: to reverse options "Close Current Chat" and "Close All Chats".
When I click with right button on taskbar, I see the menu options...

"Close Current Chat"
"Close All Chats"

I'd like to reverse the positions, that way:

"Close All Chats"
"Close Current Chat"

Because of the default of the Windows, when you right click on taskbar, you see the first option "Close" in bottom, then I fast click on "Close All Chats" for accident when I should have to clicked on "Close Current Chat". The problem is to close all tabs for accident.

You developers, can add a setting in MsgPlus to reverse that options if you don't want the reversed options as default in MsgPlus.

Thanks a lot..

This post was edited on 09-22-2008 at 07:25 PM by TREAD™.
09-22-2008 07:23 PM
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RE: Suggestion: to reverse options "Close Current Chat" and "Close All Chats".
I find myself agreeing with this - standard user psychology would be to click the button that they remember as closing that particular conversation back before they had Plus! installed. Another reason for the change is consistency with the top-right close button on the window. In standard Messenger, that button closes that particular conversation. The same happens in Messenger Plus. However, when it comes to the context menu the two functions in the same physical position are different between standard Messenger and Messenger Plus.

However, I wouldn't go as far as bloating the application with an option as to which way round these two commands should appear - either leave it as it is for everyone, change it for everyone or allow full customisation of the menu order (allow addition of custom commands from scripts and setting your status or something).
09-23-2008 10:47 PM
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RE: Suggestion: to reverse options "Close Current Chat" and "Close All Chats".
I thni this idea will gain little traction, again due to standards and conventions that list the specific options before the general options.

Also, the order on menus doesn't have to match the order of the close icons. The close icons work that way, as the tabbed window contains the chats, much like a web browser contains web pages.
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09-27-2008 11:10 AM
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RE: Suggestion: to reverse options "Close Current Chat" and "Close All Chats".
It's not a big deal but I agree with your logic. There are other apps, cmd.exe for example which have done the same thing and put other options before close *-)
09-27-2008 11:24 AM
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RE: Suggestion: to reverse options "Close Current Chat" and "Close All Chats".
Don't you mean after Close?
And they're there as they relate only to cmd.exe, and the programmer was lazy and just appended the menu items.
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RE: Suggestion: to reverse options "Close Current Chat" and "Close All Chats".
Hmm in ascending order they're before. After/before idk, you know what I mean. Not sure I understand your explanation though...
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RE: Suggestion: to reverse options "Close Current Chat" and "Close All Chats".
Another alternative could be bolding "Close Current Chat" item in its current position like cmd.exe, because common user also focuses on bold-faced item while using the taskbar menu of a window to close it.

This post was edited on 10-05-2008 at 09:18 AM by ahmetgns.
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