MSN Messenger Contact Viewer
MSNstatus - Beta Preview
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For those of us that use MSN Messenger but have away wanted the desktop display of the contacts that Miranda offers, I present to you MSNstatus. Display all of your contacts on the desktop and never have to open Messenger again to see who's online.
Featuring the same functionality you get when using the native Messenger window, you'll never want to open it either. Change your online status, start a conversation, adjust your preferences straight from the desktop. If you only want to see who is online, no problem - simply hide your offline contacts. This will even automatically update every 10 minutes to keep your contact list update or you can refresh the list at any time by selecting from the menu. Also as is a standard on all Four13 Design products, choose from either a dark or light text color so you'll always be able to read what's displayed.
What's planned for the final release
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- User skinning of Status Icons and Background graphic
- Full menu support
- Scrolling through contacts
Known Issues
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- List can extend beyond screen height if you have too many contacts
- Menu isn't fully programmed
Screenshots
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- Showing both built-in skins (MSN and Adium): [URL=http://www.deviantart.com/view/24583993/]Here[/URL]
- Showing Windowless Contact List w/ Adium icons: [URL=http://www.deviantart.com/view/24584083/]Here[/URL]
- Showing Windowless Contact List w/ MSN icons: [URL=http://www.deviantart.com/view/24584161/]Here[/URL]
Regarding Skins
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Currently you can skin the background window and status icon only. I've been having limited success with the changing of text colors using the .ini file therefore I've added a menu item for that. You can select between 'Dark' and 'Light'.
Please use the provided skin as a template for creating your own skins. The dimensions should remain the same for each graphic as there might be alignment issues if you deviate from them.
Modify your MSNstatus_skin.ini by opening it in Notepad and entering the correct location (ie SkinFolder\SkinPart.png). Do this for each part or your skin will have errors.
To skin MSNstatus, simply copy your modified MSNstatus_skin.ini file to the same folder as the MSNstatus.exe file. You can keep a copy of this file in the skin's folder if you wish (I recommended you do this).
Change Log
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Version 0.96 Beta (11.01.05)
- Added Skin feature and included a seperate skin (Milk) as a template to create your own
Version 0.95 Beta (11.01.05)
- Added Display Picture (will only display correct picture after changing through MSNstatus - cannot get picture through Messenger to begin with)
- Added Unread mail featuer (if you have an email account other than Hotmail or MSN it will read as N/A)
- FIXED!!! Offline contacts from not begin displayed on refresh!!
- FIXED!!! Listing of online contacts! It will nopw display the proper amount of online contacts below 20 (if you have over 20 online contacts then this is the limit for now)
- More menu items now work
Version 0.92 Beta (10.30.05)
- Fixed background status display showing while in windowless mode
- Added disabling of offline contacts during refresh of list
- Added Adium-esque skin with icons
Version 0.91 Beta (10.29.05)
- Added background feature
- Set limit to 20 contacts visible at a time
Version 0.9 Beta (10.28.05)
- Fixed an issue with the FriendlyName not updating to match your current screen name. It should now work!
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NOTE: Please be sure to have MSN Messenger running BEFORE you start this application. You will encounter problems if you do not!!
I hope you enjoy this application and please leave your suggestions on improvements for future updates!
Download from [URL=http://www.deviantart.com/view/24538702/]DeviantArt[/URL] and help with the Beta Test!
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