Messenger Plus! History » Group of Versions

2.21.57 September 25, 2003
  • The auto-update mechanism has been improved in several ways.
  • You can now enter up to 30 Quick Texts, the last 10 don't have a keyboard shortcut associated with them but still allow you to take advantage of the "chain feature" (using #, more information can be found in the tooltip associated with the Quick Text preferences window).
2.21.56 September 20, 2003
  • The display picture and the other new settings of Messenger 6 are now saved properly, all the time.
  • By default, the "auto away" feature now changes your status online when it is Online or Idle. If you want to keep the way the feature worked before, use the AutoAwayAlways registry setting
  • The ResetNameTag registry setting has been added if you want to keep your name tag when you sign-out/sign-in.
  • Some translations have been updated.
2.21.55 September 9, 2003
  • The 3rd Boss Protect setting is now loaded correctly when Messenger Plus! starts.
  • Custom Name feature improved for MSN Messenger 6.1. This new version of Messenger displays contact emails instead of their names by default in the chat. It's now replaced by the real name of the contact (as Messenger 6.0 did).
  • New Custom Name option available with MSN Messenger 6.1. You can select a "grey check" (or "square check" if you're using Windows XP) when you enable Custom Names. Doing so will force the custom name to be displayed in the chat window.
  • Important bugs have been fixed concerning the use of "/me" tags in a contact name.
  • The Share Files feature is now working fine in MSN Messenger 6.1.
  • You can more easily use the /run command with command line parameters now.
  • The roll eye emoticon has been added to the Quick Icon panel.
  • The Quick Text have been improved. You can now specify up to 20 different text or commands. To do so, simply create a new line and start it with the '#' character. This can be used to quickly chain several operations. Advanced users can even specify the delay between operations: after the '#', specify a digit between 1 and 9 (seconds) and put another '#'. If you don't specify a delay, the default is 0.5 seconds.
    • Example 1:
      #Look at my new name!
      #/nick SuperName
      #do you like it?
    • Example 2:
      #In 5 seconds I'll check your web site
      #5#/run http://www.msgplus.net
  • Plugins that return text in ParseCommand() and ReceiveNotify() can use the same mechanism described above for Quick Texts to chain different actions.
2.21.54 September 6, 2003
  • Full compatibility with the new MSN Messenger 6.1.
  • Full compatibility with MSN Messenger 5.0.575 (Windows 95 release).
  • Some translations have been improved.
  • New translation added: Hungarian.
  • When the /all command is used, tags are now interpreted differently for each chat.
  • The Initialize() function of C/C++ plugins isn't called in a different thread anymore (it make things easier if you want your plugin to display a window.
  • The title of chat windows is now always updated correctly to remove multi-format tags from contact names.
  • Some people are experiencing problems with their encryption password (Messenger Plus! refuses a valid password). The reason of this problem has yet to be found, however, if you get the bug with this new version, you'll have a workaround: go in the Preferences, click the "Change" button and reenter your password (same one or a different, your choice). This will reset Messenger Plus! internal settings so that you can continue to use your password as if nothing happened.
    • The "Old Password" field has been removed. Instead, the "Change" button is disabled when you're not signed in.