ObviousGuy's Journal: MSN Messenger gripe

One thing that I really miss from the old ICQ days is the ability to give custom 'My Status' to different people. MSN Messenger gives me the ability to appear online, offline, or whatever, but it applies to everyone who is on my list. What I'd like is the ability to set Online for some contacts and Away for others and Offline for others still without hampering their ability to send messages. This is a huge shortcoming of MSN Messenger.

I also would like the ability to sign in without changing my system status to 'Online'. If I want to sign in quietly, I should be able to.

Messenger plus

[sql*kitten]

Don't have the URL to hand but there's a free plugin called Messenger Plus that does what you want. Or you could just switch to Trillian Pro, which I think does all that too.

Re:Messenger plus

[LuckyLeprechaun31]

my brother introduced me to trillian pro. it's excellent.