End of annoying IM contact names

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I dunno about you lot, but I find it a real pain when members of my contact list have their display name as some random quote or statement, but don't actually tell you their name. I found it frustrating having to right click and look at their email address every time they signed on or changed their name while I wasn't looking.

So to combat it, I sent everyone on my contact list that had these types of names (about 30 of them) here, and it worked, almost all of them changed their names No more right clicking for me!

Perhaps I'm turning into an grumpy old man though, perhaps these things shouldn't bother me. Have I have been unnessecessarly rude to them? Or did I have a point?

If it bothers you too, spread the word. Maybe we could change the world....

kool!

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Timmeh - maybe you are right; or maybe I'm a Grumpy Old Man myself.
I do have sympathy with your viewpoint.
Thanks for the link. Ready-made sarcasm is a valuable commodity.
Cheers and good luck!

but I like h4x0r text

I know what you mean tho' - with MSN its a pain when people keep changing their name - I just have everyone blocked - and then when they get online I unblock them if I want to speak to them

I usually have my names as ScreenName - message

Originally Posted by AdmiralAK

I just have everyone blocked - and then when they get online I unblock them if I want to speak to them

I would have done that, except I would have spent half my life right clicking to look at their email address to decide if it's someone I want to talk to.

Ok I can live with h4x0r text I suppose, as long as it's not too obscure.

I have not tried MSN Plus for a little while but that used to allow you to change your contacts name to a name of your choice so it did not matter if they changed it.

http://www.msgplus.net/

I may be adding it again i was just waiting for MSNM 7 final.

Be carefull to pay attention when installing as it has adware packaged that you can untick but it can easy to skip the screen.