About to revolutionise neowin

[cod]

What about calling it Neoteric - meaning modern or of recent origin? Clever and tech sounding at the same time, heh!

Cod

[ozgeek]

Great app, jon. I hope you haven't messed it up a lot. :D

I'd love it if it sits in the status bar near my start menu (Thanks to the Longhorn clock by Rcube :D). When I click this button, this window you showed would pop up to show the latest details and another click of the status bar button would bring it back down.

[nicholasadams]

Looks like a really nice app! I would definetely use it on my computer(s). And, what about a little feature that allows you to show/hide back page news....? I don't know about everyone else, but I would like this feature :-)

[[jon]]

Yes i am taking all of these ideas into consideration -- of course, it will be minimized to system tray and display msn-like toasts when you receive PM or suchlike...

Looiking for more ideas, which I am continually integrating to the app... :laugh:

[Elexir]

Is it gonna use windows registry? Oh, and by the way, I like the damn good background! (You've made it on Photoshop?)

Update: It looks like the top part of this forms background was tooken from LH wallpaper??

[chacho]

nice idea there, this and neowinmessenger might be running on my comp when finished :D

Edited July 3, 2004 by chacho

[[jon]]

Update: It looks like the top part of this forms background was tooken from LH wallpaper??

:whistle:

[Elexir]

it means?

[[jon]]

it means?

it was cropped from longhorn bg :rofl:

[Elexir]

it is what I mean. anyway nice app, and hm... u gonna recode it later in vb.net or C#? Or you see no chages between vb and vb.net? or you dont wanna that the users req. 21mb big .net stuff :)

[SimplyPotatoes]

seems pointless and stupid. i cannot rationalize using an external application to check private message's. why and how would ones private message usage become so massive. the need for implementing volume controlling and immediate access? instant messengers and email are to slow?

[Elexir]

Hey, c'mon, try to make it yourself...

Note: I know, how is it, to program, cuz I program in C++, C, Visual Basic, Visual Basic .NET and C# .NET!

Try to write every action/function/exception yourself, than you can talk about something like "pointless" and "stupid". But if you can program, please, talk / write your comment smarter.

I like how this application is designed, I like the idea, but it's not designed for my type of use... You understand?

PS.: Private Messages are useful, if you didn't realiziate it... But it's up to you, your opinion.

Nice application, I would take a look on it... :)

[chacho]

seems pointless and stupid. i cannot rationalize using an external application to check private message's. why and how would ones private message usage become so massive. the need for implementing volume controlling and immediate access?  instant messengers and email are to slow?

-1, Troll :laugh:

someone, somewhere will use this. PMs are useful, and you get them fairly often if you are a (very) active member around here.

[SimplyPotatoes]

Hey, c'mon, try to make it yourself...

Note: I know, how is it, to program, cuz I program in C++, C, Visual Basic, Visual Basic .NET and C# .NET!

Try to write every action/function/exception yourself, than you can talk about something like "pointless" and "stupid". But if you can program, please, talk / write your comment smarter.

I like how this application is designed, I like the idea, but it's not designed for my type of use... You understand?

PS.: Private Messages are useful, if you didn't realiziate it... But it's up to you, your opinion.

Nice application, I would take a look on it... :)

i do not know why you needed to verbally attack me. i do not know why you commented on assumptions from my text instead of what is stated.

[SimplyPotatoes]

-1, Troll :laugh:

someone, somewhere will use this. PMs are useful, and you get them fairly often if you are a (very) active member around here.

again why is harassment necessary? you have quoted me yet your comment has nothing to do with what i said.

[chacho]

again why is harassment necessary? you have quoted me yet your comment has nothing to do with what i said.

it most certainly does...

you said: i cannot rationalize using an external application to check private message's

i said: someone, somewhere will use this.

you said: why and how would ones private message usage become so massive.

i said: PMs are useful, and you get them fairly often if you are a (very) active member around here.

furthermore, there was absolutely no harassment in my comment. The "-1, Troll" was followed by a :laugh: , implying a joke.

think before you post.

[kombolcha]

the only thing i really really like about this is how i can download my pms to my computer.. cuz i have a lot of them and i like to archive.. you know, just incase i ever need it for whatever reasons

[[jon]]

Could I just point out two things:

1) This is ALPHA software - just because all it can do is check for PMs at the moment doesn't mean I'm not going to integrate great new features in the future - I intend to

2) You may be interested to know that I am incorporating some of this code into other Neowin projects such as AeroBrowser and Neowinmessenger for new PM detection and automated login detection respectively

3) Please don't make comments about the lack of functionality of this application - admittedly, all it can do is check PMs at the moment which may not be needed by everyone right now, though I am in the process of adding new features...

[nuka_t]

1)oh oh oh, maybe you can make it go on neowin and go on the forums, and check pms too, and be able to post replies and all that. maybe it can work with other sites too. ya that would be cool.

oh, wait, nevermind, there is an app that does that already. its called firefox.

2)cant say i dont like that. this alone makes the whole app worthwhile. really good idea.

3)there is a lack of functionality in this application. :p

[Marshalus Veteran]

Can we add a feature that when a moderator bans you, your computer deletes everything on your hard drive?

[enigma-penguin Veteran]

Can we add a feature that when a moderator bans you, your computer deletes everything on your hard drive?

lmfao... HAHA

That would be pretty cool..... but imagine it, so many people without blown up computers,

I can imagine keldyn and dazzla there counting how many "frags" they got on neowin today

[[jon]]

Can we add a feature that when a moderator bans you, your computer deletes everything on your hard drive?

show me the money :shifty:

[nuka_t]

lmfao... HAHA

That would be pretty cool..... but imagine it, so many people without blown up computers,

I can imagine keldyn and dazzla there counting how many "frags" they got on neowin today

lmao.

[Elexir]

@SimplyPotatoes:

I don't wanned attack you, but I wanned say, please, try to tell, what you think a bit smarter :)

@[jon]:

If you need help in your application, you can ask me. (But only if it will be reliazed on .NET platform :)).

[Marshalus Veteran]

I can imagine keldyn and dazzla there counting how many "frags" they got on neowin today

You think they don't already do that?