Official 'little improvements' thread

tomdunn21 (0);5656 - As the title suggests, this is the thread for stuff that doesn't really deserve a new topic but would be cool if implemented....

Something I thought of is, when in a conversation, the user could double tap anywhere in the conversation box the text reply box comes up for them.
It's little things like this that make apps so much easier to use!

Hey, that's a great idea

When in "Busy" status on any service, there should be no notifications such as beep on message, etc

1. do something aboutthe spontanious crashing

2. There is a part of the program that allows you to browse the forums, could you ad an address bar so we can surf external sites while still running palringo.

Your servers go a great job at re-syncing messages, but this will provide a temp fix that will allow our conversations to stay on the screen.

an angry smiley would be nice..

Showing when a used is mobile would be nice (specifically for AIM users)

Other than that I'm liking it. I am still getting used to it today is only my second day with it (or with an ipod touch for that matter)

Can you add your own screensaver system. Apple have really hobbled the ability of palringo running when the iphone goes to sleep (pressing the top button on the iphone) e.g. wifi disconnects when iphone sleeps


Maybe something like swiping the "P" logo across the bottom of the screen puts the screen to sleep. then tapping the screen and reswiping a "P" logo wakes it up again.

For the most part everyone on the network are decent people, but the ability to block people in any given group would be tops.

the possibility to type in landscape mode would be reeaally cool

Ability to block users who are in the same group.

I can think of a couple of things that would be very nice little additions, at least on the iphone edition.

1) if I have a chat window open with a person, don't beep on every incoming message. Maybe have a 15-30 second "mute" so that if we're conversing I don't have this constant barrage of beeping/vibrating.

2) XMLRPC/SOAP/?? logging interface. I log all my conversations with my desktop client, but I have no logs on the iphone conversations. I'm not suggesting that you store them on the iphone, but since Palringo is proxying everything through their servers anyway, give me some kind of MACHINE-USABLE interface to retrieve logs of my conversations. I can write the other end (to pull the logs and incorporate them with my own), but I need something to pull them from. You don't have to store them forever, either... just keep the last 7 days of logs or something. Text compresses very well and takes up very little space, even uncompressed.

3) (on the iphone) keep the last few chat messages... if I accidentally close out the conversation window when someone just sent me something, I lose it. This would tie in very nicely with #2 above.

4) Sort my contacts for me! Pending messages, Online, Away, Extended Away, DND, Alphabetic.

amy.and.honey (0);5788 - Showing when a used is mobile would be nice (specifically for AIM users)

Please, please PLEASE make that optional; I use Palringo on iphone as an "always connected" indicator for my business; I do not want people knowing when I am in and out of the office.

akohlsmith-palringo (423933);5888 - I can think of a couple of things that would be very nice little additions, at least on the iphone edition.

give me some kind of MACHINE-USABLE interface to retrieve logs of my conversations. I can write the other end (to pull the logs and incorporate them with my own)

We were considering a conversation-to-email feature actually which would do the trick?

id like an option that automatically changes your status to whatever music you are listening to
[ie: sort of like windows live messenger's "Show what I'm listening to" option]

Eliu87 (232199);6048]id like an option that automatically changes your status to whatever music you are listening to
[ie: sort of like windows live messenger's "Show what I'm listening to" option -

This one is unlikely to happen, see http://www.palringo.com/forum/support/apple-iphone/official-little-improvements-thread-t

- As I said before the thing that this app needs the most is the landscape mode.. writing in potrait mode is sometimes frustrating

- I'd like to be able to change my Msn/Windows Live Messenger nickname since when i change the name with the "Change nickname and status message" option nothing seems to happen (or maybe this option just works with the palringo account and not MSN)

- Avatar support

- Do not beep or vibrate for every incoming message but just for those received in unactive chats

- Keep receving messages even if the application is closed until you don't log off manually or after some minutes (maybe you could let the user choose how many minutes in the settings of the application)

- Sometimes the keyboard become slow maybe you could fix this.

- Support for all the emoticons and not just the standard ones with the possibility to save an emoticon and use it whenever you want

- Notifications when a contacts signs in/out

I think that those are the main things i'd like to have in palringo soon but PLEASE let us use the landscape mode in the next update see you and excuse me if my english is not perfect but i'm not english at all XD

@biglex007 -
Landscape mode is in the plans but we have so many more features we want to add and get to work, you'll have to wait for Palringo 1.3 ( there's a Palringo 1.2.3 and 1.2.4 in the plans first ). 1.2.3 should come out in the next week of so, 1.2.4 a couple of weeks later.

Avatar support is definitely coming, we even got it working here but it's not quite ready for the limelight yet.

Beep/Vibrate for inactive chats is a good idea.

Support for all the emoticons, we're thinking about it but it'll require a bit of work... for now we try to support basic emoticons that everyone use. MSN has its own set and we'll look into it at some point in the future.

Thanks

I agree with biglex007... landscape mode would be a great improvement!!!

Could you guys implant a feature that disabled users from sending you a contact request more then 5 times?

Plz fix that the open chat windows are not gone just because I had to push the homebutton to check my emails real quick.

Right now I closed Palringo at the same time a message came in. Now it is gone and I don't know what this person has written and it was very important. I cannot ask her because she went off.

Why does the program freeze so often? Yesterday I got a message and I pushed on that little yellow envelope and the whole program froze again. Couldn't read that message either. I really lose my patience with those crashes every day. On my computer I have a chat history with ICQ....MSN ..... but with my iPhone I'm lost. Cannot read it as soon as I start Palringo new (after it froze)

While I'm typing this it froze again. I still have those little dots below that shows me I have chat windows open but they do not react. I touched the status button..... a contact..... nothing happens. I have to restart again!!!