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I seem to remember that on one of the chat services, there was a trick to see what the other person was typing before they hit Enter. Something like the client
by floren 6y ago
I seem to remember that on one of the chat services, there was a trick to see what the other person was typing before they hit Enter. Something like the client actually sent updates as the other user typed, and your client would receive it, but not display it until the message was marked "sent"... but third-party clients could just show you the in-progress messages. Anyone remember this?
- Scoundreller 6y agoNot that, but similar: an MSN messenger clone would pop up a window once someone else opened a chat window with you, before they sent a message. Was fun to say “hi” while someone was writing an initial message to you. Dunno why I told my friend that her sister often opened a window (to see my picture presumably) without ever sending a word...
- alternatetwo 6y agoPidgin has a psychic mode plugin, that would open a window from the sender as if they had sent a message, while they were typing. I used it mainly for icq, it was quite funny surprising people with it.