gswift Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 I hope this is the right place to post this question. What is the purpose of the buddy list? I tried adding someone to my list, but I don't see any special reaction from the site. I was hoping to find a way to easily locate new posts by someone. (without opening thier profile and showing all posts) Thank you in advance, and good work on the site. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Lion54 Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 Well, it does a few things. For one thing, when ever one of your buddies is online, their name will have a "+" by it. It just makes them stand out a bit more in the big mess of names at the bottom of the page. Its also good for PMs. all you have to do is click there name to send a PM, rather than having to type it out. (Sinse you have to spell the name exactly, this is quite handy, especially if your buddy has a hard to spell name.) EDIT: No, thats not true. I think it was like that in the old forum, though. At least you have the correct spelling of your buddies name on hand. I think it can do a few other things, but to be honest, I never really use it. I only have something like 3 or 4 buddies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gswift Posted March 2, 2006 Author Share Posted March 2, 2006 So it's just the little + by the name at the bottom when they're online. Thanks guys, I wouldn't have noticed that right away. Maybe the buddy/block list page should offer an explanation. I don't remember seeing anything. Another question: Will the block list hide posts and IM's from an individual? There's nobody I wan't to block right now, but you never know. Maybe that should be explained better on the buddy/block page as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChAiNz.2da Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 Its also good for PMs. all you have to do is click there name to send a PM, rather than having to type it out. (Sinse you have to spell the name exactly, this is quite handy, especially if your buddy has a hard to spell name.) EDIT: No, thats not true. I think it was like that in the old forum, though. At least you have the correct spelling of your buddies name on hand. You're close When you open your buddy list (via the the Quick Links option at the top of the forum).. you'll see a list of all of your Buddies. You can click the checkboxes next to their name (max of 5 per PM) and then scroll to the bottom of the list and click the PM Users button. Plus, the Buddy List will auto-refresh itself after a minute or so. It's pretty handy in those respects... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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