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Retroactive strikethrough
A button to let you cross out something you said by mistake
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Once you press send on an instant message, it <s>sensd.s</s> sends. The message is irrevocable and the only way to make corrections to it is to retype the entire thing, or use some notation like:

Screenname13789: Let's go pubic!

Screenname13789: *public

What instant messengers really need is a quick way to strike out the last thing you said, or specific words from the last thing you said, analogous to Morse code's ·······.

This would more quickly get the point across.

omegatron, Jun 07 2005


Short name, e.g., Bob's Coffee

Destination URL. E.g., http://www.coffee.com/

Description (displayed with the short name and URL.)







       Or, perhaps more pertinent, try Almost Instant Messaging, by slowing down a little. Improve your AIM and your keystrokes will be less likely to result in pubic tangles on message boards... if you get my meaning.
UnaBubba, Jun 07 2005
   

       // slowing down a little   

       pshsh! whyt he hiell iwoudl i dio that?!1
omegatron, Jun 07 2005
   

       I thought this would be a strikethrough feature used in applications like Word, with a button in the taskbar, so you could strike-as-you-type. This is better. +
ghillie, Jun 07 2005
   


 
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