The status message can be customized and can contain some details: current date/time, song info (title, bitrate, sample rate, duration, ASCII progress bar of the playback, playlist position, playlist length) of the currently playing media. It supports Winamp, BSplayer and foobar2000 (in order of retrievable infos). Statuses can be saved and reused.

Also, an answering robot can automatically reply to messages received. Answers can be saved, and customized to each user ID. You can define distinct answers for those who BUZZ you and even send them random funny antiBuzz messages (those can also be edited in file buzzOff.txt), and even choose to close those conversation windows. Your answers can contain dynamic info about what you are listening/viewing, cuurent date/time, and such.

The program is based on the use of 23 text macros that are replaced inline when they have to output. there are about 10 macros for media player infos, 4 for date and time, another 4 for use with a countdown timer, and one which can be randomly/orderly changed from time to time from a list in a chosen text file.

Here are some key features of "HyperIM":

· Save all your favorite statuses and use them at any time you want - up to 16 millions saved statuses, not 5 or 10!
· Change your status instantly in all your desired IM clients - most popular IM programs supported!
· Show what you listen or what movie you watch - many media players supported (!!!)
· Leave funny answers (there's a plugin that does this for Yahoo! Messenger users)
· See and use all hidden emoticons in Yahoo! Messenger on a keystroke (literally).
· Format your status and answers with extendable macros: kbps, duration, ASCII progress bar etc.
· Format your status and answers with customizable countdown time, current date and time, and/or random/ordered messages taken from text files!
· Make use of those nice special Yahoo! Messenger status icons: headphones, webcam, Open Talk!

Requirements:

· 1 MB disk space
· 8 MB RAM
· 120 MHz CPU

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· new: portability - authentication saved in HyperIM.ini instead of Registry
· custom status edit field size increased to 1024 chars, from 320 until now
· new: right-clicking on plugins shows a handy menu
· new: window size rememberd after switching to/from expanded view
· new: installing a plugin (HIMZP file) will automatically close HyperIM if it's running.
· fixed: checking for updates not working correctly for some users
· added some new and updated plugins in installer...