When i have private convos, i dont realise people have typed because there is no warning that they have, would it be possible to have a msn style convo, (when someone types it turns orange or something) then i will be aware of when people have replied!

The problem is that the game is limited by Java's capabilities. It could be brought to the front each time someone replies, but this will interfere with the game play.

Java does not have the ability to flash the window in the taskbar like MSN.