Ok this is a simple little modification to bring back the old name activation system while still keeping the point and click system.
As it is now, you target an NPC, go to the NPC tab, and start talking. When you're done you simply click on the main tab again and carry on as usual. But I was thinking... I was reading another thread where people were saying how they liked the old system of saying "hello <npc>" to start chatting. So I propose an alternative method to start chat.
What should happen is this: You get to an NPC, lets say harnquist, and you want to talk to him. So you say "hello harnquist" in the main chat, this then automatically targets harquist and changes to the NPC tab where he responds to your hello. You then chat to him as normal and then when you're done you either click on the main tab or you type "good bye harquist" which then untargets the npc and switches to the main tab.
I hope that makes as much sense as I want it to. The only real reason for doing this is to accomodate the people who liked that name activation system while still keeping the current system in place.