Re: Different statuses

2017-04-28 Thread Michael Secord
On 4/28/2017 18:57, pid...@alexoren.com wrote: On 28-04-2017 19:22, David Woolley wrote: On 28/04/17 23:56, pid...@alexoren.com wrote: As you can see, offline_msg is a status. And to make it clear, I often see "extended away" on XMPP contacts, and "invisible" on Hangouts contacts. You shoul

Re: Different statuses

2017-04-28 Thread pidgin
On 28-04-2017 19:22, David Woolley wrote: On 28/04/17 23:56, pid...@alexoren.com wrote: As you can see, offline_msg is a status. And to make it clear, I often see "extended away" on XMPP contacts, and "invisible" on Hangouts contacts. You should never see invisible on remote contacts, as the w

Re: Different statuses

2017-04-28 Thread David Woolley
On 28/04/17 23:56, pid...@alexoren.com wrote: As you can see, offline_msg is a status. And to make it clear, I often see "extended away" on XMPP contacts, and "invisible" on Hangouts contacts. You should never see invisible on remote contacts, as the whole point about invisible is that it give

Re: Different statuses

2017-04-28 Thread pidgin
On 28-04-2017 18:08, pid...@mail.iqk.com wrote: {Someone will correct me if I'm wrong (and I won't mind).} Thank you for your reply, but unfortunately it does not fully answer my question. I am more interested in the statuses of my buddies more than the statuses that I set for myself. This

Re: Different statuses

2017-04-28 Thread pidgin
{Someone will correct me if I'm wrong (and I won't mind).} You may be attributing the status to have rigid meanings, but most of them could be (somewhat inaccurately) described as a "mood". "Idle" is, also, pretty straight forward. If you mark yourself as "Available", but you're away from your

Re: Different statuses

2017-04-28 Thread pidgin
On 28-04-2017 15:33, pid...@alexoren.com wrote: Can anyone please explain when are the following statuses used and what are the differences between them. This is related both to the user's status and to the buddies' statuses. available (this one is pretty straightforward) idle (what's the diff

Different statuses

2017-04-28 Thread pidgin
Can anyone please explain when are the following statuses used and what are the differences between them. This is related both to the user's status and to the buddies' statuses. available (this one is pretty straightforward) idle (what's the difference between it and away?) away (what's the dif