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Keep the icon: [Image: away.gif] 3 8.57%
Change it to text: Status: Away 23 65.71%
Who cares? |-) 9 25.71%
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O.P. Undecided  keep the "away" icon?
When a user has set the "away" option in their profile, and they are offline, an icon will be shown for their status next to their posts: [Image: away.gif]

Would you rather have it shown in text? For example:

Status: Offline
Status: Online
Status: Away


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02-16-2004 06:52 PM
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RE: keep the "away" icon?
First to vote :banana:

For consistency, I think it would be better to have words for all three of them. And another very wise remark has already been made too:
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lmfao ok good, im glad i don't see them, there gay
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So true :P

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RE: keep the "away" icon?
"text", and it doesn't need a link actually like it is on the current image, as you can click on the persons name...
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RE: keep the "away" icon?
You should have made it a multi-selection poll... I'm stuck between "text" and "Who cares" :P

But I voted "text" cos I think that's better.  How about a dark red for the colour?  Or a slightly reddish grey (careful it doesn't go pink :P)  I think black and bold just looks to important, more active than "Offline" when it should be less.
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Blah... it's hard not to go pink... :p

How about we switch the "offline" and "away" colors?

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02-16-2004 07:30 PM
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RE: keep the "away" icon?
Hmm, I just changed my mind and now can't change it put
-1 on who cares and put it to
Change it to text: Status: Away

And switch the colors

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RE: keep the
How about
Status: Online
Status: Offline
Status: Away


I mean, offline and away both indicate the person is not there, and therefore gray would be good. You could use a different kind of grey to indicate the difference.
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RE: keep the
Status: Online
Status: Offline
Status: Away


or

Status: Online
Status: Offline
Status: Away


i reckon
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RE: keep the "away" icon?
Red draws my attention more than green, while I believe online is more important than offline :-/
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this? (the grey and red is in browsersafe palette btw)

Status: Online
Status: Offline
Status: Away


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