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Originally posted by CookieRevised
Nope it is by design

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How do you know?

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
It would be a very stupid and strange bug to be overlooked otherwise (IMO)

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Nobody's perfect. Patchou is human and could have simply forgotten about this, if he was perfect we wouldn't have this subforum.

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
"offline" is a status just like any other status

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I saw this one coming... Yes, technically, it's just another status, but it's the only one in which your contacts can't see you or talk to you, so it's a special status. Therefore, the Boss Protection and Messenger Lock features should check before changing your status. If you're in offline mode, it's because you don't want to talk or be seen.
Let's say I wanna go the bathroom and a friend of mine is here. I lock Messenger with a password so he can't use it. I was in offline mode because I didn't want to talk to someone or I didn't want someone to know I was online for some reason . Now my contacts see I'm online. But I do want MsgPlus to change my status when I'm in online mode and use this feature.

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
the boss protection simply changes your status, it doesn't check what your status is atm

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That's why I'm posting this.

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
It is exactly like "AutoAwayAlways" because that also defines/limits the function to only a specific status which must be/must not be in action. If this isn't added as a "hidden" registry key, then "AutoAwayAlways" must also be made into a proper "not hidden" option IMHO.

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It's not the same. It does something similar, but the context is different. Why should that "be made into a proper "not hidden" option"? They are different things.
When you make a program, you have to think which options you want to put in the GUI. You have to draw the line somewhere, you have to get a balance between functionality and easy of use. Otherwise you get a dialog with a thousand checkboxes for trivial options that make the important ones hard to find.

IMHO, the best solution for this would be if the Boss Protection and the Messenger Lock features only changed to the selected status if the current one wasn't "Appear offline". Then there could be a reg key to put it back as it is now.