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Why isn't there a "group by status" option? by panos_sniper on 01-17-2006 at 01:59 PM
I wonder why there is no group by status option that would enable a user to have only the "Online" friends expanded and the "Away","Busy" etc into their own groups, collapsed...
RE: Why isn't there a "group by status" option? by M73A on 01-17-2006 at 03:45 PM
it would be a good idea... but i like the idea of grouping them as what they are to me instead of their status 
not to sure why it wasnt made actually
just like the online/offline groups but with the other statuses..
RE: Why isn't there a "group by status" option? by DJKAL on 01-17-2006 at 06:41 PM
this IS avaliable with WLM, with a small change.
with WLM you can group by status, and it is by STATUS!
it has the 2 standard groups: "ONLINE" and "OFFLINE"
but when your online contacts are set as "AWAY" "BRB" "BUSY" "ETC" they drop to the bottom of the "ONLINE" list, in an order - i still havent worked it out
{never tried to!} but they are grouped by "BRB" then "AWAY" or in another order - not sure - though still under "ONLINE"
hope this has cleared things up for you
RE: Why isn't there a "group by status" option? by RaceProUK on 01-17-2006 at 08:38 PM
Why not make a suggestion to the WLM team to add headings for each status?
RE: Why isn't there a "group by status" option? by DJKAL on 01-17-2006 at 08:54 PM
quote:
Originally posted by raceprouk
Why not make a suggestion to the WLM team to add headings for each status?
i dont think they would add it, it would make things too difficult, they have the different colours for other status and i think they'll just leave it at that.
RE: Why isn't there a "group by status" option? by stoshrocket on 01-17-2006 at 09:57 PM
post it in the plug-ins request; i think this would be a very cool idea: i would certainly use it 
RE: Why isn't there a "group by status" option? by Timothy003 on 01-17-2006 at 10:20 PM
In WLM it's a little difficult to tell the status of your contacts if you have a small window...
RE: Why isn't there a "group by status" option? by RaceProUK on 01-18-2006 at 12:44 AM
quote:It wouldn't make things difficult at all. They already separate online and offline, why not away, busy, etc?
Originally posted by DJKAL
quote:
Originally posted by raceprouk
Why not make a suggestion to the WLM team to add headings for each status?
i dont think they would add it, it would make things too difficult, they have the different colours for other status and i think they'll just leave it at that.
RE: Why isn't there a "group by status" option? by albert on 01-18-2006 at 02:30 AM
quote:
Originally posted by DJKAL
i think they'll just leave it at that.
Actully, it was mentionned in the beta tester chat that they are thinking about bringing back the old thing. I got to admit this is kind of bothering. I mean, lot of ppl online put busy or away just because they don't really want to have 60 convos opened. I would still prefer to have this shown by alphabetical order..
The best thing would probably to have a setting to choose how to display them..