hello!

maybe this will sound stupid, but i just have to know.
what is the difference between away status and idle status?

plz, remember- i'm new at this
tnx 4 answer

lp, aiwa

Away is when they're away and idle is when a person is away from his keyboard and mouse for 5 minutes (i think).
If you don't press a keyboard key or you don't move you mouse your status is set to idle.

Away is when you change to status to... 'away'

Idle is when you have the status 'online' and go do some other stuff (doing the laundry, watching tv)
after some while, WLM switches to 'Idle' becuase you are inactive...

So 'away' you choose yourself
and 'idle' is when you're not active...

So if anyone of your contacts has the status idle, it most likely is they didn't use WLM for a while...

I have the dutch version, so I don't know exactly how it's called, but at the same page you can change your name in WLM, there's also an option "change status to 'away' after (...) minutes", WLM names it 'Away' but this is a different 'away' than when you change your status.
MP!L sees the 2 different away's and seperates them as 'away' and 'idle'

-edit- Lol , both got beaten by Zahid

Away = Someone has set their status to "Away"
Idle = They are actually away, havn't moved their move/keybard in x minutes

x = the amount of minutes you put in Tools > Options.. "Show me as Away when I'm inactive for ... minutes"

You can enable/disable this by going to Plus! > Preferences > Customize! > tick/untick 'Show contacts as Idle instead of Away when appropriate'

Bleh, too slow, but another way to put it.

thnx guys!

and greetings from slovenia!