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Originally posted by CookieRevised
So now you're saying you want:
1) that you know when your family is online.
2) that your family knows you're online.
(which is again different from both previous things you've said 
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Wait.. wait..
How could it be different?
I am just "using" comeback message to get what I need since that's the only way possible of doing that.
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Originally posted by CookieRevised
In that case, why don't you and your family simply set a special notification sound for when you or your family comes online (and even goes back offline or any other status for that matter) together with using the (always on-top) desktop contacts? (I know I do it that way for those "special" friends of mine, and I always know when they are online or not, no matter how many windows I have opened or whatever I'm doing on the PC 
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Just opening a new chat window, in this last case you've described, just to see if someone is online is not a good solution. eg: it clutters up your task bar with an otherwise useless window, if they go back offline you wont notice it, etc...
Yes, I also have notification sounds for them, but it's not that effective because sometimes the sign-in sound gets "swallowed" with the music I play on my computer
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And I guess cluttering my taskbar gets my attention more since we don't have the best solution for now.
* Weyzza changes the thread title.
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