Shoutbox

I find the suggestion far from stupid.

There was no _real_ reason to remove those statusses in the new WLM. Simplicity? maybe, but as with many things, if you personally don't have a use for it then don't use it. Many other people shouldn't be 'punished' for something which 'the majority' doesn't use that much. In fact, there would be a whole bunch of other stuff which is not used much by the majority which could have been removed. And gaining a few new things in its place (like animated display pictures) shouldn't be a reason either. It also didn't block any further development for other stuff either. So in the end, no, no reason to remove it.

It is correct that not _everybody_ had a use for those extra statusses, but that does not mean _nobody_ had a use for it!!! This is also not somethng which can be explained by 'changes happen' and/or 'keeping up with the future'. This is plain and simple removing of features without any real reason, imho.

I use( d) BRB all the time! And find that there is a BIG difference between BRB and the standard AWAY. Hence, I would very much like to see at least the BRB status coming back.


Thank god for Plus! being there which fills this status-gap a bit...


As for his petition. Only having 17 or so people who have signed that petition does not mean that there aren't any people who want it back, blessedguy. It simply means that the site where this petition is found, hasn't been visited too much and isn't very well known. EDIT: Going from 17 sigs to almost twice that much in like 30 minutes after this thread has been brought back to the latest posts page, proofs this point also...