Shoutbox

Ok I've been visiting this forum for years and in the past few months the idea has crossed my mind about a new plugin.  I never posted my idea because I figured it was already done, however I searched and researched and came up with nothing.

Anyways this is my idea.  When you get a message obviously the persons window appears in the taskbar, and it flashes right?...Well if you leave that open it obviously stops flashing...now what if you could tell the current status of that person just by looking at your taskbar?  Here are some photoshopped pictures to help explain my idea.



What does everyone think of this idea?