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Web gurus: Has anyone noticed that when logged in, you may (or may not) be listed as online. No biggie, sometimes like to check if a particular member is present. Thanks.

hi,

sorry i don't understand your problem! just use/look in the lower part of the "index-page" and you see who is online or not.

SFDeeJay schrieb: No biggie, sometimes like to check if a particular member is present. Thanks.

What is your point?

SFDeeJay wrote:

Web gurus: Has anyone noticed that when logged in, you may (or may not) be listed as online

I think that what SFDeeJay is trying to say is that sometimes his own name doesn't appear in the list (mine doesn't either on occasions), so the list may not give a true picture of who is online and who is not.

Peter.

If that is really his motivation then he should doublecheck his own Forum Profil settings. There is an option to be visible or not ...

I think what he is referring to is the section "Who is Online" in the screenshot below. Not very high in my list of priorities anyway!!

This is a forum and no chat system. It is meant for asynchronous communication. And especially the people that are recognized as "experts" might benefit from this, because everybody would then adress those experts in chat like systems and there would be a flood of questions if they go online. I like the way it is!

If you only want to address certain people, then use messages - which still is asynchronous and those people can decide on their own, when to reply.

But back to the online status. I never logout. So, most likely there is a timeout for the online status. And my guess is that the enabler for the online status are certain activities like "login" or writing or changing the profile. Just reading won't change the online status.

PS: Before sending this article i did not show up in the online list, but now i am, so my theory seems to be correct.

"What is your point" is a rude response. My reason for asking is that some forum members give excellent advice, and since I live halfway across the world and would like to know if they are available (because of time zone disparity).

Thanks, MagIO2. My intent was NOT to chat, please see my explanation (to WorldHusky).

SFDeeJay schrieb: "What is your point" is a rude response. My reason for asking is that some forum members give excellent advice, and since I live halfway across the world and would like to know if they are available (because of time zone disparity).

None of my business, but take it easy DeeJay Not being a native Anglo-speaker myself and being somewhat fluent in a couple of other languages, life experience has taught me that a common and harmless expression in one language may often come across as something really awful when literally translated into something else. I'm sure the poster did not intend to sound rude If that weren't the case I myself would have been hanged long ago

MMorao: Excellent advice. In the future, I will bear in mind that, while I take pride in good English composition, my intended meaning may not be completely clear to others.