daniweb should have a LCD looking button which will be off when that person is not online otherwise green. i have seen on many maths forumns. it is sometimes nice and helpful. we can have this feature if possible :-)
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Jump to PostI think this feature is more vb boards and wasn't implement in the new build. I don't think it's needed, personally, I find it annoying when people know you're online.. Sometimes I got: "You're online, I can see it but you're still not replying to m thread" awkward.
Jump to PostNote that this is a dual feature, and the second part makes the first part less useful. If we implement some sort of notification that people are online, we'll also need to include a way to disable it and allow people to be invisible. Otherwise it has too much of …
Jump to PostOtherwise it has too much of a "Big Brother" feel.
IMHO the "User1 is reading a private message from User2" in the activity stream is also border-line big brother.
Jump to PostI have it off too, and for the same reason. Nobody's business what I'm doing.
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