Idle Status

What about an icon or text that shows how long a user has bee at idle? So when you PM someone and they don't respond in an hour (but appear online) aren't ignoring you

 

Hmm this might happen, since that won't make more work on mods.

But might involve 2 extra queries maybe to the regular dp structure?
not sure shawn would like that


Pros:
more curiosity is pleased XD
better relations (in a way )

cons:
more queries

2:1
hmm

 

Very true. Thank you

If the user stays for X amount of hours with no activity (not even page loads) does he/she appear offline aswell?

 

no page load for 15 minutes will automatically mark the user as offline.

 

Thanks Devin, I actually didn't know this! Now I see how theres no need for an idle option

 

Yeah.. it's raelly easy to find out if a user is ignoring you.

 

how how how ???
and I dint even know that after 15 min we dont appear online
Thanks

 

But what is the use ??

 

If you sent a PM to the user and he's online or was online after you have sent the PM, he's most likely busy or ignoring you.

Even if you click the "Remember me" box, when you are inactive/idle for 15 minutes, you will appear offline to others. You will appear online when you again make posts of browse the forum.

 

If you checked "Remember Me" box, you arent going to be offline unless
1. You delete a cookie
2. You switch your browser
3. You log out manually by clucking log out button

may be more...but dont remember all

 

but the user wont go offline if he is using " remember me " thingy ..!!

 

no, he still will go offline after 15 minutes of idle time. the only difference is that with the 'remember me', he won't have to log in by typing his username and pswd to post.

 

are you sure about it ? cos I think the Green Light will be there in the side of the username even if the person is idle for 15+ mins < meaning that the person is online > when Remember Me is being used ..!!
Correct Me If I am Wrong

 

you are wrong.

 

so , even If I am using Remember Me thingy and I simply do nothing , just leave a browser window open for DP , the green color on the right side of username will turn into blue ?
< blue = offline >

 

that is correct. remember me only allows you to post without logging in (since it auto logs you in).

to clear all your doubt, do this:

go to your usercp (actually any window will do). leave that window open for more than 15 minutes. before you do anything else, take a note at the top that says:

now click refresh, or just go to another page. you'll see that 'last visited' has changed to your last 'logout' time, which you didn't realize since it's automatic.

 

Alright .. lemme give this a try