gAlwaysIdle - Change Your Google Talk Status Message to "Always Idle"

September 22, 2007 | | 14 comments »

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Google Talk does not provide a built-in functionality to allow you to control your idle status.

There are probably times when you'd rather not let people know you're around. gAlwaysIdle allows you update your status to 'always idle' so you appear away even when you're typing e-mails and sending instant messages.

Similar to 'always idle', it lets you update your status to 'never idle' when you're away from your computer.

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14 comments

  1. David // 24 September, 2007 20:41  

    I just downloaded this - it works great! Thanks for posting.

  2. protesto // 24 September, 2007 20:42  

    You're welcome ;)

  3. Gopal Aggarwal // 26 September, 2007 05:29  

    hi...

    that's a neat technology, but what;s the use of it?

    Is the BUSY red icon not sufficient to indicate that the user is currently doing online work

    In fact IDLE means free.......hmmm

    so, don't we need to rethink it's use?

    :)

    regards,
    gopal1035@gmail.com
    India

  4. Chuck // 27 September, 2007 18:55  

    >> but what;s the use of it

    I don't know about others, but I use it so that people don't know I'm ignoring them! :) If I have the red icon, it turns yellow when I'm gone, and then it's pretty obvious when I get back because it goes from red to yellow... when it's yellow all the time, nobody knows whether I'm at my computer or not, and I'm free to respond at my leisure, or selectively respond to people.
    Chuck

  5. Anonymous // 15 October, 2007 20:41  

    Such a great idea! I'm on my computer pretty much all day long but am not always in the mood to chat.. well, it depends on the conversation topic.. so I find this program really useful because I don't want to be rude to people. Thanks!

  6. Angie // 23 October, 2007 22:42  

    it doesn't change the status in google quick contacts though

  7. Anonymous // 18 December, 2007 20:21  

    Hey this is awesome! Exactly what I was looking for...

  8. DJ // 19 December, 2007 05:08  

    amazing thing!! thats what i was looking for. thanx a zillion.

  9. Anonymous // 08 June, 2008 02:17  

    OmG I love this! Thankss!

  10. Anonymous // 15 September, 2008 15:29  

    your thoughts match mine... I do agree with you. some time we dont want people to know we are there... some time we feel "u there?" message irritating, So this app is really very useful in such situations... :)

  11. Anonymous // 19 October, 2008 12:03  

    How Can I Display idle Button .....

  12. Gmg Kng // 22 February, 2009 14:25  

    how do i download it

  13. infario // 15 June, 2009 08:06  

    download not working

  14. Anonymous // 17 October, 2009 13:04  

    doesn't work when you are voice chatting

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