in the "standard" graphics mode, it would be nice to see if users are on/offline

[Barnaby W. Füi]

it seems to not exist! i like standard graphics mode better, but i also like the being able to know whether someone is around or gone.

perhaps just a little bit of text at the top (to the left of the drop down box) in each message saying "user is online" or "user is offline"?

or am i retarded and missing something?

 

[Jason Clark]

It's not there, and it isn't supposed to be. The online/offline graphic is a graphic therefore its only available in graphic mode. It doesn't make any sense to do it in the drop down as the drop down items have to go somewhere. Graphics mode doesn't add much overhead at all, so if you want that feature use graphics mode .