I work remotely with a coworker who uses AIM through Gmail. But he
never, ever, ever goes idle, even when he's been away from the
computer for days. This is frustrating because I never know when I'm
talking to no one or when he's just being unresponsive. I can't find
any settings to fix this, and my search for solutions turned up
nothing. Any ideas? Much thanks.
> I work remotely with a coworker who uses AIM through Gmail. But he
> never, ever, ever goes idle, even when he's been away from the
> computer for days. This is frustrating because I never know when I'm
> talking to no one or when he's just being unresponsive. I can't find
> any settings to fix this, and my search for solutions turned up
> nothing. Any ideas? Much thanks.
> I might add that we are both using Macs, and I use Adium for chat.
> On Oct 9, 10:18 pm, Pr0crast wrote:
> > I work remotely with a coworker who uses AIM through Gmail. But he
> > never, ever, ever goes idle, even when he's been away from the
> > computer for days. This is frustrating because I never know when I'm
> > talking to no one or when he's just being unresponsive. I can't find
> > any settings to fix this, and my search for solutions turned up
> > nothing. Any ideas? Much thanks.
Thanks for responding. I have checked all the settings for AIM within
Gmail and I can't find anything about showing idle status. If he was
using standalone software, I would know where to look and what to tell
him -- but he is using AIM through Gmail. Any ideas?
> This may be because he has not set AIM to show when he is idle. Have
> you asked him about this?
> On Oct 10, 1:21 am, Pr0crast wrote:
> > I might add that we are both using Macs, and I use Adium for chat.
> > On Oct 9, 10:18 pm, Pr0crast wrote:
> > > I work remotely with a coworker who uses AIM through Gmail. But he
> > > never, ever, ever goes idle, even when he's been away from the
> > > computer for days. This is frustrating because I never know when I'm
> > > talking to no one or when he's just being unresponsive. I can't find
> > > any settings to fix this, and my search for solutions turned up
> > > nothing. Any ideas? Much thanks.
Oh. In that case, no, I'm afraid I can't help. I don't use AIM through
gmail, only as its own client or through Pidgin. Sorry! Perhaps
someone else will see this and chime in.
> Thanks for responding. I have checked all the settings for AIM within
> Gmail and I can't find anything about showing idle status. If he was
> using standalone software, I would know where to look and what to tell
> him -- but he is using AIM through Gmail. Any ideas?
> On Oct 10, 8:10 pm, MsI53 wrote:
> > This may be because he has not set AIM to show when he is idle. Have
> > you asked him about this?
> > On Oct 10, 1:21 am, Pr0crast wrote:
> > > I might add that we are both using Macs, and I use Adium for chat.
> > > On Oct 9, 10:18 pm, Pr0crast wrote:
> > > > I work remotely with a coworker who uses AIM through Gmail. But he
> > > > never, ever, ever goes idle, even when he's been away from the
> > > > computer for days. This is frustrating because I never know when I'm
> > > > talking to no one or when he's just being unresponsive. I can't find
> > > > any settings to fix this, and my search for solutions turned up
> > > > nothing. Any ideas? Much thanks.
Taking a guess at this one, he may have AIM switched on as a separate
entity but no sidebar showing. Have a look at the bottom of his screen
in the toolbar for the AIM icon, right click it and exit. The
possibility is that as it's a company system and server he may
hibernate for the master server to update in idle hours.
> Oh. In that case, no, I'm afraid I can't help. I don't use AIM through
> gmail, only as its own client or through Pidgin. Sorry! Perhaps
> someone else will see this and chime in.
> On Oct 11, 12:55 am, Pr0crast wrote:
> > Thanks for responding. I have checked all the settings for AIM within
> > Gmail and I can't find anything about showing idle status. If he was
> > using standalone software, I would know where to look and what to tell
> > him -- but he is using AIM through Gmail. Any ideas?
> > On Oct 10, 8:10 pm, MsI53 wrote:
> > > This may be because he has not set AIM to show when he is idle. Have
> > > you asked him about this?
> > > On Oct 10, 1:21 am, Pr0crast wrote:
> > > > I might add that we are both using Macs, and I use Adium for chat.
> > > > On Oct 9, 10:18 pm, Pr0crast wrote:
> > > > > I work remotely with a coworker who uses AIM through Gmail. But he
> > > > > never, ever, ever goes idle, even when he's been away from the
> > > > > computer for days. This is frustrating because I never know when I'm
> > > > > talking to no one or when he's just being unresponsive. I can't find
> > > > > any settings to fix this, and my search for solutions turned up
> > > > > nothing. Any ideas? Much thanks.
