Ask: How Long Before Status Message go to Idle?
Possible Answer #1: If you mean Idle Status in IM Client of Yahoo Messenger, the answer is: its depend to preference setting on your Yahoo Messenger Client under Preferences –> Privacy –> Show me as “Idle” if I don’t use the computer for [1] minutes. [1] is the lowest number and can be edited as many as your want. And you’ll never get “Idle” status if you choose “Do not show anyone how long I have been idle.”
Possible Answer #2: If you means “Idle” in Facebook Chat: It probably your status would go to Idle after 10 minutes.
Possible Answer #3: If you means Idle in Google Talk aka GTalk: It around 10 minutes before you go Idle, but you can set to always Idle by using GTalk Tool called Always Idle
Possible Answer #4: In AIM / Aol Instant Messenger it could be around 5 to 10 minutes before you go to “Idle”.
Possible Answer #5: If you means Idle in Windows Live Messenger / WLM / MSN Messenger, by default, it set around 10 minutes before Idle Status, but you can change just like in Yahoo Messenger to lower or higher minutes.
According to all of the answer above, it could be all of Messenger Services that had Idle Status would be set by default time to go “Idle” in 10 minutes (iChat, ICQ, and others)
Conclusion: Idle Message Status occurs only if you doesn’t touch the mouse or keyboard for the default of 10 minutes.
Tags: AIM, AIM AOL Messenger, AOL Instant Messenger, Google Talk, GTalk, iChat, ICQ, MSN Messenger, Windows Live Messenger, WLM, Y!M, Yahoo! Messenger
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February 18th, 2010 at 8:11 pm
This is new to me and thanks for sharing.
February 18th, 2010 at 8:12 pm
Particularly good collection today, thanks!
October 2nd, 2010 at 12:13 pm
read here http://www.snakebytez.com/2009/01/01/set-fake-idle-status-on-yahoo-messenger/
October 18th, 2012 at 7:05 pm
So if someone never shows up as idle while on messenger that means they are typing or active online in some way? This has been a real dispute for me & I need to know how accurate it is , or will it sometimes never go idle, even if the person is not active?
November 6th, 2012 at 4:18 pm
Can u please tell me what do Status message Idle mean?