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Originally Posted by jjd228
heres why: when people see you on their buddy list with the cell phone icon next to your name, more times than not they wont bother IM'ing you and assume youre offline and simply have "offline mobile forwarding" enabled. people have come to associate that little mobile phone icon with being "offline". so if youre going to run a client that actually signs you ON to the aim network, then you should appear as ONline. then when you sign OFF, if you have offline forwarding enabled, then you should have the cellphone icon next to your name. point being, if im going to usee bb aim and still appear to be using "offline forwarding", then theres really no point in using bb aim in the first place. i can simply sign off of aim, use offline forwarding, and still be able to send and receive messages. i dont think the R&D dept really tested this process enough.
edit: jivetalk, for example gets it right. when you sign on with jivetalk you appear as ONline, not "offline mobile forwarding"
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I totally agree with you!!