--= That stupid Web status indicator: This BS has got to stop =--
GB Kodiak
I've tried changing the relevant options back and forth to no avail. All my
contacts also show up as disabled, when at the same time we can see our
online status fine through ICQs white pages where they check internally.
I've been digging into this little problem and what do I find? People
started complaining about this in 1998. (Just check out the developers forum
at the ICQ site.) That thread slowly continued until 1999. It's the year
2000, but where are the working indicators? I WAS PROMISED WORKING
INDICATORS! I don't see ANY WORKING INDICATORS!
Why?
Why?
Why?
Simple.
These AOL goons could care less about this stuff, and it seems that if we
want something to happen, it will require some form of coersion. From what
I've read, their tech support is beyond hopeless, so we need a more direct
line of communication. (Hopefully nobody will have to point a shotgun in
their general direction. ;-)
Does anybody know someone who did work on the Online.dll module? Or does
anybody know someone who knows someone? We have to take a stand if we ever
hope to resolve this.
The BIG -M-
I have a web page with about 20 people's status indicators on it and they
are all indicator disabled except when they are online and even then it's
only about 50% of the time they appear as Online.
The BIG -M-
GB Kodiak <kodiak_...@ghostbear.clans.net> wrote in message
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uhura7
[ICQ Inc. does not warrant that the Indicator will perform
properly or completely or continue to be available]
--
uhura7 ;-) http://help.icqx.com/faq/
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GB Kodiak wrote in message ...
> I WAS PROMISED WORKING
> INDICATORS! I don't see ANY WORKING INDICATORS!
>
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GB Kodiak
if it doesn't work? They could at least be honest and just get rid of the
lemon.
"uhura7" <uhu...@NOSPAM.anymore> wrote in message
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> http://www.icq.com/legal/indicator.html
> [ICQ Inc. does not warrant that the Indicator will perform
> properly or completely or continue to be available]
>
> --
> uhura7 ;-) http://help.icqx.com/faq/
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> GB Kodiak wrote in message ...
> > I WAS PROMISED WORKING
> > INDICATORS! I don't see ANY WORKING INDICATORS!
> >
>
> -
>
>
QM
>
> Let's be serious here. What good is something -- why bother providing it --
> if it doesn't work? They could at least be honest and just get rid of the
> lemon.
That would piss off even more people unfortunately. It's not good
business. From what I understand the problem is a server overload, not a
problem with the indicator itself. Once they upgrade their servers it
will be fixed, until the influx of users causes it to go out again.
--
ICQ QM [ICQ#:11952102] < http://help.icqx.com/ >
I don't work for ICQ (or at least I don't get paid for it =)
Please include the original message when replying
-
GB Kodiak
all this time.
And how could this be a server overload? Their own internal stuff (not to
mention ICQ itself) reports this correctly every time. Even if it was,
they've had a lot of time to work something out that wouldn't continue to
cause or recur this problem up to today.
Online/offline status is core functionality for an instant messenger and
anything related to it. I think they're just being full of it.
"QM" <he...@icqx.com> wrote in message news:39A9B622...@icqx.com...
you...@my-deja.com
"GB Kodiak" <kodiak_...@ghostbear.clans.net> wrote: ..."From
what I've read, their tech support is beyond hopeless"...
you might get a kick out of this example.
Hello, is there anyone there actually reading these e-mail's.
This doesn't even address the problem I'm having at all.
Real help, please & tks.
Michael
>From: Kalia - ICQ Support <supp...@icq.com>
>To: "'michaelandb...@hotmail.com'"
<michaelandb...@hotmail.com>
>Subject: RE: How to... - ICQ Status Indicator
>Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 17:40:26 +0200
>
>Hello,
>Thank you for taking the time to write us.
>
>In order to show/hide your online/offline status on your wwpager (so
people
>will/won't be able to see when you are online/offline when browsing
through
>your wwpager), please click the ICQ menu -> 'Security & privacy' ->
General
>-> Un/check the "Allow other ICQ and internet users to view my online
>presence from the web" option.
>
>There are several options:
>
>Web aware box is checked: shows true status.
>1) Web Aware box checked + user is online -> wwpager shows: User Is
Online.
>2) Web Aware box checked + user is offline -> wwpager shows: User Is
>Offline.
>3) Web Aware box checked + user is invisible -> wwpager shows: User Is
>Offline
>
>When the Web Aware box is un-checked, the status indicator will show
>"Disabled".
>
>Please note that while the privacy and security features offered on
ICQ are
>designed to assist in protecting users privacy, they can not guarantee
>privacy protection against all exploitations.
>
>Higher levels of privacy may be reached using encryption technology
with
>your ICQ. For privacy concerns, you may also wish to review the ICQ
Security
>Tutorial at http://www.icq.com/features/security/security-tutorial.html
>
>Thank you.
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: michaelandb...@hotmail.com
>[mailto:michaelandb...@hotmail.com]
>Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2000 12:13 AM
>To: sup...@icq.com
>Subject: How to... - ICQ Status Indicator
>
>
>From: michael young, 11080068
>Was sent in: Saturday, 9-23-2000 18:08:43
>OS: Windows 98
>ICQ Version: 2000b Beta v4.55 Build #3264
>ICQ Feature:
>
>How to...:
>
>Have I done something wrong or is there a problem on your end?
>
>I've installed the ICQ status indicator on my home page
>http://www.escape.ca/~youngss/ but it shows indicator dissabled when
I'm
>logged off ICQ even though I've enabled the indicator. I does show as
>online when I'm online and logged into an ICQ server.
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>Browser Type: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows 98)
>Connection Type: DSL Line
>Connection Speed: Not Specified
>IP Address: 205.200.28.78 (Default)
>Memory: 64 MB or more
>CPU: Pentium running at 150/166 Mhz
>ISP: escape.ca
>
>Internet Dialer: WinPoET Version 1.4 build 19990730
>AOL Version: Not Specified
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