2011/1/15 Matthew Paul Thomas
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It's a fair point that using "Offline" as an IM status might be confused
with Internet connectivity. However, it's been used that way in most IM
clients for a long time. So any replacement would have to be *so* much
less confusing (and/or quicker, and/or fun) that it would be worth the
loss in familiarity.
Off the top of my head, I thought of:
“Signed out”
“Signed off”
“Logged out”
“Logged off”
and all of those with "of IM" on the end.
I don't think any of those are any better than "Offline" though, I'm not any kind of designer, and I have done no research. :)