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[Carl Simpson <cwd.simpson@xxxxxxxxx>]

2011/1/15 Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

>
> 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. :)