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Hi Carl,

On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 02:27, Carl Simpson <cwd.simpson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> 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. :)
>

thanks for your input, these are all well thought through and look
reasonable.
I'd just want to add "Quit Chat" for formal reasons: It is Empathy's
terminology for the action this menu item currently represents.