I kind of like this approach. It doesn't catch your eye but you can see it if you look.I expect someone will come up with something that is clean, simple and effective.
Here's another option for example.
You can always remove it from the templateI would prefer the username below on its original spot but a dot image like that will surely work. However i hope to see online offline indicators as an option because i don't plan to keep them on my site.
Looking at it more I have to agree, it does look better below the avatar. Another mockup with the (icon/pip) re-sized to 8px by 8px which I feel is a very acceptable size.
Is it really that generally useful? I never really thought it was important even to want to be able to glance at it, plus it tends to be inaccurate for at least 15 minutes.
Clicking on the avatar where it goes overlay popup, it could say $title (and online) [when the user is online]. Example: (click avatar > popup
Being able to see who (especially your friends) is online on a social platform is IMHO an essential aspect of the whole social networking concept. You know (ofcourse you do) the bottom status bar in Facebook where you can see which friends of you are online? You can even chat with them! It is vital functionality on any social platform and I have been wishing vBulletin to implement that for years. I hope xenForo can become the first product that actually gives us this functionality.
In this light, I also hope some kind of Friends functionality is 'coming back' in xenForo. My audience is really familiar with the friends concept, because they use it everyday on Facebook and the biggest social network in The Netherlands. Most will not know or really need to get used to the 'Followers'-functionailty. (Nobody uses Twitter on my site) The friends concept is widely known and really attracts and keeps visitors to your site. Especially when this Friends functionality is expanded to IM, online indicators (in an always visible bottom status bar), etc, etc, etc.
I don't think instantaneously/instantly contacting some like MSN or a chatbox is a goal here. Rather like twitter or facebook wall posts is where you can get in contact with someone/ a group of people in a short amount of time say 5 mins.
I don't think instantaneously/instantly contacting some like MSN or a chatbox is a goal here. Rather like twitter or facebook wall posts is where you can get in contact with someone/ a group of people in a short amount of time say 5 mins.
. Funny! How different the reality is...You are always only thinking onlu about your site.
. Funny! How different the reality is...
When i request a feature , i am not thinking about my site only , i am considering how to improve the overall quality of the script.
I'm not terribly sure what the best method would be, but someway of seeing who is online besides digging through the who's online list would be fantastic, and hopefully keep the uber clean look that exists now.
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