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7 <desc>Understanding the various statuses and status icons.</desc>
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13 <credit type="author">
14 <name>Milo Casagrande</name>
15 <email>milo@ubuntu.com</email>
17 <credit type="author">
18 <name>Shaun McCance</name>
19 <email>shaunm@gnome.org</email>
23 <name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
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28 <title>Status Types and Icons</title>
32 <title><media type="image" mime="image/png" src="figures/available.png">Available icon</media>
33 <gui>Available</gui></title>
34 <p>Use the <em>Available</em> status when you are at your computer and able
35 to chat with your contacts. You can set a custom message for this status.</p>
38 <title><media type="image" mime="image/png" src="figures/busy.png">Busy icon</media>
39 <gui>Busy</gui></title>
40 <p>Use the <em>Busy</em> status to let your contacts know that you don’t want
41 to chat right now. They can still contact you, for instance if they have something
42 urgent they need to discuss. By default, <app>Empathy</app> will not use notification
43 bubbles and sounds when you are busy. You can set a custom message for this status.</p>
46 <title><media type="image" mime="image/png" src="figures/away.png">Away icon</media>
47 <gui>Away</gui></title>
48 <p>Use the <em>Away</em> status when you are going away from your computer.
49 <app>Empathy</app> automatically sets your status to Away if you do not use
50 your computer for a while, or if your screensaver is on. By default,
51 <app>Empathy</app> will not use notification bubbles and sounds when you are
52 away. You can set a custom message for this status.</p>
55 <title><media type="image" mime="image/png" src="figures/offline.png">Offline icon</media>
56 <gui>Hidden</gui></title>
57 <p>When you set your status to <em>Hidden</em>, you will appear as offline
58 to your contacts. You will still be connected to your accounts, and you
59 still see your contacts’ statuses and start conversations with them.</p>
62 <title><media type="image" mime="image/png" src="figures/offline.png">Offline icon</media>
63 <gui>Offline</gui></title>
64 <p>Setting your status to <em>Offline</em> disconnects you from all of