What's this icon in Pidgin?

[Bou]

Hi,

Something curious happened today while using Pidgin. One of my contacts had a strange icon, like a blue ball, and I had never seen it before. Do you guys have any clue about what it could be?

[RiceMonster]

They're using the web messenger

[Grant A.]

Well, I don't use Pidgin, but when I did I knew that the red ball meant offline and the green ball meant online, perhaps this means "away" or "busy"?

Is this the repository version, or the one from the website?

[Polygon]

that space where the blue ball is is usually reserved for stuff like the cell phone icon (means they are online via their phone), a music icon (for msn and stuff that supports 'what you are playing')....so i can only guess that since it looks like a globe, it means its using the web messenger like someone above said.

[sujoy]

you can right click on the name and then get info to check what exactly that might be :)

[Giant Speck]

They're using the web messenger

That's what I was thinking, considering it looks like an unbranded Firefox logo.

[khc]

They're using the web messenger

That's correct.

[jimsing59]

Thank you guys for solving the blue ball mystery with Pidgin. Now I will check AIM Express and see if I can produce another blue ball.

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