Dot in lower left hand corner of posts?

[ybbor]

what is this here for? most people have a silver dot, although some have a green one, and i think i have a red one. is this the 'karma' feature of VB3, or does indicate when someone's online or something else?

 

[GenMarshall]

That is the "active" indicator. Green means that that user is online. Silver means that that user is offline or is in invisible mode.

 

[Crazy Eddie]

It shows the online/offline status of the poster, hover the mouse over it.

Edit: bah, beaten to it.

 

[ybbor]

o, why didn't i notice i could hover my mouse over it. now i'm switching off invisible, everyone can tell

doesn't that kinda defeat the point of "invisibale"?

 

[WillJ]

doesn't that kinda defeat the point of "invisibale"?

Not really, because for all you know the "invisible" person is visible but currently offline. But of course if you're a good stalker, you could find out if someone is invisible or not.

And BTW, this feature isn't new to the upgrade; it was in the old version as well, in the form of red/yellow checks (or white/blue apples if you used the Mac style). You may have already known that, though.

 

[Crazy Eddie]

o, why didn't i notice i could hover my mouse over it. now i'm switching off invisible, everyone can tell

doesn't that kinda defeat the point of "invisibale"?

At a guess I'd say that the 'invisible' posters can see their own status, and also the mods, but everyone else sees the offline symbol.

 

[Chieftess]

o, why didn't i notice i could hover my mouse over it. now i'm switching off invisible, everyone can tell

doesn't that kinda defeat the point of "invisibale"?

You could tell in 2.35 (there was a checkmark).

 

[Gogf]

I think it still says your offline if your invisible and online. I've never seen CT's on, and I know she's in invisible.

 

[Dell19]

Besides it would only show that you were on the forums, not which part of the forum you were currently browsing...