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IM didn't used to be like that because we didn't have clients on our phones. An "online" status meant that someone was sitting at their computer and happy to c
by batiudrami 6y ago
IM didn't used to be like that because we didn't have clients on our phones. An "online" status meant that someone was sitting at their computer and happy to chat (or they'd have the client closed).
- phire 6y agoOr you would set your status to "appear offline" From memory AIM/MSN didn't even have offline messaging. If someone was offline, you either waited for them to be online, or you would contact them via email/txt/landline.
- moistbar 6y agoI remember AIM having the ability to forward messages to SMS when you were offline, and Pidgin had the ability to "pounce" someone, which would queue up a message to send them next time they logged on.
- breakfastduck 6y agoPidgin - now that's a name I haven't heard in a long time! Made me immediately think of Adium, which I used to talk on MSM via my mac because the official client was woeful.
- moistbar 6y agoLibpurple was friggin excellent.
- toast0 6y agoAIM eventually got offline messaging; I beleive with AIM 6.0 that launched in late 2006.
- phire 6y agoI think all my friends had moved to google talk and text messaging by 2006.
- guessbest 6y agoICQ was like that since the mid 90's.
- lovegoblin 6y agoICQ had offline messaging, though.
- int_19h 6y agoI almost never use IM on my phone, but nevertheless messaging is, and always was, async for me as well. From what I recall, it was like that back in ICQ days in late 90s already. And it was a very refreshing change from phone calls, where you had to either respond or ignore the call.