Yep, android has no other mechanism of showing if a program is running or not, except for opening the process manager. Some apps die as soon as you switch to an

Yep, android has no other mechanism of showing if a program is running or not, except for opening the process manager. Some apps die as soon as you switch to another and some keep running even if you select the explicit exit-button provided by the app itself. One could argue that the skype should be located under the common sync-settings though, such as email. But i don't know if that allows fast enough update rates for IM.