AcornICQ

This screen shows up when you have started ICQ, and of course it will start "Off line" since it is safe to expect that you will probably not be online immediately. The red flower in the corner is the important item to use here. Give is an Adjust click and see what happens! If it just turned green, then you just signed on! You can have better control, however, if you Select click on it instead. If you do that, then this will be the result: A tick will appear next to your choice, though when you are disconnected, only the "Connect" option will be available in the lower section of the box, and the "Offline" option will be ticked with the rest greyed out. You may have noticed that the little "flower" symbols actually mean something. The status menu above shows each of these flowers and what each one means. Apart from "Offline", the flowers all mean that the contact is online.

• Offline The user is not online. You may send a message which will be stored until the user next goes online.
• Online The user is online and ready for anything!
• Invisible The user is online but cannot be seen (unless that person is on your invisible list).
• Not available The user isn't available. Leave a message...
• Occupied The user is busy with something
• Away The user isn't at the keyboard. Probably making tea or something. Leave a message...
• Don't disturb The user doesn't want to be disturbed!

The last four status types have associated responses which can be sent if someone ignores them -Not in Acorn ICQ version 0.10-.