| What do symbols next to names in chat mean | christalrocks | 09/09/16 5:59 | There are colored symbols, orange, green and grey next to names under the chat column what does each color mean? Confused between the green circle symbol and the orange circle symbol. Also how do you make folders to pull your email messages in to s |
| Re: What do symbols next to names in chat mean | dwight.stegall | 09/09/16 7:37 | why not read the help pages http://www.google.com/support/ |
| Re: What do symbols next to names in chat mean | bkc56 | 09/09/16 9:57 | From a gmail help page: - Contacts who are idle, or away from their computers, will have yellow colored balls next to their names. - Contacts who are busy will have red colored balls next to their names. - Contacts who are offline will have grey c |
| Re: What do symbols next to names in chat mean | bkc56 | 09/09/16 9:58 | Sorry about the above poor formatting. It looked nice when I cut/pasted in the info, but the formatting all got lost. |
| Re: What do symbols next to names in chat mean | graphixsw | 09/10/10 20:41 | What does the orange ball mean? |
| Re: What do symbols next to names in chat mean | gravi_t | 09/10/11 0:54 | orange = idle (not active) |
| Re: What do symbols next to names in chat mean | c.pergiel | 09/10/12 7:44 | I think maybe orange and yellow are the same. They just look different depending on your display. |
| Re: What do symbols next to names in chat mean | Jazz4Kurt | 10/01/27 22:31 | I didn't find this on a search of help, is why I asked. On looking at this answer, I have some understanding of the intended meaning. It would clarify my understanding if I understood how Google was making the determination. Such as to what the diffe |
| Re: What do symbols next to names in chat mean | annicaflow | 10/03/22 23:23 | Sometimes within chat, I will see a friend not with a green circle next to his name but instead a green solid box with a solid arrow next to it. What does that indicate? It is not the phone icon that folks have talking about. |
| Re: What do symbols next to names in chat mean | Jazz4Kurt | 10/03/23 7:59 | Idle not active is fairly straightforward, but what does busy mean? ...and what about all of the various symbols, and why not use a tooltip to show the user what all this cryptic stuff means instead of burying it in incomprehensible help pages? |
| Re: What do symbols next to names in chat mean | gravi_t | 10/03/23 10:59 | Jazz4Kurt, All the symbols have been explained by bkc56 in his first reply. "Busy" is a status you set yourself when you don't want to be disturbed. And Gmail status messages are the same as in all chat programs. |
| Re: What do symbols next to names in chat mean | Ballet girl | 10/04/06 16:06 | I can't get the orange ball up. How do I do it? |
| Re: What do symbols next to names in chat mean | gravi_t | 10/04/07 1:50 | SOTD, Don't do anything for about 5 minutes. The orange ball only appears when you are idle. |
| Re: What do symbols next to names in chat mean | todd_13 | 10/05/04 16:46 | the orange ball and the yellow ball are one and the same. that means idle, which means online but not active. green means available, red means busy, and grey means signed out. |
| Re: What do symbols next to names in chat mean | ehkucera0 | 10/05/23 8:17 | I have not seen the answer to annicaflow's question: What does the green rectangle with the green triangle mean? It would be helpful if the status menu showed the different symbols instead of just the color. |
| Re: What do symbols next to names in chat mean | Ballet girl | 10/05/24 19:07 | ehkucera0, is it maybe some kind of thing with android? I'm not sure... |
| Re: What do symbols next to names in chat mean | Jazz4Kurt | 10/05/25 0:08 | Maybe every once a year or so, Google could actually respond to our questions.... just a thought. |
| Re: What do symbols next to names in chat mean | Ballet girl | 10/05/25 7:22 | Good idea, Jazz4Kurt :) |
| Re: What do symbols next to names in chat mean | gravi_t | 10/05/25 11:39 | Maybe every once a year or so, you could actually read the answers that have been posted and react to those ... just a thought. |
| Re: What do symbols next to names in chat mean | Ballet girl | 10/05/25 11:41 | Are you talking to me, gravi_t? Or who? |
| Re: What do symbols next to names in chat mean | gravi_t | 10/05/25 11:43 | No, I replied to Jazz4Kurt. I think your answers are quite alright. |
| Re: What do symbols next to names in chat mean | Ballet girl | 10/05/25 12:02 | :) And what is the answer to annicaflow's question: What is the green triangle/ rectangle? |
| Re: What do symbols next to names in chat mean | gravi_t | 10/05/26 2:21 | I haven't seen such symbols myself, but I suspect it has to be something like you said: maybe an android thing, or a browser add-on, or a user script. For example there is the "Green Robot!" labs feature that gives you robot-shaped symbols, so I thin |
| Re: What do symbols next to names in chat mean | gravi_t | 10/05/26 2:24 | OK, I just did a Google search. I searched for "green rectangle status gmail" and I clicked on the first result. And I found the answer to this question. I don't think this is a difficult task, practically anyone could do it before coming here and ca |
| Re: What do symbols next to names in chat mean | jstoutgator | 10/08/28 20:20 | There are three shapes1. Circle = signed in regular gchat2. rectangle with triangle = signed into gchat with video chat capabilities installed3. robot = signed into gchat via cell phone There are three colors (besides gray which means not logged in a |
| Re: What do symbols next to names in chat mean | aquariusfinancial | 10/09/12 13:09 | Simply amazing that probably thousands of people have to format a search with the correct keywords to discover what the icons mean. The"curse of knowledge" means that once you know something, it can be difficult to imagine that someone else either do |
| Re: What do symbols next to names in chat mean | hrocks | 10/10/14 15:10 | RIGHT now im chatting and outta no where it says "____ is busy. You may be interrupting." ______ Means his/her name. |
| Re: What do symbols next to names in chat mean | nellkreis | 10/12/21 6:42 | Thanks justoutgator. An answer that is clear and makes sense! |
| Re: What do symbols next to names in chat mean | katbb | 11/01/01 11:39 | All my grey, green and red circles have stopped working. I only get the robot now to the left of the name. It used to show up with green circles that had a white arrow in it if a friend signed on to gmail. Now nothing as far as the eye-shaped circ |