Viewing Accounts and Contacts
All 3rd party accounts that have been added will be displayed as icons directly above the contact list window. Accounts that you are currently signed-in/not signed-in into are indicated by a small green square and a small red 'X' in the respective icon. Clicking an icon will allow you to 'Connect/Disconnect/Change status' in the corresponding account.

|
3rd Party IM Contacts - Online Status |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Status |
MSN Icon |
Google Talk Icon |
Yahoo Icon |
Description |
|
Online |
|
|
|
Indicates that the user is currently online and available to chat. |
|
Busy |
|
|
|
Indicates that the user is online but currently busy. |
|
Away |
|
|
|
Indicates that the user is online but currently away and not available for chatting. |
|
Appear Offline |
|
|
|
Indicates that the user is currently Offline. |
|
Disconnect |
|
|
|
Indicates that the account is disconnected. |
-
Clicking on an icon in the information panel with not-sign-in status, enables you to connect to corresponding the IM service.

Clicking on an icon with signed-in status will enable you to change your online-status message and to sign-out.

The 'Contacts' menu in the file menu bar enables you to sort the contacts in the contacts list in different orders:

-
Show Offline Contacts - Allows you to select whether or not to display the contacts which are currently offline, in the Contacts list.
-
Sort by Online/Offline - Sorts the list of contacts based on their Online/Offline status.
-
Sort by Name - Sorts the list of contacts based on the alphabetical order of the contact names.
-
Sort by Status - Sorts the list of contacts based on their online status.
-
Show in Groups - Sorts the list of contacts as per user defined groups.
-
Show IM Groups - Sorts the list of contacts as per their associated IM protocols.
-
Show Empty Groups - Allows to toggle between displaying and hiding the Groups defined by the user and yet to add/move contacts into them.
-
Show First Name Only - Displays only your first name in the information panel and only the first names of your contacts in the contacts list.
-
Show Full Name - Displays your full name in the information panel and the full names of your contacts in the contacts list.

