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	loraineee 2006-11-19 05:26 am UTC (link)
	I used Fire for a while. Not ideal, but it had its good points. http://fire.sourceforge.net/ (Reply to this)(Thread)

	darkrose 2006-11-19 05:44 am UTC (link)
	I used Fire, and I liked it, except that it's very unstable and tends to crash often. But I still found it easier to use than either iChat or Adium. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	msilverstar 2006-11-19 06:54 am UTC (link)
	I suppose one could use Fire just for the invisible aspect :-/ (Reply to this)(Parent)

	bitca 2006-11-21 04:21 pm UTC (link)
	Fire is good, but will only let you be on one account per service at a time. So no logging on with two AIM accounts. I use Adium, but I never have tried being invisible, so I really can't help. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	darkrose 2006-11-19 05:46 am UTC (link)
	OT: Is that you in that icon? (Reply to this)(Thread)

	thoms 2006-11-19 06:00 am UTC (link)
	No, I only wish. That's Tracie Thoms, who was in the RENT movie and who is now on Cold Case. I have such a crush on her. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	darkrose 2006-11-19 06:02 am UTC (link)
	I want her to play me in the movie of my life. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	thoms 2006-11-19 06:05 am UTC (link)
	She's just adorable as hell, really. And such a talented person, and super nice to boot. I'll shut up about her eventually really I promise. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	seiberwing 2006-11-19 08:46 am UTC (link)
	Seconded! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	stepliana 2006-11-19 06:16 pm UTC (link)
	And she was in Wonderfalls! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	thoms 2006-11-19 09:50 pm UTC (link)
	Yes. "I thought we could take her clubbing!" "...baby seals?!" (Reply to this)(Parent)

afuna
2006-11-19 05:53 am UTC (link)

She can go invisible by going to the status menu, choosing "Custom..." for her AIM account, and then invisible from the dropdown status (should be the third option). I tested this with two accounts on the same computer, and it seems to work okay when you're already online.

Unfortunately, it doesn't sign you in as invisible. In your status, it says that you're invisible, but others can see you.

Going invisible might help, at least, until she can find an alternative to Adium which lets her sign on as invisible.

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	afuna 2006-11-19 05:54 am UTC (link)
	I used "invisible" so many times in those last two sentences that it no longer seems like a proper word to me. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	msilverstar 2006-11-19 07:10 pm UTC (link)
	I'm lost, is it possible to be invisible such that people can't see you? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

afuna
2006-11-19 08:40 pm UTC (link)

Oops, sorry, I got a bit carried away with rambling.

Yes, it is. You just set your status to invisible using the steps I mentioned above.

However, the invisible status will not carry over to when you next log in. What's confusing is that when you next log in, the 'invisible' status will be checked, but you will be visible to everyone. You'll need to set your status to invisible every time you log in.

Hopefully that helps, but knowing myself, I suspect I'm just confusing the issue further.

Anyway, basically:
set status to invisible --> works
set status to invisible->logout->login (thinking that you're still invisible) --> won't work

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