As you might be knowing from quite some time you can go invisible while chatting on Gmail. The invisible status is available in Gmail Chat, Google Talk gadget, Google Talk Labs Edition and Google Talk for iPhone .
What to do if you want to know if someone in really offline or is playing Mr. Hideous or as we call here in India – "Mr. India" ?
Follow these steps:
Step 1:
Open the chat window for the contact you want to confirm is offline of invisible
Step 2:
If you see a message "The chat is off record" then proceed to step 3, else click on options in the chat window (Gmail) or the down pointing arrow (Gtalk) and choose "Go Off Record" You will now surely see that "The chat is off record"
Step 3:
Now you need to interpret what you get.
- If you get a message in red like below, this indicates that the user is really offline.
This shows the contact is offline |
- If you get nothing then the user is invisible, or any status updates in gray it means the user is online but invisible.
This shows the contact is invisible |
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itz good ………….u doing gr8 job man….hav fun
hey can u tell me…is google going to fix this?????????
I would like if it stays the way it is, because not everyone knows this but still the few who know can have an added advantage, its something like the Yahoo Doodle Trick, its been there for so long now and still it works
Gr888888888 dude…. but is der nyway to knw the invisible status without pinging the user???
I don’t think so. You will have to take that chance! 😛
You added these chat pics later na? It looks gr8 with them.. really needed for good understanding.
@Monica:
They were there from the beginning
if i am doing chating using Gmail and in invisible mode.
and try to click on the any offline contact then it open the compose mail window.
i think it is not possible from gmail in invisbe mode.
@ Sonu
Hover your mouse pointer over the contact you want to check but don’t click on it. A popup will appear, on that you can click chat and it will open the chat window.
When I click on options in the chat window in Google chat, there is no option to go off record. The only option I receive is to block the person. What do I do?
hi evry one i used gtalk lab edition but whn i go invisible in my gmail account it shows am online but in gtalk it shows m invisible and can someone tell me how to logout in gtalk lab edition plzz help me
Thanks for your tips. I was trying to know this thing and finally I found this page.
Hi,
I opened the chat window for my contacts to check who is offline or invisible. I got 2 different type of messages.
for one contact I got this message:(not in red color)
“xxx is offline and can’t receive messages right now.’
for all my other contacts I got this message (not in red color)
xxx is offline. You can still send this person messages and they will receive them the next time they are online.
Why I don’t have the option to send a message for the first case ?
Any suggestion or explanation for this difference? Thanks
V nice ……. 🙂
u can’t send if chat is off the record
seems like it’s not working any longer… is there another workaround to see if anyone is invisible? maybe a utility popped up? 10x
it isn’t wrkin….do find another trick…. :)))
n plz post asap …
Hey,
It was really informative. But if u could just find the option to find the invisible people without actually pinging them.
And if you could come up with more of Indian languages like Bangla…
hey..m in gr8 need ..so plzz tell me how to find persn in invisible mode widout pinging
This trick is no more working…in fact Google has made the Invisible mode completely perfect to hide our friends perfectly.
Even while chatting in gmail..when the other person becomes invisible – the staus ofline is reflected –
“xyz is offline. Messages you send will be delivered when satyanarayanp comes online.”
Following line instantly appears in ur chat window in Gmail after the person goes invisible….so it helps him pretend to b ofline
How to know if someone is invisible on Gmail
the above trick is not working
ya great job……u have a transparent eyes……..u can see hiding people….^-^
Nice! it works perfect! 😀
Hi..
What if I get a message in red saying for example:
Ryan did not get your message…
Does it mean that person is offline also?
Thanks…
Add gtalk gadget to your igoogle home page, sign in and whoever is appearing invisible, their display pic will show up otherwise no pic will show up if he/she is really offline.
now its very esay to fine invisible peoples. just click a option go too off record & msg to ur buddy. if theybare in invisible the msg will deeliver normaliy, if they are in offline it shows the red msg
sorry buddy.. this happened few months back but no more works this way. it is because google also allows offline messages. so if someone is really offline (when u say red msg appears), how will they be getting our offliners?