iChat and idle status

[Krizoitz]

Has anyone figured out a way to keep iChat from being not-idle when you are using your computer but NOT using iChat. I really don't like the way it shows that I am around when I'm not using iChat. I get messages when I need to be getting stuff done, and I feel rude ignoring people. Now I could put up an away message, but I usually forget and then I'm suddenly stuck with someone IMing me and if I put up an away message than I am DEFINITELY ignoring them :-) I liked the way AIM did it. It was idle as long as you weren't using the application.

[joshuajestelle]

You can change this by going into the privacy preferences in iChat.

Then you can check "Block others from seeing that I am idle".

This should prevent people from knowing if they're around or not.

Josh