I wish there was a clear way to quickly identify which members involved in a discussion are currently online without having to place the mouse pointer over an avatar to get the pop-up that tells me if the user is online. 

Something like what phpBB is doing: 

Until IPS adds the feature you can try checking out this modification instead:

 

It doesn't exactly add a badge, but it does something similar.

Another one of those features IPS been against for so long, you've no option but to use a mod. The one I used for years stopped working since 4.6 I think so I had to pay someone to remake it.

4 hours ago, marklcfc said:

IPS been against

Why is that? It sounds like it would tie nicely in with their new "Real Time" cloud features, plus I find that it makes it more exciting to post a reply when you know the person is online even if they're not browsing the current topic. 

1 hour ago, David N. said:

Why is that? It sounds like it would tie nicely in with their new "Real Time" cloud features, plus I find that it makes it more exciting to post a reply when you know the person is online even if they're not browsing the current topic. 

It was part of software around 2.x but they removed it and just referred to it as clutter or something like that, one of a few things I never understood.

Edited January 6, 20232 yr by marklcfc

7 hours ago, marklcfc said:

It was part of software around 2.x but they removed it and just referred to it as clutter or something like that, one of a few things I never understood.

Well... that's odd!!!