# The green icon bothers me. **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 2, 2008, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-green-icon-bothers-me/439810 "2008-03-02T04:11:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-green-icon-bothers-me/439810/21 "2008-03-02T15:26:54Z")
[QUOTE=xash] Go to User CP/Edit Options and enable “Use Invisible Mode”, then click Save Changes. The green icon will no longer appear below your name. It will instead be red at all times, whether you’re online or offline. [/QUOTE] To be specific, go to: Click on the User CP hyperlink in the blue band. Then click on “Edit Options” in the list on the left hand side. Then put a check in the box that says “Use Invisible Mode.” It’s the first thing you come to in the list on the right hand side. Then go to the bottom of the page and hit the “Save Changes” button. At that point the light icon by your name will turn red. And stay that way. ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-green-icon-bothers-me/439810/22 "2008-03-02T15:35:12Z")
[QUOTE=TubaDiva] To be specific, go to: Click on the User CP hyperlink in the blue band. Then click on “Edit Options” in the list on the left hand side. Then put a check in the box that says “Use Invisible Mode.” It’s the first thing you come to in the list on the right hand side. Then go to the bottom of the page and hit the “Save Changes” button. At that point the light icon by your name will turn red. And stay that way. [/QUOTE] Either I’m a complete doofus, and I’m just missing it, or that checkbox, which I remember too, **is no longer there** for regular members – which is the point of the complaint. Can you please check this again, using a **regular member** type login? ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-green-icon-bothers-me/439810/23 "2008-03-02T15:36:25Z")
[QUOTE=TubaDiva] \ Then put a check in the box that says “Use Invisible Mode.” It’s the first thing you come to in the list on the right hand side. \ [/QUOTE] [It is](http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/5897/editoptionssdmbkb1.jpg)? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-green-icon-bothers-me/439810/24 "2008-03-02T16:21:31Z")
When the Board upgraded in around 2004, for some reason Charter Members(and perhaps some other class) appear to have had this option _deleted_ from their CP control options. This comes up periodically, and apparently it has never been fixed. Not being a tech type, I don’t have a clue as to the problems with fixing it. So, everyone is correct here. There IS a problem. You’re not crazy. ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-green-icon-bothers-me/439810/25 "2008-03-02T16:35:21Z")
Lowly regular member checking in to say that I couldn’t find the stealth mode option either. ETA: And now the green button is taunting me! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-green-icon-bothers-me/439810/26 "2008-03-02T20:32:57Z")
[QUOTE=Q.E.D.] Not true. The board automatically logs you out after some predetermined period of inactivity–I believe it’s set for ten or fifteen minutes. You never see this because any time you load a page, your SDMB cookie logs you back in. The rest of us see you offline if you’ve been inactive long enough. [/QUOTE] That explains why sometimes people I think are offline are still able to answer me right away. Also I’m another one who stays logged in all the time and I’m glad to learn that I appear to be gone after a while. I’ve sometimes felt that the green dot caused people to wonder/take-offense at the fact that I was online but not responding to their posts. Other than that, I’ve got no problem with the green dot. It’s good sometimes to know if a person you want to interact with is logged in. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-green-icon-bothers-me/439810/27 "2008-03-02T21:22:32Z")
[QUOTE=samclem] You’re not crazy. [/QUOTE] Cite? Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-green-icon-bothers-me/439810/28 "2008-03-02T21:24:10Z")
I like the green dot. I hate the green dot. I am ambivalent about the green dot. The green dot is just fine by me. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-green-icon-bothers-me/439810/29 "2008-03-02T21:36:20Z")
Don’t eat the green dot, man. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-green-icon-bothers-me/439810/30 "2008-03-02T22:40:40Z")
[QUOTE=samclem] You’re not crazy. [/QUOTE] The Voices In My Head beg to differ. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-green-icon-bothers-me/439810/31 "2008-03-02T22:53:32Z")
Try it now. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-green-icon-bothers-me/439810/32 "2008-03-02T22:54:45Z")
And for the record – we’re all crazy. (But some of us are looking at the stars.) ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-green-icon-bothers-me/439810/33 "2008-03-02T23:02:29Z")
Thanks **Tuba**! For me, my dot is wearing red right now. Whadaya guys see? ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-green-icon-bothers-me/439810/34 "2008-03-02T23:02:45Z")
Er. . . all that happens now is that when I’m logged in, I’m not green, I’m red. But when I log out, I’m still blue. ☹ That doesn’t change anything. I’m either green or red when I’m logged in. That’s not more stealth, that’s less. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-green-icon-bothers-me/439810/35 "2008-03-02T23:04:56Z")
**Roo** , if you are logged in right now, I only see that silvery-blue color. ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-green-icon-bothers-me/439810/36 "2008-03-02T23:12:43Z")
Ooooh, very cool!! I am indeed logged in! Thanks,\*\* faithfool\*\*. Total stealth, baby! 🆒 ETA: Oh, and **faithfool** , if you’re still logged in, you’re silver-blue also. ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-green-icon-bothers-me/439810/37 "2008-03-02T23:24:58Z")
Thanks **TubaDiva** , for making this work. And thanks for pulling that last post. I was puzzling over what it meant. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-green-icon-bothers-me/439810/38 "2008-03-02T23:28:45Z")
When I hover over my red dot, it says “ZenBeam is invisible”. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-green-icon-bothers-me/439810/39 "2008-03-03T01:49:13Z")
[QUOTE=ZenBeam] When I hover over my red dot, it says “ZenBeam is invisible”. 🆒 [/QUOTE] Bwahahaha!! We now have superpowers! Next, we’ll take over the WORLD! Wait. . . did I say that out loud? Don’t mind me. . . I’m invisible. . . hehehe. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-green-icon-bothers-me/439810/40 "2008-03-03T01:50:23Z")
[QUOTE=ZenBeam] When I hover over my red dot, it says “ZenBeam is invisible”. 🆒 [/QUOTE] **ZenBeam** is [invisible](http://www.cafepress.com/orderofthestick.87512461)? 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-green-icon-bothers-me/439810.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-green-icon-bothers-me/439810.md?page=3)