Not receiving text responses in IM's

[ShannonAnderson]

I can receive responses in local chat, but in private chat, i can send text  and can see the person typing back but no messages comes throu.

Have changed sims........same across all

Have relogged

Have restarted pc

Am using firestorm

 

No change

[Rolig Loon]

If you can see a person typing, she's not sending an IM.  The typing animation is only triggered by typing in chat.  IM's wouldn't be very private if everyone could see that you were typing.

I can't think of a reason why you're not receiving IMs, unless you have muted a lot of people.  I'll send you one as a test, so we can see if any are getting through at all.

[Griffin Ceawlin]

I think Shannon is saying that she can see Firestorm's IM window saying that "XXXXX is typing..." ETA: There's a setting to enable that. It will even tell you that someone is IMing you even before you get the first IM.

[Rolig Loon]

Ah.. That's likely. Good catch, Griffin. Of course, many people start typing and never actually send the IM. That annoys the heck out of me, but it does happen.

[Griffin Ceawlin]

LOL. Hasn't happened to me yet. Next time, IM them back and ask "Cat got your tongue?"

[Rolig Loon]

Hehehe ... Some of my friends are slow typists who change their minds before they finally hit the Enter key.

[Nyll Bergbahn]

Is this happenening with all IMs? In v3, there is an option in Preferences > Privacy to only allow friends to call or IM you. I don't use Firestorm so don't know if there is an equivalent option in it but I imagine there is. I've never tested that option so I don't know if when ticked, you still see that the other party to the IM is typing but no text appears.