Randy & Crew;

Many times, when I've gone to the FT chatbox, hoping to meet up with other FTers for a live chat, I've found the chatbox totally empty--except for me--haven't yet come to the point of talking to myself. I'm sure this has happened to others here at times. After signing in to the chatbox, waiting for the Java plug-in to load, we find that there's no one home.
Would it be possible to add one of your little "lightbulbs" to the "Live Chat" line at the upper left of the forums section, so that when we get to the forums page, we can determine that there is someone else on the chatbox before we attempt to go there. This would save us an unneeded trip to an empty chatbox, if the bulb was not lit.

bj-21.