How do you know if someone online on Skype but appear offline?

Answer 1

On my Windows Live Messenger, if you talk to someone who is truly offline, the time appears alongside your screen name in the chat box whenever you type and send something. When someone is 'Appearing Offline' the time is NOT shown.Hope this helpsthat helps a lot thx!

Answer 2

When someone is online on Messenger, you will see a little green man next to the persons name/email.

Another way is to hover your mouse over the name/email. It will tell you that persons info. if you skim through, it should tell you if the person is online or offline.

Hope that helped

Answer 3

Now you can not tell the difference if someone is pretending they're offline or if they really offline. But if you have a person who is your friend and you want to know if they're are "offline" they would be under the offline caption. Or there picture would have a outline of grey.

Answer 4

if they talk to you or you see that they might have been accidenly typing

Answer 5

write a message him/her and look if message send him/her that mean he/she is online but if message not send(delivered yet) that mean he/she is really not on skype...:)