Version: 0.80.2 (using KDE 4.3.2) OS: Linux Installed from: Gentoo Packages In kopete shipped with kde 3.5, there was the information when an ICQ contact actually signed in (which is sent by the icq server). This sign-in time was displayed in the contact's on-mouse-over information. This information disappeared in kopete shipped with kde4 (at least it is not available in 0.80.2).
This information is still read but not displayed by default anymore. You can re-add "Online since" in Settings->Configure...->"Contact List"->"Contact List"->"Change Tooltip Contents...".
Maybe I described the problem too inexact: When an ICQ contact signs in at 13:00, and I sign in at 14:00, kopete in kde3 displayed "online since 13:00" for this contact. Recent kopete does not read this information from ICQ's server and just shows "online since 14:00" for each contact that signed in before me.
Yes, I observed this too. However, after some time, the correct times tamps are shown.
SVN commit 1043341 by rjarosz: Don't overwrite onlineSince if the property is already set. BUG: 212504 M +2 -1 kopetecontact.cpp WebSVN link: http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=1043341