Six people voted for the badged Duck. Three people voted for the status icon only. And one person was ambivalent, just so long as we had a status icon.

So the badged Duck stays. And I'm happy to say that Evan grew to love it too. ☺

As I promised, here are screenshots. These are taken in the Away state:

  • Gems: The status menu item, badged with the Away icon from the Gems status icon pack.
  • iBubbles: The status menu item, badged with the Away icon from the iBubbles status icon pack.
  • Chat Bubbles: The status menu item, badged with the Away icon from the Chat Bubbles status icon pack.

The Available and Offline states look the same as they do now: no badge. Also, as I mentioned in a previous post: All other states get a badge, which is taken from your current status icon pack. So if you change status icon packs, the badge will change with it. Also, because the badge image is separate from the Duck images, if you change the Duck images, the badge will not be affected.