"Under Review" for 6 months :( Rather crazy as an ADMIN i cant even manage accounts.

6 months "Planned"... Is there a current status of this? This is not a feature that would take more than days to complete, let alone 6+ months, so just curious.

if (auth == CREATOR || auth == MEMBER || auth == ADMIN)

there is your solution. If it is anymore difficult than changing the if statement that controls the display/checks, then it was not well written to begin with :(

For us personally, it wouldn't make any difference to have a preset group. It is still not able to organize them except into one group. For me personally, as a developer i deal with everyone in the company because the code i write effects every department so i have to talk to everyone, therefor everyone would be in the favorites just the same as the current single list.

The groups feature is a very simple one that would take no time at all to implement and could easily be carried over from one design to another, so there would be no time wasted in adding the feature to the current implementation. Just my thoughts anyways.

As far as which specifically, we would need it more for DMs than the groups and forums. I dont think people have hundreds of forums and teams where as having hundreds of members is very common (especially with the ability to have "guests".

I am more concerned with the flow of people on the left. It is much easier for things to be compartmentalized as well. By having groups and people in them, it just flows better let alone makes it more user friendly :)

I just dont want this to turn into an admin feature, where the admins creates and assigns people into groups. This should be a user feature so everyone can create groups and call them what they want and group them how they prefer.

Going to have to say individual windows for each chat would be the best solution. Going back or forward wont resolve the issue of clicking on the wrong name or replying to the wrong message. Didn't realize i have the same request :)

Every messenger service available has the option for individual windows for conversations. Yahoo, AIM, MSN, etc and it would eliminate the fact that it is EXTREMELY easy to click the wrong name or not look at the last person opened when sending messages. This is a must!

This should also be extended beyond email. This day in time texting is way more used than email. If the profile has a cellphone attached to it, they should be able to be notified either via text or push notification (as a developer both of these are VERY simple)