Evo jedno lepo objašnjenje što se tiče toga. Mislim da je skroz u pravu.
But I think the point is that....this paradigm you've come to expect has simply changed. People are ALWAYS connected now. Think about sending an SMS...you don't think if they are online or question whether they will get it. You just send the message, and the other person gets back to you when they can.
This is the same thing. Of course they probably see it right away, and at least you will know with Hangouts if they do or don't see your message regardless of whether or not they were instantly available at the moment (basically happening to be using hangouts app).
But think about it, just because Google Talk says someone is there (with the green light), doesn't mean they are actually available or disposed now does it? It may make you feel better that the light is green, but they could be busy, they could not give a damn and not reply to you, they could have left their phone in the car and are out all day at the beach.
So that is an old paradigm that doesn't really benefit anyone. The new way is truly a more user friendly and meaningful indication of when a person is truly instantly available (AKA looking at Google Hangouts either in the app on mobile, or in the gmail screen online).
