closes #980

public/src/app.js

@@ -290,9 +290,14 @@ var socket,
 				var el = jQuery(this),
 					uid = el.parents('li').attr('data-uid');
 
-				if (uid && users[uid]) {
-					el.siblings('i').attr('class', 'fa fa-circle status ' + users[uid].status)
-				}
+				translator.translate('[[global:' + users[uid].status + ']]', function(translated) {
+					if (uid && users[uid]) {
+						el.siblings('i')
+							.attr('class', 'fa fa-circle status ' + users[uid].status)
+							.attr('title', translated)
+							.attr('data-original-title', translated);
+					}
+				});
 			});
 		});
 	};
@@ -325,6 +330,13 @@ var socket,
 		});
 	};
 
+	app.createStatusTooltips = function() {
+		$('body').tooltip({
+			selector:'.fa-circle.status',
+			placement: 'top'
+		});
+	}
+
 	app.makeNumbersHumanReadable = function(elements) {
 		elements.each(function() {
 			$(this).html(utils.makeNumberHumanReadable($(this).attr('title')));
@@ -343,6 +355,8 @@ var socket,
 
 		app.createUserTooltips();
 
+		app.createStatusTooltips();
+
 		setTimeout(function () {
 			window.scrollTo(0, 1); // rehide address bar on mobile after page load completes.
 		}, 100);