Simple & Reliable

1. It does what it’s intended to do. Shows the online/offline status of the channel, with customization available for each status message.
2. It works well, even the cache speedups or CSS/HTML/JavaScript optimizations don’t interfere with it’s functionality.
3. It’s light on the memory/cache, easy to set up, is small and not in the way of the customer/reader/visitor’s site-viewing experience.