diff --git a/src/webim/install/dbinfo.php b/src/webim/install/dbinfo.php
index 49135b9c..e89a3eaf 100644
--- a/src/webim/install/dbinfo.php
+++ b/src/webim/install/dbinfo.php
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ $dbtables = array(
 		"locale" => "varchar(8)",
 		"lastpinguser" => "datetime DEFAULT 0",
 		"lastpingagent" => "datetime DEFAULT 0",
+		"userTyping" => "int DEFAULT 0",
+		"agentTyping" => "int DEFAULT 0",
 	),
 
 	"chatmessage" => array(
@@ -57,7 +59,7 @@ $dbtables = array(
 $memtables = array();
 
 $dbtables_can_update = array(
-	"chatthread" => array("agentId"),
+	"chatthread" => array("agentId", "userTyping", "agentTyping"),
 	"chatmessage" => array("agentId"),
 );
 
diff --git a/src/webim/install/dbperform.php b/src/webim/install/dbperform.php
index adabbac0..c41c510a 100644
--- a/src/webim/install/dbperform.php
+++ b/src/webim/install/dbperform.php
@@ -72,6 +72,14 @@ if($act == "createdb") {
 			runsql("update chatthread,chatoperator set agentId = operatorid where agentId = 0 AND (vclocalename = agentName OR vccommonname = agentName)", $link); 
 		}
 
+		if( in_array("chatthread.agentTyping", $absent) ) {
+			runsql("ALTER TABLE chatthread ADD agentTyping int DEFAULT 0", $link);
+		}
+		
+		if( in_array("chatthread.userTyping", $absent) ) {
+			runsql("ALTER TABLE chatthread ADD userTyping int DEFAULT 0", $link);
+		}
+
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/src/webim/libs/chat.php b/src/webim/libs/chat.php
index b4ef7339..ccc706b6 100644
--- a/src/webim/libs/chat.php
+++ b/src/webim/libs/chat.php
@@ -128,14 +128,15 @@ function get_messages($threadid,$meth,$isuser,&$lastid) {
 	return $messages;
 } 
 
-function print_thread_messages($threadid, $token, $lastid, $isuser,$format) {
-	global $webim_encoding, $webimroot;	
+function print_thread_messages($thread, $token, $lastid, $isuser,$format) {
+	global $webim_encoding, $webimroot;
+	$threadid = $thread['threadid'];
 
 	if( $format == "xml" ) {
         $output = get_messages($threadid,"xml",$isuser,$lastid);
 
 		start_xml_output();
-		print("<thread lastid=\"$lastid\">");
+		print("<thread lastid=\"$lastid\" typing=\"".$thread[$isuser?"agentTyping":"userTyping"]."\">");
 		foreach( $output as $msg ) {
 			print $msg;
 		}
@@ -270,30 +271,24 @@ function update_thread_access($threadid, $params, $link) {
 		 "where threadid = ".$threadid,$link);
 }
 
-function get_access_time($threadid, $isuser, $link) {
-	return select_one_row(sprintf(
-		 "select unix_timestamp(%s) as lastping, ".
-		 "unix_timestamp(CURRENT_TIMESTAMP) as current ".
-		 "from chatthread where threadid = %s",
-		$isuser ? "lastpinguser" : "lastpingagent",
-		$threadid), $link);
-}
-
 function ping_thread($thread, $isuser,$istyping) {
 	global $kind_for_agent, $state_chatting, $state_waiting, $kind_conn, $connection_timeout;
 	$link = connect();
-	$params = array(($isuser ? "lastpinguser" : "lastpingagent") => "CURRENT_TIMESTAMP" );
-
-	$access = get_access_time($thread['threadid'], !$isuser, $link);
- 	if( $access['lastping'] > 0 && abs($access['current']-$access['lastping']) > $connection_timeout ) {
+	$params = array(($isuser ? "lastpinguser" : "lastpingagent") => "CURRENT_TIMESTAMP",
+					($isuser ? "userTyping" : "agentTyping") => ($istyping? "1" : "0") );
+	
+	$lastping = $thread[$isuser ? "lpagent" : "lpuser"];
+	$current = $thread['current'];
+	
+ 	if( $lastping > 0 && abs($current-$lastping) > $connection_timeout ) {
 		$params[$isuser ? "lastpingagent" : "lastpinguser"] = "0";
 		if( !$isuser ) {
 			$message_to_post = getstring_("chat.status.user.dead", $thread['locale']);
-			post_message_($thread['threadid'],$kind_for_agent,$message_to_post,$link,null,$access['lastping']+$connection_timeout);
+			post_message_($thread['threadid'],$kind_for_agent,$message_to_post,$link,null,$lastping+$connection_timeout);
 		} else if( $thread['istate'] == $state_chatting ) {
 
 			$message_to_post = getstring_("chat.status.operator.dead", $thread['locale']);
-			post_message_($thread['threadid'],$kind_conn,$message_to_post,$link,null,$access['lastping']+$connection_timeout);
+			post_message_($thread['threadid'],$kind_conn,$message_to_post,$link,null,$lastping+$connection_timeout);
 			$params['istate'] = $state_waiting;
 			commit_thread($thread['threadid'], $params, $link);
 			mysql_close($link);
@@ -343,6 +338,19 @@ function close_thread($thread,$isuser) {
 	post_message($thread['threadid'], $kind_events, $message);
 }
 
+function thread_by_id_($id,$link) {
+	return select_one_row("select threadid,userName,agentName,agentId,lrevision,istate,ltoken,userTyping,agentTyping".
+			",remote,referer,locale,unix_timestamp(lastpinguser) as lpuser,unix_timestamp(lastpingagent) as lpagent, unix_timestamp(CURRENT_TIMESTAMP) as current".
+			" from chatthread where threadid = ". $id, $link );
+}
+
+function thread_by_id($id) {
+	$link = connect();
+	$thread = thread_by_id_($id,$link);
+	mysql_close($link);
+	return $thread;
+}
+
 function create_thread($username,$remoteHost,$referer,$lang) {
 	$link = connect();
 
@@ -359,7 +367,7 @@ function create_thread($username,$remoteHost,$referer,$lang) {
 	perform_query($query,$link);
 	$id = mysql_insert_id($link);
 
-	$newthread = select_one_row("select * from chatthread where threadid = ". $id, $link );
+	$newthread = thread_by_id_($id,$link);
 	mysql_close($link);
 	return $newthread;
 }
@@ -438,13 +446,6 @@ function check_for_reassign($thread,$operator) {
 	}
 }
 
-function thread_by_id($id) {
-	$link = connect();
-	$thread = select_one_row("select * from chatthread where threadid = ". $id, $link );
-	mysql_close($link);
-	return $thread;
-}
-
 function visitor_from_request() {
 	global $namecookie;
 	$userName = isset($_COOKIE[$namecookie]) ? $_COOKIE[$namecookie] : getstring("chat.default.username");
diff --git a/src/webim/operator/update.php b/src/webim/operator/update.php
index be3333ac..b39107e7 100644
--- a/src/webim/operator/update.php
+++ b/src/webim/operator/update.php
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ function thread_to_xml($thread) {
 
 	$result .= " canopen=\"true\"";
 
-	$result .= " state=\"$state\">";
+	$result .= " state=\"$state\" typing=\"".$thread['userTyping']."\">";
 	$result .= "<name>".htmlspecialchars(htmlspecialchars(get_user_name($thread['userName'])))."</name>";
 	$result .= "<addr>".htmlspecialchars(htmlspecialchars($thread['remote']))."</addr>";
 	$result .= "<agent>".htmlspecialchars(htmlspecialchars($threadoperator))."</agent>";
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ function print_pending_threads($since) {
 
 	$revision = $since;
 	$output = array();
-	$query = "select threadid, userName, agentName, unix_timestamp(dtmcreated), ".
+	$query = "select threadid, userName, agentName, unix_timestamp(dtmcreated), userTyping, ".
 			 "unix_timestamp(dtmmodified), lrevision, istate, remote ".
 			 "from chatthread where lrevision > $since ORDER BY threadid";
 	$result = mysql_query($query,$link) or die(' Query failed: ' .mysql_error().": ".$query);
diff --git a/src/webim/thread.php b/src/webim/thread.php
index a0b2ac53..eb70aa99 100644
--- a/src/webim/thread.php
+++ b/src/webim/thread.php
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ if( !$isuser && $act != "rename" ) {
 
 if( $act == "refresh" ) {
 	$lastid = verifyparam( "lastid", "/^\d{1,9}$/", -1);
-	print_thread_messages($threadid, $token, $lastid, $isuser,$outformat);
+	print_thread_messages($thread, $token, $lastid, $isuser,$outformat);
 	exit;
 
 } else if( $act == "post" ) {
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ if( $act == "refresh" ) {
 	$from = $isuser ? $thread['userName'] : $thread['agentName'];
     
 	post_message($threadid,$kind,$message,$from, $isuser ? null : $operator['operatorid'] );
-	print_thread_messages($threadid, $token, $lastid, $isuser, $outformat);
+	print_thread_messages($thread, $token, $lastid, $isuser, $outformat);
 	exit;
 
 } else if( $act == "rename" ) {