So, I have an absolute ton of contacts; I only care about the ones who I actually talk with. I'd like to see those people's statuses at a glance on my contact list. I get this with pidgin, where contacts are sorted by the size of the logfile I have with someone. I'd like the same in empathy; instead at a glance I see... people whose names start with 'A'. :) Not optimal. 

The solution to this may well not be log size; may be something else like number of conversations or whatever. But something better than alphabetical.

Thanks!