On Mon, Nov 21, 2005 at 04:31:52AM -0500, Robert Edmonds wrote: <snip> > A useful upstream feature would of course be the ability to maintain > client-side buddy list integrity and client-side filtering of IMs from > undesirable AOL extensions to the AIM service. >
Right now the largest numbers of requests tend to be from people who want to maintain their buddy lists on their various accounts across not only instances of gaim on different computers (which could be done with a usb key for example), but across different clients as well. While not completely possible, such users are largely satisfied by the current tendency to let the server side list take precedence over the local list (which is used to store location across accounts (which should display first, buddy A from account B, or buddy C from account D?) and information not possible in the server list). Making this option would perhaps be possible, but I suspect would be an option that would confuse more users than it assists, and is as such undesirable. AOL isn't exactly "forcing gaim" to add the buddy. the buddy _is_ added to your server side list. Gaim is in no way involved with that operation. To achieve your request, gaim would have to detect the difference and remove it. Any other client would have to do the same, this really has nothing to do with gaim per se, but with using the protoocl and the server the same way the official client does. That being said, it could be done, I just don't like the idea for the reasons mentioned above. luke -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
