Julian Missig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sat, 2002-05-11 at 22:43, Jim Seymour wrote: > > Justin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > On Friday 10 May 2002 13:43, Jim Seymour wrote: > > > > Julian Missig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Well, you treat type='error' however you want, we don't dictate that :) > > > > > > > > Well, yes, I realize *that* :). What I'm wondering is if that would > > > > be the logical thing to do? Seems like it to me. > > > > > > I don't think you need to treat it as 'unavailable', the server should take > > > care of that. > > > > One would think. But apparently it does not. Again, the presence > > message received: > > > > <presence from='[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > to='[EMAIL PROTECTED]/GAIM' type='error'> > > <status>Online</status> > > <error code='502'>Server Connect Failed</error> > > </presence> > > > > Would you rather have the server tell you nothing?
Nope. But I was kind of surprised to see "<status>Online</status>" and "type='error'" at the same time. Seems kind of contradictory. > If type= is anything > other than 'available' then your client shouldn't be blindly assuming > it's available. Agreed. It currently does. I wish to fix that. Which is the point to this entire thread. > [snip] > > > > > > Most clients probably don't do > > > anything with such presence errors though. > > > > Seems they should... > > What would you recommend? That's what I'm asking: what the folks here would recommend. As I've said: ISTM the "buddy" should be shown as, effectively, unavailable-- being as he/she effectively *is* unavailable. > Having them appear offline, or better yet, if > your client has an 'unknown' (for subscription type of 'from' or 'none') > show type seems adequate -- and if the user asks for more information > (or maybe activates the mechanism to see the 'status' message) you can > let them know there was an error in obtaining information about this > user's presence. I like the "broken lightbulb" idea Tom Parker came up with :). Now all I have to do is get somebody who is handy with creating graphic to come up with a broken lightbulb graphic for me ;). Regards, Jim -- Jim Seymour | PGP Public Key available at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.uk.pgp.net/pgpnet/pks-commands.html http://jimsun.LinxNet.com | _______________________________________________ jdev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.jabber.org/listinfo/jdev
