-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Will Thompson Sent: 04/23/2009 1:51 PM To: XMPP Standards Subject: [Standards] XEP-0816 (Invisible Command) mandates ridiculous UI
Hi, I was just glancing over XEP-0186, and I noticed the following section: > 3.1.2 Client Handling This UI seems ridiculous to me: if my client did this, it would really annoy me. If I'm invisible but want to message a contact, that's my choice. My client shouldn't get in the way (unless I want it to, which I don't). Unfortunately, per the XEP a client that behaves how I want rather than as above is buggy. Perhaps this section could be removed, or rephrased as one possible UI? XEPs mandating particular UI behaviour seems like a bad idea in general, especially when the mandated behaviour is undesirable. :) -------------- I agree with you. XEP's should not be mandating client behavior, except for client protocol behavior. I would for sure never implement it this way either. I would vote for removing section 3.1.2. Thanks
