Yeah, you're missing something. Apparently you've never learned how to think things through.
That's a whole lot of sarcastic (and dare I say, unnecessary and unhelpful) copying and pasting; you made your point after the first one. Do you suppose I would request the feature if that's actually how it worked? The auto-login happens only on start-up. If I leave a computer running at both work and home and want to switch between them, then, yes, I have to go through the step of actively taking control at that location. Since the home computer is off while at the office, but the office is on 24/7, your scenario as written is not applicable. Go back to vo-tech, junior, and learn how to function in the real world. On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 6:57 PM, Dave Warren <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2/27/2013 07:44, William Morris wrote: > >> I use Pidgin both at home and at the office. When I log on after being on >> at either place, I have to re-enable the account. Stupid, really, just a >> single click, but bothersome all the same. I would really love it if Pidgin >> would just connect and move on - Yahoo! Messenger does this, and it's >> really the only feature I miss. >> > > Assuming that Yahoo doesn't allow multiple clients to connect at once, > what would you expect to happen when you leave pidgin connected at the > office and then login at home? > > I'd guess that what would happen would be this: Your pidgin at home would > connect, and it would disconnect you at your office. Next, your pidgin at > the office would connect, and it would disconnect you at home. Your pidgin > at home would connect, and it would disconnect you at your office. Next, > your pidgin at the office would connect, and it would disconnect you at > home. Your pidgin at home would connect, and it would disconnect you at > your office. Next, your pidgin at the office would connect, and it would > disconnect you at home. Your pidgin at home would connect, and it would > disconnect you at your office. Next, your pidgin at the office would > connect, and it would disconnect you at home. Your pidgin at home would > connect, and it would disconnect you at your office. Next, your pidgin at > the office would connect, and it would disconnect you at home. Your pidgin > at home would connect, and it would disconnect you at your office. Next, > your pidgin at the office would connect, and it would disconnect you at > home. > > Then Yahoo would disable your entire account for abuse, and you'd be back > here, wondering why that happened. > > Am I missing something about how your change would work? > > Speaking as a user, I'd rather you learn to log off so that if I try to IM > you a few minutes before you get into the office, I know that you're not > online, rather than wondering why you aren't responding to my IM for hours. > But that's just me. > > -- > Dave Warren > http://www.hireahit.com/ > http://ca.linkedin.com/in/**davejwarren<http://ca.linkedin.com/in/davejwarren> > >
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