I'm out of the office until 1st August. On 14 Apr 2011, at 21:46, Tony Roberts <[email protected]> wrote:
> Yep it is a bug, LTS 10.04, confirmed the same annoying bug in "me > menu." > > For me, I don't even have to set my status to be offline. As soon as I > log off, then log on again (e.g. restart computer, shutdown, whatever) > I'm then permanently offline! > > All the "me menu" options (available, away, busy, invisible, offline) > are greyed out and none are selected and none can be selected. A very > helpful feature. > > The only solution is to go into each account and manually click > disabled, then click enabled. So intuitive. So easy. So quick. > > Weirdly I can still broadcast from "me menu" even though the "me menu" > reckons that I'm offline. So obvious. So intuitive. It's not a bug, > it's > a feature. > > The "Me menu" represents and epitomises pretty poor programming, and I > can program. > > If you want to compete with Windows, then you've got to achieve the > same > usability and the same level of stupid bugs as Windows. Paper cuts are > annoying and hurt like hell. > > Neovos assessment is correct. Please take on board what he is saying. > The current feature is akin to the car automatically breaking all the > door locks on a car when the car is parked, then expecting to be > able to > be able to open the car doors on returning to the car. (Ah yes, it is > easy, all the user has to do is oil each of the car locks, then > genuflect on one knee, then whistle the star spangled banner, then of > course the car locks will open). > > The update should be rolled out across all currently supported > versions > of Ubuntu. Come on, at least try to compete with Windows. > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are a member of > Papercutters, which is subscribed to One Hundred Paper Cuts. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/550824 > > Title: > Once status is set to offline the me menu becomes disabled so can't > be > used to go online > > Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts: > Fix Released > Status in Me Menu: > Fix Released > Status in “indicator-me” package in Ubuntu: > Fix Released > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: indicator-me > > Set my status to offline in the me menu. > All status options became disabled. > > I had to use the messaging menu to go back 'online'. The error is > easy > to reproduce. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/550824 Title: Once status is set to offline the me menu becomes disabled so can't be used to go online To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/hundredpapercuts/+bug/550824/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
