From: Luke S. <lsc...@us...> - 2004-04-27 04:48:15
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On Mon, Apr 26, 2004 at 09:39:46PM -0700, Ka-Hing Cheung wrote: > On Mon, Apr 26, 2004 at 07:27:57PM -0400, Andrew Sayman wrote: > > Showing logins in the window makes a lot of sense for conversations > > where the online/offline state doesn't determine whether you can message > > somebody or not. When talking to a person that suddenly logs off, if > > you're not alerted to it then you could send a bunch of messages > > thinking they're afk when they actually logged off. > > iChat has this really cool thing: it hides the input widget if the user is > offline. Of course, gaim would need to check if the protocol supports offline > messenging first. > > -khc which would by-and-large bring back his point, that its when offline messaging is supported that the show-logins is needed. for me though it comes down to the fact that this option is identical to the show parts/joins in chats, and that option is very clearly needed. now as to whether or not it should continue to be optional or if it should simply default to yes i could care less. luke |