Also if you are dialed up and lose your connection (my ISP disconnects
me after 2 hours), not only does Bme not notice, but it usually goes to
100% CPU usage in one of the receive threads and needs to be killed and
restarted. Not sure how easy it is to detect being forcably
disconnected like this though.
As for what to do about it, I would say mirror the windows approach -
conversation windows change (send text box becomes inactive) and
contact list reverts back to the sign in button (In our case it will
revert to the User name and Password fields that I would like to be in
the main window before signing in). Not sure an alert is necessary with
all that, I'm not a big fan of alerts that steal the focus and demand
immediate action before you can do anything else with your computer,
especially when the user doesn't need to respond immediately.
> Hi guys,
>
> noticed a strange behaviour of Bme. When it loses connection, the
> contact
> list is still displayed, and the user can't see that he/she is
> offline! (I
> notice it at the point that I want to start a conversation) We should
> change
> this! Either by alerting the user of the connection that has been
> lost OR
> re-establishing the connection!
>
> regards,
>
> Tim
>
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