Re: [dcplusplus-devel] ADC typeing notification

[Jan T. <jan...@gm...>]

> For one, I'm not sure that such capability would even be appreciated
> by users. I mean, do anyone really care if I have minimized the
> window, and should they *really* need that information?

If you use jabber/gtalk/gizmo (if not - install psi or gajim or gtalk and add my google-email to the roster) than you
can see that this information really userful. For example you wrote something, if user in this tab - he/she thinking
about answering. Typeing - he/she typeing. Closed tab/window or moved to the other stuff - you can not wait for the answer.
This notifications really save time whan your every day chattings are rather active.

> Why can't you just send messages via the ME capability in MSG ("* user
> is writing")? I mean, you still need to modify the client to listen
> for input/window manipulation. If you want to display the text in a
> particular way, why not just add a parameter to MSG and use that in
> combination?
I thougth about it. IMHO its a little stupid. First or all you need to add special parser into the server for the case
whan this message types are restricted. In "TPN" case you can just drop it after reading the header.

Also if client-side dosent support this type of messages (MSG with ME flag and special text) - all the window/console
(for console clients like microdc) will be filled with spam messages, but in TPN case this messages are just ignored.


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Jan