[Pidgin] #988: Gaim does not show typing notification of users of QIP

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#988: Gaim does not show typing notification of users of QIP
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  Reporter:  rpolach       |       Owner:  MarkDoliner
      Type:  defect        |      Status:  closed     
  Priority:  minor         |   Milestone:  2.0.2      
 Component:  pidgin (gtk)  |     Version:  2.0        
Resolution:  invalid       |    Keywords:             
   Pending:  0             |  
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Changes (by MarkDoliner):

  * status:  new => closed
  * resolution:  => invalid

Comment:

 I've confirmed that this is true, however I believe it is a bug in QIP.
 1. Our typing notification code is pretty solid, and I feel pretty
 confident that it works correctly
 2. The QIP typing notification code isn't perfect.  (They don't set the
 typing status to 'stopped' when receiving a message, and they don't seem
 to support the 'paused typing' event (although neither do the official ICQ
 clients))
 3. QIP doesn't send typing notification to official AIM clients
 4. QIP detects Pidgin as "AOL AIM"

 Those last two points are the important ones.  I get the feeling they send
 typing notification to certain clients and not to others.  Possibly based
 on the capabilities or the ICBM features that the client is advertising.
 If this is true, it is wrong.  They should send typing notification to
 clients based on whether the client is advertising the typing notification
 flag in IMs received from that client (it's an empty 0x000b TLV).

 If/when QIP correctly sends typing notification to the official Windows
 AIM clients, and QIP still doesn't send typing notification to Pidgin,
 then please re-open this or leave a comment here or file a new bug and
 I'll look at it again.

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Ticket URL: <http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/988#comment:2>
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