[Pidgin] #2952: Some users are fake-offline; show that as different from being truly offline
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Wed Sep 5 00:29:22 EDT 2007
#2952: Some users are fake-offline; show that as different from being truly
offline
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Reporter: paulproteus | Owner:
Type: enhancement | Status: closed
Priority: minor | Milestone:
Component: pidgin (gtk) | Version: 2.1.1
Resolution: wontfix | Keywords:
Pending: 0 |
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Changes (by rekkanoryo):
* status: new => closed
* type: defect => enhancement
* resolution: => wontfix
Comment:
Yes, it does defeat the purpose of the invisible status.
Checking an AIM user's profile to detect if the person is actually online
is a pathetic hack (at best) and is certainly not going to work on other
networks. It would almost certainly hit the rate limit threshold on large
buddy lists, as well. Note also that the accuracy of this method is very
limited--if I am online but invisible and you find that by reading my
profile, then I sign offline, your client would still think I was online
for some time until another profile read attempt happened, thus being
completely stupid.
I, for one, am quite violently opposed to the introduction of this
misfeature into Pidgin or libpurple. Anyone so paranoid about their
buddies' online status can go either get a client that caters to this type
of paranoia or go to the effort of writing a plugin to inflict this abuse,
in my opinion.
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Ticket URL: <http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/2952#comment:2>
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