I strongly suspect that 2.0.0 will close this. luke
On Tue, Jan 24, 2006 at 10:54:52PM -0500, Marius Mikucionis wrote: > Package: gaim > Version: 1:1.5.0+1.5.1cvs20051015-1 > Severity: wishlist > > I suggest to have additional status in gaim: > - "at work" means entity (e.g. me) is at work, i.e. the relatives and friends > would interpret this as "do not disturb" or "busy", > but coleagues and work partners would understand it as "online" or > "available". > - "at home" means entity (e.g. me) is having leasure time, i.e. > the relatives and friends interpret as "online" or "available", > but employer should know as "do not disturb". > > It's probably protocol specific, but I insist to have it at least for jabber > (AFAIK it's supposed to be extensible). On the other hand, there could be > configured groups where gaim automatically switches status for individual > buddies. I don't know who is technically involved here, but please pass > the message. > > It may sound funny, but nobody has offered such feature before and here > are two real life stories how people deal with it: > > 1) yahoo and icq offers multifacet "stealth status", i.e. user can declare > status individually for each buddy (I don't see this implemented in Gaim-1.5) > so my friend keeps switching the status for each individual contact with > yahoo/icq client and hence cannot use gaim. > > 2) my other friend created two accounts: one "at work" and the other "at > home", > since the gaim installations are naturally different it works pretty well, but > I don't like the "hide and seek" part and it's cumbersome for those who > sometimes work at home or move together with their laptops. > > The problem is even more acute when buddies are scatered along different > time zones and are not aware about the time of the day, hence they simply do > not realize what is going on on the other side of the globe. > > thanks, > marius > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
