Re: empathy integration with the desktop



On Tue, 2011-03-29 at 10:46 -0700, Sriram Ramkrishna wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 2:15 AM, Pierre Benz <benz pierre gmail com> wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 11:11 AM, Pierre Benz <benz pierre gmail com>
> > wrote:
> > > On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Johannes Schmid <jhs jsschmid de>
> > wrote:
> > >> > Another alternative is to add a "offline" entry under available/busy
> > in
> > >> > the user menu and start with that active, then autospawn empathy if
> > >> > needed when you switch to available or busy.
> > >>
> > >> I think "offline" is a really bad name as it would indicate to a lot of
> > >> people that they don't have internet access when they don't switch it to
> > >> "Online" or "Available". I don't know of a better name but I think
> > having
> > >> "Offline" next to the NetworkManager isn't a bright idea.
> > >
> > > Maybe "Hidden"?
> > On second thought, "Hidden" is meaningless. The same with "Invisible".
> > Neither of them convey that the user is withholding their online
> > presence from others.
> >
> >
> It should be "Available" or "Unavailable"  why you're unavailable could be a
> secondary status.. but in general it should be those two statuses.
> 
> sri

Possibly also Invisible - implicit state when screen is locked.

Regards

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