[OTR-dev] Re: Pidgin plugin sends and parses HTML

[Evan Schoenberg]

On May 16, 2008, at 11:33 AM, Paul Wouters <paul at cypherpunks.ca> wrote:

> On Wed, 14 May 2008, Scott Ellis wrote:
>
>>> It's not mandatory.  It didn't exist in the first version of the
>>> protocol.  It's just a hint to the other side that you've gone  
>>> away, and
>>> they're free to deallocate a few resources (and forget the  
>>> remaining one
>>> or two keys).
>>
>>
>> In previous discussions about this (too long ago for me to remember  
>> who was
>> involved, sorry), I commented that I'd tried to resolve the issue by
>> watching user status.
>
> Which OTR messed up as it is, because automatic replies to OTR  
> requests make
> it appear the user is no longer idle, while in fact, the user still  
> is.

That certainly isnt how Adium behaves - user activity, not network or  
automated activity, determines idleness. On what client did you see  
that behavior?

In any case, contact online/offline status is the important bit, I  
think, not idleness/awayness.

-Evan



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