[OTR-dev] session termination

[Tim]

Paul Wouters schrieb:
> On Tue, 29 May 2007, Tim wrote:
>
>   
>> Exiting the client is what I mean with "going offline". I'm certain,
>> that most people exit their client instead of going offline and letting
>> the client running. Why should they?
>>     
>
> They just close the lid of their laptop. Why would they need to close
> the application?
>
> Or they leave their desktop all the time.
>
> Do people really turn on their computer 3 times a day?
>
> Paul
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Yes they do. Even more often than 3 times a day. If I'm not using my PC,
I always turn it off. Leaving it on all the time is a waste of energy
and it makes annoying sounds. There is only one person I know who leaves
his PC on all the time.

You just gave another example of Gaim being unable to send a "session
termination" -message: If you do close your laptop's lid, it sends your
laptop to standby or hibernation mode. Gaim won't notice that early
enough to terminate the session. And you usually won't reopen your
laptop within 60 seconds or whatever Gaim's limit for resending messages is.

Besides that: Even if I left my PC on all day, I wouldn't want to have
my Instant Messager running all the time - too distracting. If I'm not
using a program, I exit it. Why would I let it use up ressources for
nothing? Do you leave your office program running when you just had to
type a small letter in the morning and then don't need it any more?

Tim