[OTR-users] Request: Pidgin plugin should request refresh if other user offline

[Paul Wouters]

On Sun, 25 Apr 2010, Ian Goldberg wrote:

> Personally, I'd prefer if IM networks didn't let you send messages to
> offline parties, since they're not "instant"; that's what email is for.
> But my personal preferences are neither here nor there.  ;-)

google talk does exactly that. offline msgs are emailed.

> The way it is now, Bob ends up receiving a message from Alice he cannot
> read -- and is informed of that fact; he could try to contact Alice to
> find out what it was.  If Alice was unable to send the message, Bob
> wouldn't even know that she tried.  Which is better?  I don't think it's
> 100% either way.

What i dont like is the race condition. I type, user goes offline, otr goes
into finished state, i hit return, msg is not send AND no longer present in
my message window. I cant even cut and paste it into email anymore :)

Paul