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I would think that normally, idleness is an indication of whether or not a
user is doing anything on the computer. If I'm not paying attention to Fire
because I am working on something else, I don't think that's being Idle,
because I will still be able to respond to messages as if I were Available.
On 3/8/02 2:09 pm, "Raphael Ho" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> A slightly better technique would be detecting idleness using both window
> focus and system idle.
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> The status should be set to idle if the system has been idle for x minutes
> (therefore you have not typed anything) or Fire has lost window focus for x
> minutes (therefore you cannot type anything)
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> Of course, in my case, you don't need any idle detection code. I'm just
> plain idle. :-)
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> on 7/3/02 4:48 AM, Colter Reed at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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>> On 3/6/02 13:18, "Mark H. Anbinder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>>>> This would require checking (after *every* keystroke) how long it's
>>>> been since the last key stroke.
>>>
>>> OK, that's clearly not worthwhile. I really have no idea how these
>>> clients decide whether you're idle or not. I seem to recall AIM using
>>> someone else's extension at some point in the past, and of course
>>> that's not an option for Fire.
>>>
>>> If you have no mechanism for keeping track of whether the user is
>>> idle (and note that I'm talking about idle time, NOT whether the
>>> user's actively typing in the frontmost window), then my suggestion
>>> is irrelevant.
>>
>> Keeping track of how long the entire computer's been idle is easier. We
>> already do that.
>>
>> I'm mulling the problem over in the back of my mind. I'll see if I can come
>> up with something for a post-0.30.a version.
>>
>> Colter
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