Re: XMPP & Visability

2010-11-19 Thread Etan Reisner
pidgin does not support xmpp visibility settings as there isn't (yet) a good standard for supporting that. As to whether you can apply invisibilty settings to groups of people at once that depends entirely on the capabilities of the protocols involved. I believe some support that and some do not (

XMPP & Visability

2010-11-18 Thread Sarah Fox
Hello. Just joined this group now. I've d/loaded the latest version of Pidgin a few days ago (Ive used older version before).. 1) When i'm invisible, i can right-click on a user/person, & allow them to see me. However, I can't do this with XMPP accounts. (Or is there another way ?) 2) is

Re: Visability...

2010-04-10 Thread Programmer In Training
On 04/10/10 20:43, Gordon Stewart wrote: > On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 1:29 PM, Programmer In Training > wrote: > >> Those functions you are talking about (appear visible and appear >> permanently offline) are part of the protocol. If it isn't part of the >> official protocol, Pidgin cannot implement

Re: Visability...

2010-04-10 Thread Gordon Stewart
On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 1:29 PM, Programmer In Training wrote: > Those functions you are talking about (appear visible and appear > permanently offline) are part of the protocol. If it isn't part of the > official protocol, Pidgin cannot implement it, if I'm understanding > Daniel right, because

Re: Visability...

2010-04-10 Thread Programmer In Training
On 04/10/10 20:20, Gordon Stewart wrote: > On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 2:12 AM, Daniel Atallah wrote: > >> The "Official Client" is the one distributed by yahoo themselves, not >> some newer version of Pidgin. >> >> Last I knew, the functionality you are asking for didn't exist in that >> client. Un

Re: Visability...

2010-04-10 Thread Gordon Stewart
On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 2:12 AM, Daniel Atallah wrote: > The "Official Client" is the one distributed by yahoo themselves, not > some newer version of Pidgin. > > Last I knew, the functionality you are asking for didn't exist in that > client.  Unless that has changed, it can't exist in Pidgin.

Re: Visability...

2010-04-10 Thread Daniel Atallah
On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 20:57, Gordon Stewart wrote: > On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Programmer In Training > wrote: >> On 04/09/10 19:33, Gordon Stewart wrote: >> >>> (I do see a "permanently OFFline setting, so they can NEVER see me >>> online) - Can there be a permanently ONline setting /

Re: Visability...

2010-04-09 Thread Gordon Stewart
On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Programmer In Training wrote: > On 04/09/10 19:33, Gordon Stewart wrote: > >> (I do see a "permanently OFFline setting, so they can NEVER see me >> online) - Can there be a permanently ONline setting / option ? > > > Is that an option in the official client? I h

Re: Visability...

2010-04-09 Thread Programmer In Training
On 04/09/10 19:33, Gordon Stewart wrote: > (I do see a "permanently OFFline setting, so they can NEVER see me > online) - Can there be a permanently ONline setting / option ? Is that an option in the official client? I haven't used it in so long I haven't a clue. I'd be surprised if it were and

Visability...

2010-04-09 Thread Gordon Stewart
Good day. when using pidgin, (one of the recent versions..) I can mark a yahoo person as showing on my screen, even if they are logged off (I do not show other logged off people).. now, this setting "sticks" & remains for that particular person - no matter how many times I log off & log back in,