Jonathan Schleifer wrote: > Am 13.10.2008 um 22:45 schrieb Peter Saint-Andre: > >> 2. Have developers experienced any problems with the protocol as defined >> in XEP-0085? If so, please describe the problems and, if possible, >> suggested solutions. > > Yes, the behaviour of sending it at the first message and only replying > with it when we received a message with it often leads to a problem with > offline messages. When one receives an offline message without it and > the user answers, the client will answer without the. Both users are > online at that time. Now due to the offline message, they BOTH think the > other end doesn't support XEP-85 and chat state notifications are never > used. I already triggered that several times in Gajim.
Aha, I've never seen that. > Solution: Caps, it's already in the XEP. But sadly, no client determines > support via caps. Plus the "try & error method" must be used for > compatibility reasons. > > Encouraging the use of caps in it would be nice, maybe even mark the try > & error method as deprecated. I'd be fine with that. Peter -- Peter Saint-Andre https://stpeter.im/