Hi, I was just glancing over XEP-0186, and I noticed the following section:
> 3.1.2 Client Handling > While the client is in invisible mode, the client: > * MUST maintain a temporary list of entities with which communication is > allowed, and prompt the user before adding any entity to that "communicants > list" for this invisibility session; the list MAY be auto-populated with > trusted entities if so configured by the user. > * MUST prompt the user before sending any outbound traffic (message, > presence, or IQ stanza) to a contact even if the user generated such traffic; > upon receiving authorization from the user, the client SHOULD add the > authorized entity to the communicants list for this invisibility session. This UI seems ridiculous to me: if my client did this, it would really annoy me. If I'm invisible but want to message a contact, that's my choice. My client shouldn't get in the way (unless I want it to, which I don't). Unfortunately, per the XEP a client that behaves how I want rather than as above is buggy. Perhaps this section could be removed, or rephrased as one possible UI? XEPs mandating particular UI behaviour seems like a bad idea in general, especially when the mandated behaviour is undesirable. :) Regards, -- Will
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