Retrieving Away Messages with 1.0 svn
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 12:09 pm
I was working with the 1.0 svn for some days now (actually to dig into the status Applescript). But while working with the 1.0 I got my attention to a something really annoying:
I could not receive the status messages (away message on AIM/ICQ) from ICQ users, using the original ICQ client on windows. On the other hand I could receive these messages with 0.89. I guess this could be a problem with the new joscar implementation or even an issue of joscar itself.
I could reproduce this problem myself while installing the latest ICQ client (version 5) on a windows machine and setting a custom away message. I could retrieve it with 0.89 and could not with 1.0 svn. During the last week of 1.0 usage, the only client I could for sure read the status messages where other adium users.
I also filed a ticket on track (3427). But I think this needs more attention, since there were already some longstanding status message issues with other clients (i.e. miranda), which was a big issue for some users. And losing another client on this issue is a big step down. Many people I know leave an away message with information, how or where they can be contacted. So this makes Adium quite unusable for this.
I could not receive the status messages (away message on AIM/ICQ) from ICQ users, using the original ICQ client on windows. On the other hand I could receive these messages with 0.89. I guess this could be a problem with the new joscar implementation or even an issue of joscar itself.
I could reproduce this problem myself while installing the latest ICQ client (version 5) on a windows machine and setting a custom away message. I could retrieve it with 0.89 and could not with 1.0 svn. During the last week of 1.0 usage, the only client I could for sure read the status messages where other adium users.
I also filed a ticket on track (3427). But I think this needs more attention, since there were already some longstanding status message issues with other clients (i.e. miranda), which was a big issue for some users. And losing another client on this issue is a big step down. Many people I know leave an away message with information, how or where they can be contacted. So this makes Adium quite unusable for this.