[Bugs] #525 UNSP: Should Chat really resume by default?

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#525: Should Chat really resume by default?
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    Reporter:  CarolineM                  |          Owner:  morgs                      
        Type:  defect                     |         Status:  new                        
    Priority:  Unspecified by Maintainer  |      Milestone:  Unspecified by Release Team
   Component:  Chat                       |        Version:  Unspecified                
    Severity:  Unspecified                |     Resolution:                             
    Keywords:                             |   Distribution:  Unspecified                
Status_field:  Unconfimed                 |  
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Comment(by eben):

 But it's not really "someone else's" chat.  It was a chat between you and
 them, regardless of who started it.  If they are offline, then perhaps the
 alert should indicate that bit of info instead of suggesting to share it.
 That would be much more useful in context.

 Resuming simply means to go back into the last open instance of that
 activity.  I strongly disagree that we should allow the behavior to vary
 based on who started the activity, or on the activity itself.  I think
 this adds a number of variables to the equation which won't be obvious.
 The current model is nice and simple, so we just need to figure out in
 what cases the current model isn't effective, and find a solution that
 takes those cases into account.

 It seems that it's a user preference whether they want to create something
 new or resume a previous activity instance, and perhaps the ability to do
 one or the other is too hidden in the current design.

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.sugarlabs.org/ticket/525#comment:4>
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