[Sugar-devel] [Bugs] #1157 HIGH: Show which jabber server to which you are connected

[Christoph Derndorfer]

On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 3:35 PM, Tomeu Vizoso <tomeu at sugarlabs.org> wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 16:46, SugarLabs
> Bugs<bugtracker-noreply at sugarlabs.org> wrote:
> > #1157: Show which jabber server to which you are connected
> >
> ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------
> >    Reporter:  dfarning     |          Owner:  tomeu
> >        Type:  enhancement  |         Status:  new
> >    Priority:  High         |      Milestone:  0.86
> >   Component:  sugar        |        Version:  0.84.x
> >    Severity:  Unspecified  |     Resolution:
> >    Keywords:               |   Distribution:  SoaS
> > Status_field:  Assigned     |
> >
> ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------
> >
> > Comment(by garycmartin):
> >
> >  Replying to [comment:5 CarolineM]:
> >  > The frame has an icon that pops up IP address and speed on my wired
> >  network. How about putting what jabber server or if you are using local
> >  collaboration in that popup?
> >
> >  Yes, an extra line of text in the various network device palettes
> (wired,
> >  AP, ad-hoc) would be a reasonable solution. It could show
> "Collaboration:
> >  Local network" or "Collaboration: <the.server.ip.address>" but it's
> >  critical that information is accurate. Example: if a Jabber server
> address
> >  is entered in the Network control panel, but it is not able to connect
> for
> >  some reason, it should show that Sugar is falling back and actually
> using
> >  "Local network collaboration".
>
> If everybody agrees with this change, I would love to see it in 0.86.


FWIW I also think that this would be quite a useful feature to have sooner
rather than later.

Cheers,
Christoph

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Christoph Derndorfer
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