[Adium-devl] Connect/Disconnect Enable/Disable etc.

[Christopher Forsythe]

On Jul 27, 2006, at 8:45 PM, Peter Hosey wrote:

> On Jul 27, 2006, at 10:46:31, Evan Schoenberg wrote:
>> The fact that we've started resorted to telling people to hold  
>> shift while starting up Adium to avoid autoconnect as a "solution"  
>> also makes me think we should reevaluate this... nothing that  
>> subtle should ever be a serious solution to a problem.
>
> So we add a checkbox for that, with the shift key inverting it.
>
> Is there anything else wrong with the 1.0 system? It works  
> perfectly for me.

Bah, a checkbox for this shouldn't be needed.


How hard would adding profiles with network connection in them be  
within accounts? The problem for most of these folks seems to be just  
due to network constraints. I have an idea for the UI of it if  
someone is interested, but I think it would resolve the problem as a  
possible action.

- Profiles could specify the behavior for multiple different kinds of  
accounts. Auto connect versus saved state, etc. seems to revolve  
around network problems.
- Profiles could specify the avatar for multiple different kinds of  
accounts. This would possibly tread into the area of the personal  
preferences, possibly not.
- Profiles could specify a proxy for multiple different kinds of  
accounts. http://forums.cocoaforge.com/viewtopic.php?p=68664#68664  
hilights why this might be necessary.


I don't think it's something we should do for 1.0 unless it's super  
easy, but it might also give us what we need to resolve people's  
problems with the new system.

Chris