[Bug 26436] Maemo: Add reactivate option for IM accounts logged out by another location

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http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26436


Will Thompson <will.thompson at collabora.co.uk> changed:

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--- Comment #1 from Will Thompson <will.thompson at collabora.co.uk>  2010-02-07 05:30:22 PST ---
(In reply to comment #0)
> EXPECTED OUTCOME:
> 
> A status area widget only dedicated to reactivate all my accounts with a single
> click should appear. 
> In addition, individual buttons for each single account in the "My status"
> dialog for more customization would be nice. But I think especially the first
> point would be a huge improvement.
> 
> ACTUAL OUTCOME:
> 
> "Account already in use" error message, no accessible option to reactivate the
> accounts
> Workaround: Set status to Offline and then Online again for all Accounts.

The accounts dialog is a closed-source Nokia component. While we can write
plugins to add support for more protocols, we can't modify the main parts of
the dialog to add the functionality you want.

One could conceivably write a separate application to reconnect all such
accounts, which could appear as a button in the status area tray when one or
more accounts have been kicked offline due to signing in elsewhere.

(Andre Klapper on the mæmo.org bug report is incorrect when he says this only
happens with the third-party protocol plugins: this can happen with XMPP as
well, if you use the same resource on multiple machines.)


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