Changes between Version 8 and Version 9 of Protocol Specific Questions

Timestamp:

Jun 12, 2007, 4:28:53 PM (17 years ago)

Author:

John Bailey

Comment:

Some MSN stuff

Protocol Specific Questions

@@ -138 +138 @@
 Yes, but this is a case where our design differs from the official clients.  In the MSN world, there is no distinction between an IM session and a chat.  Within libpurple and Pidgin, however, there is.  If you start an IM with one user, then you cannot invite someone else to the conversation.  If, however, you right-click the buddy and select Initiate Chat, then you can invite as many people to the chat as you want using Conversation->Invite.  Unfortunately, Pidgin does not yet provide a convenient way to select multiple buddies at once to invite.
 
+=== Why can't I set a status message on MSN? ===
+Pidgin uses an outdated version of the MSN protocol that does not support status messages.  For this reason, until our MSN protocol support is updated, status messages will not be supported.
+
 === What version of the protocol does Pidgin use? ===
 Pidgin uses MSNP9.
@@ -158 +161 @@
 Unhandled command '911' indicates some form of authentication error. This could be simply that your password is wrong.
 
-Other reports of this error seem to indicate that it could be a timeout problem, if the authenticaion process takes too long to complete, the authentication fails.  Slowness could be caused by a number of factors, including:
+Other reports of this error seem to indicate that it could be a timeout problem--if the authenticaion process takes too long to complete, the authentication fails.  Slowness could be caused by a number of factors, including:
  * being on dialup
  * slow DNS resolution
@@ -175 +178 @@
 
 === What does "Has You" in the buddy list tooltip mean? ===
- It shows you if that MSN user has added you to his/her buddy list. "Has you: No" does ''not'' mean you can't talk to that person.
+It shows you if that MSN user has added you to his/her buddy list. "Has you: No" does ''not'' mean you can't talk to that person.
 
 === How do I set my MSN Friendly Name (the name other users see)? ===
 In the Buddy List window, go to Accounts->'' your MSN account''->Set Friendly Name.
+
+=== Can I set my friendly name with a plugin? ===
+No.  This leads to far too much abuse of the already-abused friendly name.  Stuffing such useless information as the currently playing song on your music player or a status message inside the friendly name completely defeats the purpose of the friendly name, which is to provide a more easily recognizable name than an e-mail address.
+
+=== Can I turn off displaying nicknames/friendly names? ===
+No.  If your buddies are using friendly names that make it difficult to distinguish them from each other, use aliases to set useful differentiating names for the buddies.
 
 === What does "Error reading from switchboard server" mean? ===