Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 131499
Invite persons to a mass-conversation over MSN?
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:10:48 EST
Description of problem: Is it just me being stupid (low userfriendlyness?) - or is there no way to create a mass-conversation from gaim? Easyest wold just be putting an "invite" button on the "toolbar" above the chat-window - so to create a multi-way conversation - open a conversation with person A, and invite B and C. The invite dialog cold also be made somewhat easyer to use. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): gaim-0.82-0.FC2
It is possible, in a less than perfect way. You must start the conversation in a different way: Right-Click on a buddy in your list, and Select "Initiate Chat". You can then invite more users using the Invite button or the Invite menu option in the Conversation window.
I dont know anything about the MSN protocol - but how hard would it be to implement a "invite" button on the normal chat display - so that you just double-clicked (one of the) the persons you want to speak to, and the invitated the rest? I would be better than the present solution, as it is impossible to find. There is also an "Contacts->Joing mass-conversation" (freely translated from Norwegian) - which are grayed out. I found that long before the thing you pointed me to. BTW this is Gaim 1.0
msn chats represent a challenge for us because they don't follow the same sort of models that other protocols use. they aren't named, are always invite only, and have no distinction between them and "conversations" or "one on one" sessions. our ui currently has a hard time handling this sort of combination chat-conversation. we more or less know what changes are involved to be able to better support them, but its not a simple change to make.
Any status change on this upstream? I don't use this protocol much so I don't know anything about it.
no, the ui is exactly the same now as Stu describes above. that apparently isn't enough to close this, its rather a usability bug than a functionality bug, as I understand it.
Yup. usability bug. Anyway, gaim 1.x series is dead now, 2.x is on its way. You may probably close this as "CLOSED WONTFIX".