Would it be too much to ask for IM protocols to support positive confirmation that a message has been receieved? It’s a two-way communication, so it shouldn’t be that hard. It wouldn’t even necessarily have to add much overhead or delay. After every X number of bytes receievd or Y minutes, each client could send an ACK message to the other with the IDs of the messages it has receieved and maybe a checksum. Messages that you type would initially be displayed in a “pending” color, and would only be changed to a “receieved” color once positive confirmation was received. This is not rocket science. With this simple feature, there would be no more tedious “are you receiving me?” exchanges.
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ICQ had (or has) a fature like this, though ICQ is abysmally slow and junkier then aim or other popular IM programs. At least in my experience.
that sounded to complicated, but it would be a nice feature, like right waiting to hear back from someone i am iming, to responed, wondering if i need to open a new connection.
It’s less complicated than it sounds. Trust me, I do this for a living. The fact that all IM clients don’t do this automatically is pathetic. If I had more time…. *sigh*
Hmm… Hey! Stella “fixed” the mouse, and she says Dudley has a trackball he doesn’t use and she’s going to see if he’ll give it up to us. Apparently Dudley doesn’t like trackballs. She says it’s only a couple years old.
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feeling a little gibbery today.