Element-web: When presence is disabled for a server, show something other than 'Offline'
This likely requires some backend code, but it does alleviate the increasingly common question of "Why am I offline?". Instead of showing people as offline, show them as 'Unknown' or something less concrete to indicate the uncertainty.
turt2live
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Maybe just not show it if it is disabled?
MTRNord
on 22 Jun 2017
The issue is that the client doesn't know that its disabled, its a part of synapse disabled and it still functions over federation (incoming) so would not be quite as simple @MTRNord
t3chguy
on 23 Jun 2017
Related: #2667
turt2live
on 27 Jun 2017
We keep seeing bugs/rageshakes/etc. about this - is there anything we could to so that the whole feature feels less broken for casual users?
lampholder
on 17 Jul 2017
I can't see the rageshakes, but idling in the Riot rooms seems to suggest most of the reports revolve around people seeing themselves as offline (and then everyone else). A hopefully-quick improvement could be to always show the current user as online, regardless of the homeserver's suggestion.
For the second part, the homeserver exposing a flag for whether or not it is tracking presence would probably be needed for a proper solution, although you might be able to get away with just showing everyone else as online, effectively removing presence in Riot (probably not a good option).
turt2live
on 17 Jul 2017
[...] the homeserver exposing a flag for whether or not it is tracking presence would probably be needed for a proper solution [...]
it seems to me to be the only proper solution. :+1:
DJCrashdummy
on 17 May 2020
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I can't see the rageshakes, but idling in the Riot rooms seems to suggest most of the reports revolve around people seeing themselves as offline (and then everyone else). A hopefully-quick improvement could be to always show the current user as online, regardless of the homeserver's suggestion.
For the second part, the homeserver exposing a flag for whether or not it is tracking presence would probably be needed for a proper solution, although you might be able to get away with just showing everyone else as online, effectively removing presence in Riot (probably not a good option).