Tdesktop: [Feature Request] Ability to go offline
I would like to request an ability to disconnect client without quitting completely, like all other good messengers have.
By right-clicking on taskbar icon, user should be able to switch between online and offline status.
While offline, client shouldn't be able to send/receive any network requests and generally behave like there's no Internet connection at all.
Without this feature, the only way to disconnect the client is to terminate it, which is extremely annoying.
frozenspider
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Man, that would be so awesome!! Can you imagine being able to make a messenger go off-line? Make it disconnect from the Internet without being shut off? Crazy stuff, it gives me shivers!
Oh wait, hold on... I just remembered some rumors I've heard once...
Long ago, in the 20th century, there were some very primitive messengers that worked only in desktops - yeah, it's unbelievable, nothing for mobile! Ugh! - anyway, they lacked all sort of the most important features we have today, like sending GIFs and stickers... but there were these rumors that some of them had things that even now we struggle to achieve, like the ability to add someone to your contact list without a phone number - not just start a chat with the person, but literally add then to your contact list!! Yeah, I know, nonsense, LOL... But hey, the rumors go way beyond this, as far as telling that not only they could go off-line, they could even hide their on-line status from others!! Can you possibly imagine that??? That's totally mind blowing!! It's like becoming invisible, like you're under the radar or "hiding from the mafia"!! Insane! And they also say there was some kind of flower back then that could put all of your contacts into categories! LMAO! They didn't even have stickers and people say they had such advanced features! 馃槀馃槀
Tell you this: sorry to disappoint you, but that's just to show that what you're asking is just way too cutting edge for the time being. If those messengers from the past really had such amazing features, of course all decent messengers today would have too, so what'sup with all of this story? We weren't struck down by a global catastrophe that seriously damaged our brains, right? You're just asking for too much...
tomcpc
on 18 Sep 2016
@tomcpc What's the license of your comment? Can I use it?
stek29
on 6 Oct 2016
@stek29, sure, feel free to use it any way you want. Just don't get too excited about what I said, we're still many years away from such kind of technology - maybe we'll never get there.
tomcpc
on 7 Oct 2016
many closed issue for offline desktop. They argue this will open volnurability in the app.
I suggest if any solution to connect the desktop to android app without internet, then messages could be fetched from android without using internet.
But fetching messages everytime online require heavy traffic = cost
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on 1 Apr 2017
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frozenspider
on 24 Oct 2020
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Man, that would be so awesome!! Can you imagine being able to make a messenger go off-line? Make it disconnect from the Internet without being shut off? Crazy stuff, it gives me shivers!
Oh wait, hold on... I just remembered some rumors I've heard once...
Long ago, in the 20th century, there were some very primitive messengers that worked only in desktops - yeah, it's unbelievable, nothing for mobile! Ugh! - anyway, they lacked all sort of the most important features we have today, like sending GIFs and stickers... but there were these rumors that some of them had things that even now we struggle to achieve, like the ability to add someone to your contact list without a phone number - not just start a chat with the person, but literally add then to your contact list!! Yeah, I know, nonsense, LOL... But hey, the rumors go way beyond this, as far as telling that not only they could go off-line, they could even hide their on-line status from others!! Can you possibly imagine that??? That's totally mind blowing!! It's like becoming invisible, like you're under the radar or "hiding from the mafia"!! Insane! And they also say there was some kind of flower back then that could put all of your contacts into categories! LMAO! They didn't even have stickers and people say they had such advanced features! 馃槀馃槀
Tell you this: sorry to disappoint you, but that's just to show that what you're asking is just way too cutting edge for the time being. If those messengers from the past really had such amazing features, of course all decent messengers today would have too, so what'sup with all of this story? We weren't struck down by a global catastrophe that seriously damaged our brains, right? You're just asking for too much...