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MSN Messenger seems to have a very irregular behaviour
under restrictive firewalls or error-prone
networks/environments, whereas other instant messaging
protocols seem to be more stable on the same conditions.
For example, in such circunstances it is usual for MSN
Messenger to not only lose messages (ie, messages don't
get to the destination) but also not to warn the user
about this as it usually does!
But ICQ, for example, seems to have some kind of
acknowledgement system that doesn't even allow the user to
send a new message until the previous one is received by
the other party. This can be annoying but a simpler method
could be implemented where the same kind of
acknowledgement system is used but the user can continue
to message while Messenger attempts to send the previous
messages.
I'm aware of the fact that MSN Messenger does implement
some kind of acknowledgement system, but somehow it seems
very irregular and unsufficient. MSN Messenger should
require acknowledgement for *every* single message and if
it's not received after a certain time it should try to
send it again. After some attempts, if the acknowledgement
is not retrieved, the user should then be informed that
the message may have not reached its destination. Ideally
Messenger should also provide some kind of visual aid to
let the user know which messages are granted to have
already been received or not (like a different icon in the
beginning of the "<display name> says:" line for the
messages that have been received on the other end and
those for which the Messenger hasn't still got the
acknowledgement).
Any help or feedback on this matter would be widely
appreciated!
Best Regards,
João Campos
under restrictive firewalls or error-prone
networks/environments, whereas other instant messaging
protocols seem to be more stable on the same conditions.
For example, in such circunstances it is usual for MSN
Messenger to not only lose messages (ie, messages don't
get to the destination) but also not to warn the user
about this as it usually does!
But ICQ, for example, seems to have some kind of
acknowledgement system that doesn't even allow the user to
send a new message until the previous one is received by
the other party. This can be annoying but a simpler method
could be implemented where the same kind of
acknowledgement system is used but the user can continue
to message while Messenger attempts to send the previous
messages.
I'm aware of the fact that MSN Messenger does implement
some kind of acknowledgement system, but somehow it seems
very irregular and unsufficient. MSN Messenger should
require acknowledgement for *every* single message and if
it's not received after a certain time it should try to
send it again. After some attempts, if the acknowledgement
is not retrieved, the user should then be informed that
the message may have not reached its destination. Ideally
Messenger should also provide some kind of visual aid to
let the user know which messages are granted to have
already been received or not (like a different icon in the
beginning of the "<display name> says:" line for the
messages that have been received on the other end and
those for which the Messenger hasn't still got the
acknowledgement).
Any help or feedback on this matter would be widely
appreciated!
Best Regards,
João Campos
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