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Bug 567314 - No explanation of inactivity if no accounts are enabled
No explanation of inactivity if no accounts are enabled
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: empathy
Classification: Core
Component: Accounts
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: empathy-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2009-01-10 23:49 UTC by Jonny Lamb
Modified: 2012-03-29 15:14 UTC
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Description Jonny Lamb 2009-01-10 23:49:02 UTC 
If you disable all accounts in the accounts editor (or delete all accounts) and then select Available from the main window, it simply stays on Offline without any reason for not doing anything.

Either a message box should pop and inform the user there are no accounts active, or the presence selector should be disabled when there are no enabled accounts.
Comment 1 Guillaume Desmottes 2009-01-13 00:50:19 UTC 
I got confused but that too.
Comment 2 Jonny Lamb 2009-10-14 12:10:44 UTC 
Nowadays, you can't change presence if you're offline, have no enabled accounts, or no accounts at all.

I guess this is still a bug though because it would be nice if the insensivity of the widget was explained.
Comment 3 Guillaume Desmottes 2009-10-14 12:34:39 UTC 
I agree, the contact list should contain a message explaining why you can't go online.
Comment 4 Guillaume Desmottes 2012-03-29 15:14:22 UTC 
This has been done in 3.4.