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Bug 687226 - Chat status chooser - "Unavailable" should be "Offline"
Chat status chooser - "Unavailable" should be "Offline"
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gnome-shell
Classification: Core
Component: general
3.7.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: gnome-shell-maint
gnome-shell-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2012-10-30 20:54 UTC by Allan Day
Modified: 2012-12-02 05:06 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 3.7/3.8

Attachments
userMenu: Use "offline" instead of "unavailable" (959 bytes, patch)
2012-10-30 20:57 UTC, Florian Müllner 		committed Details | Review

Description Allan Day 2012-10-30 20:54:06 UTC 
In the user menu, you can change your chat status. The current states read as "Available" or "Unavailable".

I don't think that "unavailable" is right here - it sounds a bit like a busy state, rather that logging you out of chat. Also, it is inconsistent with Empathy.

We should change the string to read "Offline" rather than "Unavailable"3
Comment 1 Florian Müllner 2012-10-30 20:57:08 UTC 
Created attachment 227685 [details] [review]
userMenu: Use "offline" instead of "unavailable"

Trivial patch.
Comment 2 Giovanni Campagna 2012-10-30 21:57:42 UTC 
Review of attachment 227685 [details] [review]:

Trivial review.
Comment 3 Florian Müllner 2012-10-30 22:02:12 UTC 
Attachment 227685 [details] pushed as e80bfa3 - userMenu: Use "offline" instead of "unavailable"
Comment 4 craig.sillva 2012-12-02 05:06:01 UTC 
hrmm... is that really how it works? I thought unavailable just marked you 'invisible' or 'busy' for friends/networks, but you were still online if you wanted to see who was also online and maybe send them a message.

now my mother is going to be asking me how to use the internet, but not have to chat with her friends. offline could be easily confused with 'hey, I won't be able to use the internet.' unavailable is not so easily confused.