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This post is about the android app. How do you define "online" when you're on a phone with a data connection, an extremely common use case for this scenario? (O
by Lx1oG-AWb6h_ZG0 11y ago
This post is about the android app. How do you define "online" when you're on a phone with a data connection, an extremely common use case for this scenario? (Or rather, what makes someone "offline" here?)
Maybe it's better to track whether the user is busy or free-to-interrupt, which I think is what Google is already doing. (I believe there is also an option to broadcast if you're on your phone or your desktop, although I don't fully understand why it's that useful)
Edit: I looked up Google's documentation, and apparently they do indeed track Online/Offline in the hangouts app [1], but from what I understand, installing the android app with a data connection = online. I'm not sure what Offline means.
I guess the parent is asking for notifications about the Online/Offline change, which does not exist. (But again, if installing the app means you're always Online in hangouts, you won't get any notifications anyway)
[1] https://support.google.com/hangouts/answer/3111918?hl=en https://support.google.com/hangouts/answer/3111918?hl=en
- feld 11y agoHas the phone been sleeping / screen off / locked for a long time? Probably "offline" or something else describes this better. Is user actively using their phone? "online" It's simple. IM clients have figured this out years ago.
- wtallis 11y ago> How do you define "online" when you're on a phone with a data connection, an extremely common use case for this scenario? Perhaps that's why he asked for the ability to set such status manually, in the manner of desktop IM clients.
- jeena 11y agoI'm only online abroad when I have a WiFi connection which is only a couple of times a day.