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I haven't used FB Messenger, but I also hate features where they show if the other person is typing a response. I intentionally disable it in Slack, so the othe

I haven't used FB Messenger, but I also hate features where they show if the other person is typing a response. I intentionally disable it in Slack, so the other person simply sees a response when I'm done with it.

Scoundreller 8y ago
Heh, MSN messenger (back in the day... I don't know how they managed to kill it off) did this notification. I had a 3rd party client (aMSN) that would popup a chat window as soon as someone would start typing an initial message to me. I would say "Hi" to them first and they would thing it was a big coincidence that they were trying to talk to me at the same time.
- iamdave 8y ago
  AIM had a similar add-on as well; I recall spooking lots of friends like this and telling them I was a Jedi :P
  - Scoundreller 8y ago
    It was even funnier when I saw a friend’s sister kept opening up a chat box to see my profile picture without ever saying a word ;)
  - Macuyiko 8y ago
    Pidgin had this too for clients which supported it. It even warned you by displaying: "You feel a disturbance in the force." Good times.
    - iamdave 8y ago
      Ha! I remember Trillian having the same exact phrasing
    - groestl 8y ago
      Came here to post exactly that, I really enjoyed that feature back in the days!
- Jaruzel 8y ago
  > I don't know how they managed to kill it off They kept incrementing the server protocol version without updating the client. Eventually all the clients just stopped being able to connect. Strangely, for a long time, only the version bundled with XP stayed working, until eventually it too could no longer connect.
  - Scoundreller 8y ago
    I heard they kept it alive in China longer. Maybe they updated their client. Maybe.
hn_throwaway_99 8y ago
> I intentionally disable it in Slack, so the other person simply sees a response when I'm done with it. FYI, I don't think that is possible in Slack. You can choose to hide typing indicators in your view, but AFAICT you can't prevent other people from seeing when YOU are typing: https://twitter.com/SlackHQ/status/1057288342671368194 https://twitter.com/SlackHQ/status/1057288342671368194
- AznHisoka 8y ago
  Hmm I suspect that was the case. anyway, what I do now is type to myself, then copy and paste the response.
  - sombremesa 8y ago
    If you use the browser client, you should be able to make a simple Greasemonkey script to replace the default text input. Might save some time in the long run. I guess someone like me could make a browser add-on, too. Though I don't know how many people use the browser client vs. the app. If you run a proxy you could also block those requests.
    - evanreichard 8y ago
      I did something similar. Hook "WebSocket.prototype.send", check if arg is type "typing", if so return. Likely against their ToS (https://old.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/9bc6gi/bye_bye_betterslack/ https://old.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/9bc6gi/bye_bye...)
    - Jaruzel 8y ago
      The ability to roll your own Slack Client would be great thing imho. I really don't like the default UI (which is also the same layout as all the web based messaging apps, like it's somehow a good thing). I 100% happy with a small window with an IRC style layout - it's a shame I can't use slack (+whatsapp, +messenger) like this.
      - 8y ago
bookofjoe 8y ago
Diff'rent strokes: I really like that feature in iMessage. I find it kind of like being in a cartoon, with the little thought bubble about to produce a response.
rb808 8y ago
The worst is someone contacting you > Hi (waiting) (waiting) (waiting) < OK Hi (typing) (pause) (typing) (pause) (typing) (pause) (typing) (pause) FFS hurry up already
- dmd 8y ago
  http://www.nohello.com/ http://www.nohello.com/
sleepinseattle 8y ago
I believe that started off as an accessibility feature back in the AIM days.

Scoundreller 8y ago

Heh, MSN messenger (back in the day... I don't know how they managed to kill it off) did this notification. I had a 3rd party client (aMSN) that would popup a chat window as soon as someone would start typing an initial message to me. I would say "Hi" to them first and they would thing it was a big coincidence that they were trying to talk to me at the same time.

iamdave 8y ago
AIM had a similar add-on as well; I recall spooking lots of friends like this and telling them I was a Jedi :P
- Scoundreller 8y ago
  It was even funnier when I saw a friend’s sister kept opening up a chat box to see my profile picture without ever saying a word ;)
- Macuyiko 8y ago
  Pidgin had this too for clients which supported it. It even warned you by displaying: "You feel a disturbance in the force." Good times.
  - iamdave 8y ago
    Ha! I remember Trillian having the same exact phrasing
  - groestl 8y ago
    Came here to post exactly that, I really enjoyed that feature back in the days!
Jaruzel 8y ago
> I don't know how they managed to kill it off They kept incrementing the server protocol version without updating the client. Eventually all the clients just stopped being able to connect. Strangely, for a long time, only the version bundled with XP stayed working, until eventually it too could no longer connect.
- Scoundreller 8y ago
  I heard they kept it alive in China longer. Maybe they updated their client. Maybe.

hn_throwaway_99 8y ago

> I intentionally disable it in Slack, so the other person simply sees a response when I'm done with it. FYI, I don't think that is possible in Slack. You can choose to hide typing indicators in your view, but AFAICT you can't prevent other people from seeing when YOU are typing: https://twitter.com/SlackHQ/status/1057288342671368194 https://twitter.com/SlackHQ/status/1057288342671368194

AznHisoka 8y ago
Hmm I suspect that was the case. anyway, what I do now is type to myself, then copy and paste the response.
- sombremesa 8y ago
  If you use the browser client, you should be able to make a simple Greasemonkey script to replace the default text input. Might save some time in the long run. I guess someone like me could make a browser add-on, too. Though I don't know how many people use the browser client vs. the app. If you run a proxy you could also block those requests.
  - evanreichard 8y ago
    I did something similar. Hook "WebSocket.prototype.send", check if arg is type "typing", if so return. Likely against their ToS (https://old.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/9bc6gi/bye_bye_betterslack/ https://old.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/9bc6gi/bye_bye...)
  - Jaruzel 8y ago
    The ability to roll your own Slack Client would be great thing imho. I really don't like the default UI (which is also the same layout as all the web based messaging apps, like it's somehow a good thing). I 100% happy with a small window with an IRC style layout - it's a shame I can't use slack (+whatsapp, +messenger) like this.
    - 8y ago

bookofjoe 8y ago

Diff'rent strokes: I really like that feature in iMessage. I find it kind of like being in a cartoon, with the little thought bubble about to produce a response.

rb808 8y ago

The worst is someone contacting you > Hi (waiting) (waiting) (waiting) < OK Hi (typing) (pause) (typing) (pause) (typing) (pause) (typing) (pause) FFS hurry up already

dmd 8y ago
http://www.nohello.com/ http://www.nohello.com/

sleepinseattle 8y ago

I believe that started off as an accessibility feature back in the AIM days.