[Psi-devel] Re: PyMSNt integration

[Francisco Joaquín Rodríguez Prados]

2005/5/31, James Bunton <james at delx.cjb.net>:
> On 31/05/2005, at 6:35 AM, Remko Troncon wrote:
> 
> >> Perhaps Psi could fetch the vCard of a contact whenever they come
> >> online? That way it does get updated. We already fetch
> >> jabber:iq:version whenever somebody comes online.
> >
> > Sending an iq stanza to every contact in your list when you log on (or
> > when the
> > contact logs on) is one thing. Downloading the complete vcard is
> > another.
> > That must be the most horrible thing i ever heard :-)
> >
> > cheers,
> > Remko
> 
> Whoops. I forgot that when you first log on everybody has just "come
> online" :P
> I was thinking over the course of a session as people come on & off
> every few minutes, but yeah, you're right. That is horrible.
> 

Huh. There's no need to retrieve the vCard when becoming online...
maybe we can retrieve it when opening a chat, or sending a message, or
displaying that nice tooltip... That won't be much trafic.

-- 
Francisco Joaquín Rodríguez Prados
Fachbereich Informatik,
Fachhochschule Darmstadt,
Darmstadt, Germany