[Psi-devel] Proxy usage at Registering New A/C

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On Fri, Apr 20, 2007 at 09:22:55AM +0200, Remko Tronçon wrote:
> >  It seems Psi 0.11 doesn't use the HTTP proxy while searching for servers.
> 
> That's true. Account registration happens before setting a proxy like
> a HTTP proxy. Moreover, HTTP proxies are bound to account connections,
> and are not global, so there's no way of using it for account
> registration anyway.
> 
> We don't intend on changing this any time soon. If you're behind a
> HTTP proxy, the 'get servers' feature will just be unavailable for
> you.
> 

The current code blocks psi for a very long time (minutes) while
trying to fetch the list. As far as i can see the timeouts are
not adjustable. it i think we should try to remove the blocking.
I'm currently testing various ways to display feedback while
loading, but i didn't find something beautiful yet.

 - Martin