Comment 40 for bug 550824

I'm out of the office until 1st August.

On 14 Apr 2011, at 21:46, Tony Roberts <email address hidden>
wrote:

> Yep it is a bug, LTS 10.04, confirmed the same annoying bug in "me
> menu."
>
> For me, I don't even have to set my status to be offline. As soon as I
> log off, then log on again (e.g. restart computer, shutdown, whatever)
> I'm then permanently offline!
>
> All the "me menu" options (available, away, busy, invisible, offline)
> are greyed out and none are selected and none can be selected. A very
> helpful feature.
>
> The only solution is to go into each account and manually click
> disabled, then click enabled. So intuitive. So easy. So quick.
>
> Weirdly I can still broadcast from "me menu" even though the "me menu"
> reckons that I'm offline. So obvious. So intuitive. It's not a bug,
> it's
> a feature.
>
> The "Me menu" represents and epitomises pretty poor programming, and I
> can program.
>
> If you want to compete with Windows, then you've got to achieve the
> same
> usability and the same level of stupid bugs as Windows. Paper cuts are
> annoying and hurt like hell.
>
> Neovos assessment is correct. Please take on board what he is saying.
> The current feature is akin to the car automatically breaking all the
> door locks on a car when the car is parked, then expecting to be
> able to
> be able to open the car doors on returning to the car. (Ah yes, it is
> easy, all the user has to do is oil each of the car locks, then
> genuflect on one knee, then whistle the star spangled banner, then of
> course the car locks will open).
>
> The update should be rolled out across all currently supported
> versions
> of Ubuntu. Come on, at least try to compete with Windows.
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/550824
>
> Title:
>  Once status is set to offline the me menu becomes disabled so can't
> be
>  used to go online
>
> Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts:
>  Fix Released
> Status in Me Menu:
>  Fix Released
> Status in “indicator-me” package in Ubuntu:
>  Fix Released
>
> Bug description:
>  Binary package hint: indicator-me
>
>  Set my status to offline in the me menu.
>  All status options became disabled.
>
>  I had to use the messaging menu to go back 'online'. The error is
> easy
>  to reproduce.