A mechanism should exist to allow the server to communicate service messages to the client
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Ubuntu One Client |
Won't Fix
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Wishlist
|
Lucio Torre | ||
Ubuntu One Servers |
Won't Fix
|
Wishlist
|
Lucio Torre |
Bug Description
When we have a scenario like "There is a bug in the client and we need to turn off existing clients until we can get them updated" or something similar, we currently are left with the kludge of inducing a Capabilities Mismatch, which while having the desired effect, tends to communicate zero useful information to the user.
Instead, we should have a mechanism wherein the client applet can display a server-defined message or set of messages informing the user of whatever relevant status information needs presenting
such as:
* Servers are Down while we re-fuel our combat wombats.
* You need to update your client.
* I'm standing directly behind you with a large trout preparing to swing it at your head.
OK Perhaps not the last one but the point is that it should be completely flexible and not at all dependent on anything hard-coded in teh client, be it message or status value.
This is a far more direct method of communicating service status related issues than email, forum, or even microblog, although all of those methods are important as well.
Changed in ubuntuone-servers: | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in ubuntuone-client: | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
description: | updated |
Changed in ubuntuone-client: | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
Changed in ubuntuone-servers: | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
visibility: | private → public |
Changed in ubuntuone-client: | |
assignee: | nobody → Lucio Torre (lucio.torre) |
Changed in ubuntuone-servers: | |
assignee: | nobody → Lucio Torre (lucio.torre) |
tags: | added: facundo-lucid |
tags: |
added: chicharra-lucid-usage removed: facundo-lucid |
tags: | added: u1-lucid |
tags: | added: chicharra |
Changed in ubuntuone-client: | |
importance: | High → Wishlist |
Changed in ubuntuone-servers: | |
importance: | High → Wishlist |
tags: | added: chicharra-maverick |
tags: |
added: chicharra-natty removed: chicharra-maverick |
tags: |
added: chicharra-oneiric removed: chicharra-natty |
Changed in ubuntuone-client: | |
status: | Confirmed → Won't Fix |
Changed in ubuntuone-servers: | |
status: | Confirmed → Won't Fix |
Also, we need to make sure such a mechanism cannot be exploited. We don't want people sending "Press the Reset button on your PC to continue" messages to all our users.