On 25.06.2014 09:41, Benjamin Zeller wrote: > Push notifications are great, but how would you implement a app that can > not communicate over Push? Lets take a simple example, a IRC client, > we can hardly ask the user to install a own Push "proxy" somewhere just to > use that client. > Also a IRC server will not buffer your communication so you need > to be able to react on socket events. Running it as a app does not work > either, because as soon as the app goes into background it will be stopped. > > Maybe you even want to get notifications if the app is not open at all. > > How about using telepathy backends for things like that?
Yes, that's IMO the right solution - we already have telepathy running on the phone, and it's meant for this exactly. We'd need to answer some UX questions, though (like what does a Skype app do, then?). I think one missing piece there would be compartmentalizing the telepathy account / log data, where a Skype app should only have access to Skype-enabled accounts and history. Another issue is whether we'll be able to convince e.g. WhatsApp to use telepathy... -- Michał (Saviq) Sawicz <michal.saw...@canonical.com> Canonical Services Ltd.
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