Re: [GnomeMeeting-devel-list] New feature - controlling the calls (allow/deny)

[Kenneth Rohde Christiansen <kenneth gnu org>]

> My idea is to have 2 lists:
> 
> - an Friends List (friends, family, ..., not groups as we have no notion
> of contact list as we are not an instant messenger).

Hmm, maybe we should name it acquaintens (or what ever the spelling is)

> - a Reject List (for your ennemies).
Is 'ignore' better?

> Currently, GnomeMeeting has 3 states:
> - Auto Answer
> - Do Not Disturb
> - Normal
> 
> In my proposition, there would be 5 states mutually exclusive:
> 
> - Normal (all calls are allowed except the Reject List)
> - Friends only (only calls in the accept list are allowed)
> 
> - Auto-Answer (auto-answer all calls from the Friends list)
> - Do Not Disturb (reject all calls from everybody)

Where is the fifth? Btw, sounds very useful

> Easy and powerful.
> 
> Here are some typical cases.
> 
> * You want to accept calls only from friends, you choose friends only,
> that way you are in do not disturb for all others.
> * You do not want to be disturyou choose friends only,
> that way you are in do not disturb for all others.bed at all, you choose Do Not Disturb.
> * You are free for chatting, and want to discuss. You choose auto-answer
> and it will auto-answer your friends.
> * You want to meet new people, or you don't know yet the filter for a
> specific friend, you put yourself in normal mode.
> 
> Easy and powerful....

Some people probably wants a "Feel free to call" state that would be
marked in ILS (if possible).

Btw, call history would probably be nice. Imagine someone calls you
because you put in on 'do not disturb' because you are going to make
dinner or so...so when you switch it back your friends will get a notice
that you are back. Does that sounds like crap? Hmm, probably needs to be
thought out. - It's late :)

-- 
Kenneth Rohde Christiansen <kenneth gnu org>