[JDEV] Multiple logins

[Jens Alfke]

On Thursday, May 24, 2001, at 10:10 AM, Todd Bradley wrote:

> I definitely like where you're headed with this.  As someone else 
> pointed
> out, Jabber needs much more explanatory errors.  Right now, the client 
> knows
> nothing about the reason for why it was disconnected from the server.

In general the error mechanism seems OK -- most places where the <error> 
element appears it has a numeric code as well as a message. The error 
number is only missing in the top-level <error> sent when you get 
disconnected.

I think it's been mentioned before that it would be nice if the server 
knew the client's preferred language so that it could try to send error 
messages in that language. The language code could be an attribute sent 
by the client when it logs in.

> Also, it's smart to have a better reconnect timeout algorithm than most
> clients use.  The one I like the most is a geometrically increasing
> reconnect timer.

That's a good idea. I'll try to remember to put it in my cheat sheet 
when I add a subsection on reconnecting.

—Jens
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