Chat invites are silently ignored if receiving user is already present in chat
- Gajim version 1.8.4
When a chat invite is sent to gajim user who is already present in the given chat, gajim will silently ignore the invite. This could cause confusion or frustration. I think it would be better if gajim shows a modified notification when the invited user is already present, such as "tom@example.com has invited you to chat@example.org, but you are already present there".
Hypothetical scenario:
Tom: Hey, I'm sending you an invite to this chat that I think you will like.
Bob: Sure.
Tom sends chat invite to Bob, and waits a few minutes. Bob has not responded or joined.
Tom: Hey Bob, did you receive that invite?
Bob: Nope.
Frustration ensues and further attempts also fail. Eventually Tom resolves to just paste the link into the chat.
What Tom didn't know is that:
- Bob is already present in the chat that he is being invited to under a nickname that Tom doesn't know about
- Gajim silently ignores invites when the user is already present where invited