User-oriented FAQ for WeChat in uProxy

[masq]

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[agallant]

Want to check on this - last I heard, this module is essentially blocked by server-side changes in wechat. If that is the case, then maybe this issue should be revised to "note that this module is blocked in the main landing README." Thoughts?

[willscott]

as i understand it, it's not 'blocked', it's just a slightly worse user
experience where the signaling messages aren't fully hidden from users.
Arguably the same as github where the gists/comments are visible to users
as well.

On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 2:29 PM, soycode [email protected] wrote:

Want to check on this - last I heard, this module is essentially blocked
by server-side changes in wechat. If that is the case, then maybe this
issue should be revised to "note that this module is blocked in the main
landing README." Thoughts?

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[agallant]

Ah yeah, I think I recall the conversation more clearly now, but I also think that uProxy basically considers that a pretty unusable state (since with wechat those messages alert your phone). Do we have any plausible path for fixing that?

[masq]

Left this in an issue raised in the uproxy issue, but I'll just copy here for completeness.

@soycode, From when I was last looking, Will is right in that it is a usability issue -- the messages can no longer be sent hidden. However, Within the wechat api (last I checked), users don't have to be alerted of messages; i.e. a message can get to a phone, and a user can see the message if they look, but the phone will not vibrate or make any sounds to alert a user that a new/unread message is available in a thread.

The current path is to create a separate thread for uproxy's use with your friend, meaning that all uproxy related information will be isolated into a new "contact" where you won't be alerted of any messages passed through there, while keeping a thread between your original contact uncluttered. Some work has been made in order to accomplish this, but hasn't been taken to completion.