#9560 NORM -: os33 - Neighborhood View unreliable

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#9560: os33 - Neighborhood View unreliable
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           Reporter:  mikus          |       Owner:  dsd                              
               Type:  defect         |      Status:  closed                           
           Priority:  normal         |   Milestone:                                   
          Component:  sugar          |     Version:  Development build as of this date
         Resolution:  fixed          |    Keywords:                                   
        Next_action:  test in build  |    Verified:  0                                
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Comment(by mikus):

 Replying to [comment:6 Quozl]:
 > Please test with os50, and re-open if this persists.

 [[BR]]I am currently running with os54.  Neighborhood View still appears
 to not be behaving as well as I would like it to.

 Using a wired ethernet, Neighborhood View *does* "track" in real-time
 which other XOs are "connected".  For instance, as individual XOs
 suspend/resume, their icons vanish/reappear in the Neighborhood View of
 the (on-line) XO whose screen I am watching.

 What I have no control over is the "buddy"? information being shown by
 Neighborhood View.  If there has been a collaboration (say in Chat), and
 all of the XOs participating in that collaboration have now exited (i.e.,
 stopped that Activity), I would like the 'invite' icon to disappear from
 all Neighborhoods.  [I've seen that Chat icon still stick around, even in
 the Neighborhood View of the XO which issued the original 'invite'
 (although all participants have stopped Chat).]

 [[BR]]I personally believe in "user control".  What I would like is for
 Neighborhood View to provide a 'refresh' capability -- say a keyboard
 sequence which would *erase* all displayed "buddy"? information, such that
 this XO would have to "re-discover" the "I'm imvited" icons that it
 presents in Neighborhood View (meaning only "currently active" invites
 would show after 'refresh').
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 I have only one XO-1.5, but multiple XO-1s.  When an F11-on-XO1 build with
 equivalent capabilities (to the XO-1.5 build) becomes available, I'll see
 if I can come up with a test scenario that shows up what I believe to be
 unreliable about the Neighborhood View implementation.

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