commit 5ebb4893e04ce15e8cb72f937002d924d718d5c9
parent d6699e958cb0af69e56d2a205cbb58a318d9dd4d
Author: Nick Econopouly <wry@mm.st>
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2021 11:37:13 -0500
wiki: improve some questions in FAQ
Diffstat:
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/general/faq.txt b/general/faq.txt
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ them.
Note that a green circle only means that the contact has announced
their presence on the DHT. It does not indicate a direct connection to
their device. In some cases, a contact may be able to send and receive
-DHT messages but cannot make calls or file transfers because of their
+messages but cannot make calls or file transfers because of their
firewall.
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ Does Jami support read reciepts? Can I turn them on or off?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
You can enable or disable read receipts on Android. Other platforms
-only have partial or no support. Please see :doc:`All Features by
+may still be working on this feature. Please see :doc:`All Features by
Client <all-features-by-client>` for the current status.
Does Jami support typing notifications? Can I turn them on or off?
@@ -94,8 +94,9 @@ Why is my contact not seeing my avatar?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Due to technical limitation, avatars are only transfered to your
-contacts during a video or audio call. This limitation will disappear
-when :ref:`group chats <general/technical-overview:swarms>` are released.
+contacts during a voice or video call. This limitation will disappear
+when :ref:`group chats <general/technical-overview:swarms>` are
+released.
Why aren't my sent messages showing up on all linked devices?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -107,7 +108,21 @@ The :ref:`swarm <general/technical-overview:swarms>` update will introduce
full conversation sync between linked devices for all conversations
(including one-on-one conversations).
+Can I message offline contacts?
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Jami does not yet have offline/persistent messages because of its
+distributed nature.
+
+Your messages can't be queued on a central server so both contacts
+must be online to message each other. If you send a message to an
+offline contact, Jami will save the message on your device and send it
+to them then they come online.
+
+There are some possible future solutions to this issue, including
+:ref:`swarms <general/technical-overview:swarms>`, which will allow
+users to set up their own "server" node to receive messages for
+them.
How can I make a bug report?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -277,7 +292,7 @@ username to a new Jami Id at the discretion of the administrator of
that name server.
For more information about name servers, see :ref:`the Technical Overview
-<general/technical-overview:name servers>`.
+<general/technical-overview:Name servers and ns.jami.net>`.
Can I recover my account if I forget my password?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
