erming/shout

Display when connection is lost and having retry button

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#395 opened on Apr 7, 2015

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Hi!

First, thanks for this wonderful project!

Two things:

  1. got disconnected from the IRC server, but I didn't notice it (a friend told me that this stuff was displayed: MyNick (~MyNick@myserver.example.com) has quit (Ping timeout: 265 seconds). I didn't saw anything (neither any error) in the interface, just talking alone for a moment. Ideally, having a icon showing the current connection status will be great!
  2. after display this, a cool thing would be a click on a "Retry" button, to restart the connection without losing all the history

Checked the logs, nothing displayed. ~7min after the timeout, got Error: read ECONNRESET in the output.

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Tech stack
javascriptnodejshtmlcss
Domain
full stack
Issue type
feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
half day
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
stale
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
clear
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JavaScriptHTML/CSSNode.js
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
60
Research direction
Examine the connection handling code in the main client file (e.g., lib/client.js) to understand current disconnection handling. Look at the UI templates for a suitable place to add a status indicator and retry button. Consider reviewing the fork The Lounge (https://github.com/thelounge) for any similar implementation of connection status and reconnection features. The issue comments may contain additional user feedback on desired behavior.