[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Error message

[Reinier Post <rp@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Oct 07, 2001 at 08:45:26PM +0200, Raimar Falke wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 07, 2001 at 07:48:31PM +0200, Christian Knoke wrote:
> > There is still a message
> > 
> > Client: No reaction from server.
> > 
> > in the chat window from time to time. This has been introduced
> > with recent protocol change.
> 
> This is intended as an information to human users. Technically it
> means that the client has sent a request to the server and the server
> didn't answer it (except the two packets which are always send). To
> the non-technical it should mean that the key he just pressed didn't
> caused any action.
> 
> It this useful? Is there a better message?

I'm a long-term player and I didn't understand it.  I suppose the
problem is that by the time you see the message you have no idea which
action caused it.  But I don't feel the need for such feedback anyway.

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Reinier