System-level user activity/Idle status

[fitus85]

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Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
I have often the problem, that I'm away on talk but working on my pc.

Describe the solution you'd like
Desktop App should capture mouse and keyboard activity to mention on user presence.

[ShGKme]

@nickvergessen What do you think?

[nickvergessen]

What does currently count? Writing a message and changing the conversation?
Or foreground is enough?

[fitus85]

As an addition to my original post.

Please keep in mind that on multi-screen systems Talk App can be open on 2nd or 3rd screen while working on other screens/apps. It would be a great feature if my colleges could see if I'm working on my pc or away/idle.

[ShGKme]

What does currently count? Writing a message and changing the conversation? Or foreground is enough?

Currently you are away if you don't open/focus Talk window for some time, or it is open, but you don't interact with it.

The proposal is to check general user activity on the system level. E.g. Talk is minimized, but you are still using PC.

That what some other communication apps do (Team or Slack if I'm not mistaken).

[ShGKme]

Must be doable via one of:

• https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Idle_Detection_API
• https://www.electronjs.org/docs/latest/api/power-monitor#powermonitorgetsystemidletime

[nickvergessen]

Fine by me