Automatic Pause/Unpause of Device Updates

The one feature I desperately want in a twitter app that I have yet to see 
anywhere is something that will automatically pause device updates while I 
am AT my computer so I'm not receiving updates on my phone and on my 
computer screen at the same time. I've checked the twitter API and they 
definitely provide a method to pause or unpause device updates.

I would be considered "at my computer" (and therefore device updates 
should be paused) if all of the following are true: wittywtitter is 
running, my screensaver is NOT on, my screen is NOT locked, and I am NOT 
idle (idle to be defined from a user-manageable timeout). If any of these 
things ceased to be true, device updates would be unpaused.

Naturally this would be an optional feature that would default to off.

The only place this would break down would be if the "unpause" message 
couldn't be sent because the process was killed or the network connection 
was lost. I would consider this an acceptable loss.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by sylvan...@gmail.com on 5 Feb 2009 at 3:07

tunglam236 / QLBH

Automatic Pause/Unpause of Device Updates #216