[opensource-dev] Request for feedback - Preferences Cleanup

[Andromeda Quonset]

I hadn't thought of "mute"  that way.  Perhaps "ignore" would be 
better.  Or NULL.

At 11:22 AM 11/8/2010, you wrote:
>That mute button sometimes does the opposite of what "mute" means in 
>SL.  On the telephones in my house and on my Android, mute turns off 
>the *microphone*, not the incoming sound.  (Ditto for some other 
>apps I've seen, such as GoToMeeting.  "Hold" is the closest 
>analogue, which turns off both directions.)  I'm guessing this is 
>probably the source of some of the confusion.
>
>Celi
>
>
>On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 5:43 PM, Andromeda Quonset 
><<mailto:andromedaquonset at gmail.com>andromedaquonset at gmail.com> wrote:
>FWIW,
>
>I would also like to see the return to "Mute" instead of 
>"Block".  With all due respect to your user testing, the telephone 
>on my desk has a "Mute" button, not a "Block" button, and I consider 
>it a very heavily used communications tool.  Perhaps there should be 
>an option in preferences for setting the label for this function to 
>either "Mute" or "Block",  as that would keep all of your users happy.
>
>Thank you
>
>
>At 09:10 AM 11/5/2010, Sarah (Esbee) Kuehnle wrote:
>>Thanks for the feedback everyone. I'm working on some updates to 
>>the pdf right now and will send that out for further review later today!
>>
>>I can't promise all the suggested additions will go into the prefs, 
>>but I'll definitely look at each one as I'm making updates.
>>
>>A few responses to those who's provided feedback so far:
>>
>>@Marine - 1) The text chat logs have been fixed in 2.3 beta. 2) We 
>>changed the label from "Mute" to "Block" early on in V2 because our 
>>user testing indicated new users were confused about what "Mute" 
>>means and understood "Block" because it's used commonly in other 
>>communication tools.
>>
>>@GeneJ - That for the reminder on that typo. It was pointed out in 
>>my OH the other week and I needed a good kick to remember to fix it! :)
>>
>>@Wolfpup - We're just talking about skinning for now. In the 
>>meantime, I'm just gathering color options in one place. But you're 
>>right - future skinning preferences will likely require a restart 
>>before changes would take effect.
>>
>>@Erin - I've taken note of your request for the numerical debug 
>>settings for sculpties. I'm not sure they make sense in this 
>>preference cleanup I'm doing now, but will be useful when I can 
>>focus my team on a sprint focused on content creation as some point 
>>in the near future. As far as local lights go, they've actually 
>>been added back in on the Mesh Project Viewer 
>>(<https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/SH-157>SH-157) (which will 
>>eventually be added into the main Second Life Viewer). I'll take a 
>>look at the other tickets you referenced today.
>>
>>@Hitomi - Thanks for the additional settings. I'll review these 
>>this morning and see what makes sense to incorporate. That's a great list!
>>
>>More updates from me soon!
>>
>>--Esbee
>>
>>
>>On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 6:50 PM, WolfPup Lowenhar 
>><<mailto:wolfpup67 at earthlink.net>wolfpup67 at earthlink.net > wrote:
>>I keep seeing people talking about user readable chat logs and from 
>>what I'm seeing in the current dev builds the logs are already back 
>>to plain text. I'm currently working on a feature that is dealing 
>>with chat and group/personal IM logs.
>>
>>From: 
>><mailto:opensource-dev-bounces at lists.secondlife.com>opensource-dev-bounces at lists.secondlife.com 
>>[ mailto:opensource-dev-bounces at lists.secondlife.com] On Behalf Of 
>>Hitomi Tiponi
>>Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2010 4:37 PM
>>To: Opensource_dev
>>Subject: Re: [opensource-dev] Request for feedback - Preferences Cleanup
>>
>>Thanks for the Preferences mock-up (must say that I rather like the 
>>anime look of them :)) - some really sensible stuff there.
>>Suggestions (all currently in Debug Settings):
>>Chat - adjustable life and fade times for Startup, IM and Group 
>>popups - I find they are too short for me to spot sometimes
>>Chat - Add in spinners to alter the number of times that IM tabs 
>>flash and the rate at which they flash at
>>Advanced - Move 'UI Size' slider to Graphics as KL and myself have 
>>done - it fits more naturally there
>>Graphics->Hardware - allow forcing on of Antialiasing (as the 
>>Viewer GPU presets often gets this wrong) or better still fix the presets :)
>>Move & View - put in spinners for amount of head movement
>>Move & View - Checkbox to allow double-click point-move in-world as 
>>an alternative to double-click teleport (which is welcome)
>>Move & View - Checkbox for 'Number keys move avatar'
>>Privacy - Check-box to select option to also create user-readable 
>>chat logs (as others have suggested) <- this is what I'm referring to.
>>Advanced - Checkbox for 'Show Grid Selection at login'
>>Advanced - Checkbox for 'Disable Camera Constraints'
>>Advanced - Checkbox for 'Limit the distance I can select objects 
>>at' and sliders/spinners for selection distance and amount you can 
>>drag in one step
>>Advanced - Checkbox for 'Show UI in snapshots'
>>
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