[opensource-dev] STORM-243 - simulator version notifications

[Kent Quirk (Q Linden)]

Everyone wants more options. Why should this be an option?

Just because you're interested in knowing the version number, do you really need a notification of it? What does that give you that checking About Second Life doesn't give you?

On Jan 18, 2011, at 10:40 AM, Opensource Obscure wrote:

> I guess most people on this list are personally interested in that
> notification. Still, I think we're a very non-representative sample
> of the whole SL userbase - especially with regards to tech details.
> 
> Off by default, with freedom to choose would be the best;
> a Debug Setting would probably be good enough (since interested
> people are "techie" enough to know how to get there);
> should I choose between yes/no I would say "no" - remove them as
> most SL users aren't interested in that information and/or don't know
> what it means.
> IMO
> 
> Opensource Obscure
> 
> On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 16:22, Kent Quirk (Q Linden) <q at lindenlab.com> wrote:
>> Hi, folks. I've just commented on STORM-243, which requests that we have Yet Another Option to allow suppression of the toast that tells you the simulator version changed when you changed to a new region.
>> 
>> I think we should delete it entirely. Does anyone care to still get that notification, now that there are usually 3 different simulator versions live on the grid at any time? I don't mean "I can think of an obscure scenario when someone might care." I mean does anyone really need a notification about this, or can we just delete it?
>> 
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