[sldev] Voice

[Second Life]

Yeah it's this cut off of the viewport that makes having that window any 
larger a much bigger deal, and it's bothersome no matter where you put the 
window, top/bottom or side.. If the center of view were repositioned 
downwards it would actually be much less annoying :) In fact the latest 
version of Photoshop FINALLY got this right.

I think ultimately I'd love to see a truly fully dockable/customizable 
window layout system ala Photoshop or even Visual Studio. Then a nice noob 
friendly default layout can be had and power users can tweak it to their 
version of perfection. But I'll just be happy if the current UI isn't made 
any more difficult to use in future updates for the time being ;)

Farallon


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Max Okumoto" <okumoto at ucsd.edu>
To: "Second Life Developer Mailing List" <SLDev at lists.secondlife.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 11:27 PM
Subject: Re: [sldev] Voice


> Yea, it would be nice if we could adjust the "view point".  I have a dual 
> monitor setup, and one of the things that
> I wish I could do shift some of those windows to the side.  And have my 
> avatar in the center of the other screen.
>
>     Max
>
>
> Callum Lerwick wrote:
>> On Tue, 2007-07-31 at 21:12 -0700, Second Life wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Image 1: My normal, every day, always open window set. History and IM 
>>> with enough space for 8-9 IMs before scrolling sets in and then I can 
>>> enlarge it quite a bit sideways without using up any more real usable 
>>> screen real-estate (eating up the mini map of course).
>>>
>>> http://www.seal-cove.com/chatterbox/Current.jpg
>>>
>>
>> This is exactly what I do. This is a sign.
>>
>> There should be a "communications HUD" that docks like a toolbar along
>> the top (or bottom, perhaps it could integrate with normal chat and
>> those damn buttons along the bottom) with a layout something like this.
>> This HUD should bump the center of focus of the 3D view down so that it
>> doesn't feel like your view is getting cut off. Just like how the center
>> of focus moves to the side when you edit your avatar appearance.
>>
>> Now make it a slide out bar, that can be easily hidden with one click.
>> Maybe it could auto-hide. Maybe it could stretch bigger and smaller as
>> the mouse approaches. OSX, eat your heart out.
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