[sldev] Scripting the client

[Argent Stonecutter]

Lawson English:
> The ultimate scripted client would be something like the WoW  
> solution.  That's the main reason I would say to use Lua: it's  
> quick and easy to do and we know it works, at least at this level.

We ALSO know that Javascript works at this level (everything from  
Konfabulator and Dashboard widgets to AJAX), it's already in the  
client, and we know it can be secured. I prefer Tcl. You prefer Lua.  
But Javascript is already there.

> If you let just *any* application have access to IM via a plug-in,  
> you run the risk of rebroadcasting private IM on an open channel.

You let the user request it. Not the application, the user. In a  
preference option, "let these plugins access IM", with a list of  
plugins that have been made visible to the client, and a checkbox for  
each one.