[sldev] Re: Second Life User Experience

[Jesse Nesbitt]

You can have your own IM system if you'd like, it's just not something that
many people want.
Colors are frivolous, and will lead to AIM-syndrome and waste precious
bytes.

On 3/13/07, Bane Darrow <banedarrow at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I think this is all great, but this is long term and only one issue, the
> inventory. I guess my original feeling was that there's much more than that,
> and lots of little things that can be done to improve the experience. But, I
> guess I'm getting the impression I'm the only one. For example, why can't I
> have a simplified IM mode like most MMOs without the windows?
>
> /tell Bane Darrow Hey, how's it going?
>
> Why can't I use colors in chat? Just seems there's a lot of low-hanging
> fruit that could be done in the short term while long-term planning goes on.
>
> But, again, maybe I'm alone. :P
>
>
> On 3/13/07, Argent Stonecutter <secret.argent at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I agree with the current filter being awkward.  In the design
> > > discussion
> > > I posted I suggested replacing it with an icon menu to the left of the
> >
> > > search bar, that would drop down with the different filter options.
> >
> > That's fine for a search, but you'd need a lot of options like
> > "everything but prim objects" or "sounds + animations + gestures" (a
> > couple I use all the time). And merging them all so you can't search
> > for just sounds+animations or sounds+gestures or gestures+animations
> > would be annoying.
> >
> > The iTunes interface for smart playlists might be better than what we
> > currently have, with the "smart playlists" replaced by "smart tabs".
> >
> > > Some big and fairly easy wins (from my perspective):
> > > * Always sort 'system' folders to the top.
> >
> > Only if you can turn it off.
> >
> > Personally, I'd like the ability that some browsers have to specify
> > *any* folder as the default destination for a type of object, so when
> > I'm working on a project I can make that project's folder the default
> > for *everything*.
> >
> > > The idea for the page is for design discussion, and already on the
> > > talk
> > > page people are talking about easier ways to implement the features
> > > along with other suggestions.  Feel free to jump in on the
> > > discussion there.
> >
> > Errr, I did that. :)
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--Jesse
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