[sldev] visual muting

[Dave Parks]

Oh, good.  Since my muting only applies to avatars, this won't conflict 
at all.

The jira already contains an excellent discussion of the pros/cons of 
making muted objects invisible, so let's not repeat those concerns 
here.  Suffice to say, such a change should include a "Muted Object" 
entry in the beacon menu so you can see the objects you've muted.

Rob Lanphier wrote:
> (cc'ing Able, since he hasn't been active on the list in a little while)
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> On 2/5/08 10:58 AM, Dave Parks wrote:
>> I just finished visual muting for avatars using impostors (muting an 
>> avatar strips them of attachments and renders them as a solid grey 
>> silhouetted impostor that only updates every 16 frames).  It passed 
>> QA and should go into release next week.  I wasn't aware of Able 
>> Whitman's work.  Is there a PJIRA?
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> Yup: http://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-1017
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> I don't believe he's submitted any patches to us, but he has a 
> separate prototype viewer he's been working on.
> http://ablewhitman.org/viewer/
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> Rob
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