[sldev] Notifications redesign

[Lawson English]

Kent Quirk (Q Linden) wrote:

[...]
> In the long run (which -- fair warning -- is several months away), we 
> hope to have a notification code path that is comprehensible, 
> extensible, localizable, and unified, as well as a UI that is 
> attractive and works well.
>
> So we'd dearly love your constructive feedback, in particular if you 
> think there are additional considerations I haven't mentioned.
>
> Thanks,
>
>    Q
>
>

Please do away with the design philosophy that led to the existence of 
the Dialog flag byte in the ImprovedInstantMessage packet. While you are 
trying to make the user interface work better, its STILL not a good idea 
to slave the protocol and the user interface together that way. Consider 
abstracting things so that different user interfaces done by different 
companies and individuals might rationally be built on top of the same 
notification system.


Lawson