-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Regarding "option bloat", why not simply hide the extra stuff behind a button or a checkbox?
On 20/3/2010 05:53, Jacek Antonelli wrote: > On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 2:11 AM, Stickman <stick...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Why not just skip a half-way solution and implement full key mapping? > > Not to pick on you personally, Stickman, but it peeves me when > somebody suggests that someone else should "just" do something that's > thousands and thousands of times more difficult than the original > proposal. It's not a very helpful attitude to take, and can be really > demotivating to potential contributors. And not just the one with the > original proposal, but also other people who may have been thinking > about contributing but were put off by the unfriendly atmosphere. > > Anyway, turning to the idea being proposed... > > I can see how an option like that would benefit users who like to use > a first-person view, but don't want to (or can't) use the mouse to > turn. For example, I can picture someone walking through an art > gallery with one hand on the keyboard, a mug of coffee in the other > hand. :-D > > My only concern would be "option bloat". The Preferences window is > already pretty crowded and complex, so there's a trade-off to adding > anything more there. If an option is only somewhat useful, or is > useful only to a relatively small percent of users, then it might be > better to put it in the Advanced menu, for example. > > I don't use mouselook very often, so I wouldn't be a good person to > weigh the benefit of this particular proposed option versus the added > complexity. But I will point out that the "Input & Camera" preference > panel (in the SL 1.x UI) is not overly crowded, so the cost of putting > a new option there would not be very high. For the SL 2.0 UI, it could > potentially be squeezed in to the "Setup" preference panel, although > it would be a tighter fit. > > So, to summarize: I think it's a good idea and you (or someone) should > go for it. :-) > > - Jacek > _______________________________________________ > Policies and (un)subscribe information available here: > http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/OpenSource-Dev > Please read the policies before posting to keep unmoderated posting privileges > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.12 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkulJlwACgkQ8ZFfSrFHsmWf9gCdGZemFzlqU3TwfeN3CQtOioI6 sUEAoIcUssQDk2EnmpiwTn9agnu1qGTs =Sy4x -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Policies and (un)subscribe information available here: http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/OpenSource-Dev Please read the policies before posting to keep unmoderated posting privileges
