Re: [opensource-dev] Is the viewer going to start using the Jive SBS system for profiles and such?

2010-11-07 Thread SuezanneC Baskerville
Thanks; it's good to read some good news. I wonder what the expanded profiles will be like. On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 11:11 PM, Yoz Grahame wrote: > No. > > On 7 November 2010 13:13, SuezanneC Baskerville wrote: > >> >> >> -- >> v i r t u a l w o r l d e n t h u s i a s t >> -- http://www.goog

Re: [opensource-dev] Is the viewer going to start using the Jive SBS system for profiles and such?

2010-11-07 Thread Yoz Grahame
No. On 7 November 2010 13:13, SuezanneC Baskerville wrote: > > > -- > v i r t u a l w o r l d e n t h u s i a s t > -- http://www.google.com/profiles/s u e z a n n e -- > > ___ > Policies and (un)subscribe information available here: > http://wiki.

Re: [opensource-dev] Down tools and play the "game" -- was Re: What was the point of display names?

2010-11-07 Thread Dave Booth
On 11/7/2010 19:06, Scruffy wrote: > Can we not have the whining about Display Names on here please? It's > happening so get over it. of course its happening, but yes its relevant to this list - because it impacts several areas that are VERY significant to the folks that read it and try to co

Re: [opensource-dev] What is the license status of UI sounds ?

2010-11-07 Thread Oz Linden (Scott Lawrence)
On 2010-11-05 16:50, Henri Beauchamp wrote: > These issues could easily be solved (I got a patch ready), provided the UI > sounds could be distributed as part of the default skin (for example in > /skins/default/sounds)... > To do this however, we'd need to know what is the license status of the UI

Re: [opensource-dev] Down tools and play the "game" -- was Re: What was the point of display names?

2010-11-07 Thread Moriz Gupte
Thank you LL for at least considering to implement display names. This has been a much needed functionality especially if Second Life is to deployed as an instructional technology at par with any educational technology out there. This matter has been debated for years. Yes there are problems with D

Re: [opensource-dev] Down tools and play the "game" -- was Re: What was the point of display names?

2010-11-07 Thread Scruffy
Can we not have the whining about Display Names on here please? It's happening so get over it. ___ Policies and (un)subscribe information available here: http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/OpenSource-Dev Please read the policies before posting to keep unmod

Re: [opensource-dev] Down tools and play the "game" -- was Re: What was the point of display names?

2010-11-07 Thread Escort DeFarge
Hi AK, This was indeed why I quoted the words "play" and "game" and "players" in my first message. I share your view, and it doesn't sound to me "fringe" in the least. /esc On 07/11/2010 18:29, a...@skyhighway.com wrote: > Excuse me, brief word from the lunatic fringe, here. Some of us aren'

[opensource-dev] Down tools and play the "game" -- was Re: What was the point of display names?

2010-11-07 Thread aklo
Excuse me, brief word from the lunatic fringe, here. Some of us aren't so giddy about the idea everyone has that SL is a "game" and what we do there is "play" that game. i wouldn't be making this noise that most of y'all probably consider "embarrassing," or maybe like being the bad trip at a big

[opensource-dev] Down tools and play the "game" -- was Re: What was the point of display names?

2010-11-07 Thread Escort DeFarge
How was this set of issues with "display names" not predictable or difficult to forsee? I recommend that LL allow all LL developers to down tools and just "play" second life straight for one entire month and get a real Second Life for themselves - "players" of the game know that that will infor

Re: [opensource-dev] What was the point of display names?

2010-11-07 Thread Argent Stonecutter
On 2010-11-07, at 16:33, Bunny Halberd wrote: > On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 4:21 PM, Ricky wrote: >> And to a simplified logon process using OpenID or other tools. > Oh yeah, how could I forget about that? :) There's no reason they couldn't accept "bunny.halberd" or "Bunny Halberd" as a login, and l

Re: [opensource-dev] What was the point of display names?

2010-11-07 Thread Bunny Halberd
On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 4:21 PM, Ricky wrote: > And to a simplified logon process using OpenID or other tools. Oh yeah, how could I forget about that? :) As someone that runs a web service that's SL-centric, if LL were to open up an auth system like Twitter uses for third party website authentica

Re: [opensource-dev] What was the point of display names?

2010-11-07 Thread Ricky
And to a simplified logon process using OpenID or other tools. On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 1:39 PM, Bunny Halberd wrote: > On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 3:12 PM, SuezanneC Baskerville > wrote: >> What is the point of display names? > > Rough guess - the ability to change your user name has been a > requeste

Re: [opensource-dev] What was the point of display names?

2010-11-07 Thread Bunny Halberd
On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 3:12 PM, SuezanneC Baskerville wrote: > What is the point of display names? Rough guess - the ability to change your user name has been a requested feature for a long time. (ie, when you get partnered to someone, being able to take your partner's name, etc) > How do displ

[opensource-dev] Is the viewer going to start using the Jive SBS system for profiles and such?

2010-11-07 Thread SuezanneC Baskerville
-- v i r t u a l w o r l d e n t h u s i a s t -- http://www.google.com/profiles/s u e z a n n e -- ___ Policies and (un)subscribe information available here: http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/OpenSource-Dev Please read the policies before posting to k

[opensource-dev] What was the point of display names?

2010-11-07 Thread SuezanneC Baskerville
What is the point of display names? How do display names benefit Linden Lab? -- v i r t u a l w o r l d e n t h u s i a s t -- http://www.google.com/profiles/s u e z a n n e -- ___ Policies and (un)subscribe information available here: http://wiki

[opensource-dev] Display name chaos

2010-11-07 Thread Erin Mallory
so displaying display names fixes the fact that almost the entire contact list was showing up as ???-??? as were most group members and most people around me in local. HOWEVER, ims are STILL logging to the same file (depending on operating system its either ???-???.xxx or .xxx.) making log