On 8 Nov 2008, at 20:53, Soft wrote:
By this point, is voice ubiquitous enough that it would make more
sense to have a "no voice" icon appear only on voiceless people when
on a voice-enabled parcel? Maybe those white dots should be history.
Interesting point, probably true.
Ultimately, I think my preference would be to integrate the voice
meter into the name tag in some way, as suggested in the comments on
VWR-328. Display a no-voice icon in the tag, one item attached to each
avatar is plenty. As the speech indicator is rigidly fixed the
avatar's world coordinates and the name tag moves around more fluidly
it's not always obvious which voice visualizer applies to which
avatar, especially if they are animated out of place in some way. The
issue of what to do when name tags are hidden also needs to be
considered though, as you may still need voice indication, I guess
that would work similarly to hiding the group title now, you could
hide the name also and just show voice meter in the tag.
I would also like it to be possible to indicate "listen only" status
in there, an ear icon maybe, as frequently I have headphones on and
can listen, but can't reply in voice as it would disturb people around
me in RL.
Aimee.
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