[Opensim-dev] A Random Idea about the default login welcome text.

[James Stallings II]

I think it's a great idea, and comes in a basket labeled 'low hanging
fruit'.

I'd say it's one of those things that just needs moar doin' and less talkin'
;)

Cheers
James

On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 7:53 PM, Jor3l Boa <jor3l at foravatars.com> wrote:

> If there is a welcome page, I think that text should go there not in the
> welcome message :)
>
>
> On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 1:07 AM, Marck <marck00 at nexgo.de> wrote:
>
>> Todd Adams wrote:
>>
>>> Except that no "normal" person outside of a small handful, even knows
>>> what a UDP server is.... just saying.
>>>
>>
>> That's why I avoided that term and suggested to use "UDP messages"
>> instead. The acronym "UDP" is regularly used in firewall configurations and
>> should at least give the "normal" user a hint to what needs to be done
>> there.
>>
>>
>>
>>  On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 7:11 AM, Marck<marck00 at nexgo.de>  wrote:
>>>
>>>> Teravus Ovares wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hey,
>>>>>
>>>>> Remember when we had that discussion about changing the default grid
>>>>> login text that appears in the client during login from Welcome Avatar
>>>>> to something else?
>>>>>
>>>>> While doing tests and helping someone out with UDP Server
>>>>> configuration, this idea popped into my head.
>>>>>
>>>>> How about changing it to, "Welcome, if the client says 'Connecting To
>>>>> Region..' and then disconnects, your UDP server isn't configured
>>>>> properly, check your settings"
>>>>>
>>>>> See, we actually get a bunch of help requests on this very issue.
>>>>> The client isn't very descriptive when this condition occurs.   Some
>>>>> of the time, people even think OpenSimulator is broken when they
>>>>> simply need to fix their configuration.
>>>>>
>>>>> This could be a way to have a default message that makes sense,
>>>>> reduces new user frustration, and doesn't mention OpenSimulator.
>>>>>
>>>>> Seems like a win win to me, what do you think?
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards
>>>>>
>>>>> Teravus
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I think this is a good idea. I would change the message to something
>>>> that
>>>> might be easier to understand by a normal user. For example: "Welcome.
>>>> If
>>>> the viewer says 'Connecting to Region...' and then disconnects, UDP
>>>> messages
>>>> are not coming through; check your firewall settings."
>>>>
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