[Opensim-dev] DisplayNames

[Mimetic Core]

i agree with Chris' approach - it's no different than the 'no 
facelights' option.  they bother some common users but are quite useful 
in machinima and virtual photography.  it's the responsibility of the 
grid operator(s) to enable/disable popular features.

also, not everyone is confused or frustrated by display names and not 
everyone abuses them.  they definitely have a function and a place, even 
in OpenSim (eventually).  keep in mind, we're using SL as a reference 
point here... the rest of that thought should be self-explanatory ;)

more valuable than a personal opinion about a feature would be some sort 
of documentation illustrating any caveats users/administrators should be 
made aware of in the interest of community education.

- Core/Jason

On 10/16/2011 3:41 PM, Chris wrote:
> Just my two cents ... But I believe a simple solution for that would 
> be to have a line like EnableDisplayNames somewhere in OpenSim.ini to 
> enable and disable use of it (if it were to be implemented). If you 
> don't prefer to implement Display Names on your grid then set it to 
> false.
>
> Just speculations of course =)
>
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> On 10/16/2011 2:57 PM, R. Gunther wrote:
>> On 2011-10-16 21:51, Shaun Erickson wrote:
>>> May I respectfully ask what gives you the right to determine how 
>>> others should set their display names, and whether what they choose 
>>> to do is right or wrong? Even if people do use it in a way that we 
>>> might wish were different, why shouldn't we have the feature and the 
>>> ability to set it as we choose, regardless of how others use it?
>>>
>> SImple reason I dont like it peronal.
>> Viewers use screen names first. and that makes the list terrible.
>> If the fix that i dont see any problem at all. screen names last.
>> Because screen names its hard to find somebody back with all the 
>> character abuse inside.
>>
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