[Opensim-users] Hypergrid Things, Jumps, SLurls, Hop URLs and Maps

[Fleep Tuque]

Hi Ai,

I asked a similar question back in 2011 when I was still trying to figure
out how HG jumping worked because it IS very confusing - and not just for
newbies.  I still don't really understand all the different permutations,
limitations, and issues.  Not sure if it would be helpful, but several
people replied to my message and some of their responses might have
information that's still current.

Full thread at:
http://opensim-users.2152040.n2.nabble.com/Hypergrid-Outbound-Probs-amp-HG-Address-Confusion-td6821084.html

I think it is a very worthwhile endeavor to try to simplify the naming and
address scheme, or at least make it consistent.  I'd also like to see the
region coordinates somehow included in the address, personally, since
knowing that information is crucial to making a successful jump and not all
HG region or grid operators publish that info in easily found places.

Sincerely,

- Chris/Fleep


Chris M. Collins (Avatar: Fleep Tuque)
Center for Simulations & Virtual Environments Research (UCSIM)
UCIT Instructional & Research Computing
University of Cincinnati
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Cincinnati, OH 45221-0088
chris.collins at uc.edu
(513) 556-3018

http://ucsim.uc.edu

On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 1:53 PM, Ai Austin <ai.ai.austin at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>  From: Jeff Kelley <opensim at pescadoo.net>
>>
>> What is the 'hop' scheme? Maybe your computer knows how to handle it.
>> Mine doesn't. Is it an attempt to get rid of a trademark in schemes?
>> If so, it should be registered to IANA.
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/**URI_scheme<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/URI_scheme>
>>
>
> I see the hop:// type link in Firestorm 4.4.0 OS whenever I teleport on or
> between OpenSim grids.  I assumed it was something added by the server side
> in OpenSim (can an OpenSim dev state if this s the case or not?).. but
> maybe its just a viewer side things and perhaps only in Firestorm?
>
> Its NOT something that my (Windows) operating system level recognizes, so
> the viewer is not installing itself with an association to the hop:// URI
> protocol scheme, which if its to be generally useful it ought to.
>
> Anyway, I asked about this on the FireStorm JIRA issue related to trying
> to make hypergrid and OpenSim teleport jumps (hops) much more uniform and
> to try to get them working in more contexts.
>
> http://jira.phoenixviewer.com/**browse/FIRE-10549#comment-**113564<http://jira.phoenixviewer.com/browse/FIRE-10549#comment-113564>
>
> There are just so many variants here...  it could use a radical
> simplification and tidy up. But maybe I am missing the point and their are
> good reasons for all these variants, multiple colon forms, and the use of
> spaces in the before region names in recent HG addresses and so on that are
> vital.
>
>
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