Bevelled edges beauty :)
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Torley Linden
Enlightenment!
Join date: 15 Sep 2004
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12-14-2004 12:49
It's a subtle but welcome change, for me, to see all these curved edges in SL... from the loading progress bar to the translucent window around chat. It may even feel like OS X in a way.  I really like how it makes me feel this inexplicable greater sense of warmth, and it's a subtle -- but welcome change. Oh, wait, just said that. (Must be a timeloop.) Well... one thing that is not so welcome, though, are the "randomly changing text colors". I have noticed that text is colored inconsistently if chat goes on long enough. I had a little fun with it, using a palette of white, green, and red to get my quasirecommended Christmas dosage -- but it's STILL confusing. Some people look like they're talking through scripts, when in fact they aren't. I'll have to sort my Inv more later today. Observations, queries?  |
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pandastrong Fairplay
all bout the BANG POW NOW
Join date: 16 Aug 2004
Posts: 2,920
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12-14-2004 12:58
Great Torley.. THANKS. Way to ruin the end of the movie for those of us who haven't seen it yet. Now I need to hit you up for a time-loop refill. 
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Torley Linden
Enlightenment!
Join date: 15 Sep 2004
Posts: 16,530
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12-14-2004 13:03
From: pandastrong Fairplay Great Torley.. THANKS. Way to ruin the end of the movie for those of us who haven't seen it yet. Now I need to hit you up for a time-loop refill. Hehehe... here's another spoiler: THIS TIME, THE LOOP CHANGES! AND THE PROTAGONIST IS REDEEMED AT THE END. |
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Marcos Fonzarelli
You are not Marcos
Join date: 26 Feb 2004
Posts: 748
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12-14-2004 13:28
TORLEY IS YOUR FATHER!!! |
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Torley Linden
Enlightenment!
Join date: 15 Sep 2004
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12-14-2004 13:32
From: Marcos Fonzarelli TORLEY IS YOUR FATHER!!! Torley Sr., anyway. And he's lost in a spacetime rift now. But ehhh... the story continues. |
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Siobhan Taylor
Nemesis
Join date: 13 Aug 2003
Posts: 5,476
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12-14-2004 15:23
From: Torley Torgeson Hehehe... here's another spoiler: THIS TIME, THE LOOP CHANGES! AND THE PROTAGONIST IS REDEEMED AT THE END. Nephi, Neil or Taggy?
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Juro Kothari
Like a dog on a bone
Join date: 4 Sep 2003
Posts: 4,418
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12-14-2004 15:24
pictures! don't tease!
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SuezanneC Baskerville
Forums Rock!
Join date: 22 Dec 2003
Posts: 14,229
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12-14-2004 15:41
I hate the rounded corners, I hate cutsey crap of any sort in programs, and I am very displeased to see resources spent on worthless cosmetic changes for which there was no powerful demand when we were told that manpower would be spent on bug fixes.
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Camille Serpentine
Eater of the Dead
Join date: 6 Oct 2003
Posts: 1,236
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12-14-2004 15:43
Thanks SuezanneC!
I don't like the rounded corners of chat either. I would rather they work on bugs.
I don't have my XP set with rounden corners either. yuck!
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Lizzie Daguerre
Child of the 80's
Join date: 19 Aug 2004
Posts: 66
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New eye candy
12-14-2004 15:47
Torley I agree and disagree. It is quite lovely looking to see rounded corners on things, but when eye candy causes lag I tend to think it is not worth it. What lag you ask? Do a mouse over on any object on SL. First it renders the box, then it figures out the text inside to decide how big to make the box. There is a 1-2 second lag for it to do this. You may ask, why the big deal? Who cares? Well the more eye candy you add that takes a few seconds, the more lag you pile up in the long run. I love my OS X but I don't love how SL has chosen to make the UI of SL. At least I can turn off the shaded chat. I can't however; turn off the mouseover addition. We don't need to turn into overbloated windows. Please take away the eye candy LL or at least offer default perameters!!!  |
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Torley Linden
Enlightenment!
Join date: 15 Sep 2004
Posts: 16,530
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12-14-2004 15:49
Siobhan: oh, we could have more than one. A Ka-Tet, so to speak. |
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Loki Pico
Registered User
Join date: 20 Jun 2003
Posts: 1,938
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12-14-2004 16:29
The square tool tips seemed smaller too. Im not wild about the rounded corners, but I will adapt.
I reported the colored chat as a bug, report it yourself so that Lindens know it is a real issue and can get fixed asap.
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Lance LeFay
is a Thug
Join date: 1 May 2003
Posts: 1,488
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12-14-2004 18:16
I noticed the colors too. Annoying.
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Rickard Roentgen
Renaissance Punk
Join date: 4 Apr 2004
Posts: 1,869
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12-14-2004 18:20
my colors haven't changed to anything but white yet, but scripts talking are no longer colored and that's annoying. I like the round edges, and I seriously doubt it took much to put that there  . Or that a lot of time was spent on it seeing as how it's buggy |
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Lukas Thetan
Antiubiquitous
Join date: 21 May 2004
Posts: 128
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12-14-2004 20:32
From: Loki Pico I reported the colored chat as a bug, report it yourself so that Lindens know it is a real issue and can get fixed asap. There is a workaround that seems to fix the colored chat frenzy for me: change the colors to something other than the default. *In another thread under Technical Issues Andrew Linden mentioned that this problem had been fixed. A new client has been released that is optional to install tonight and may be required tomorrow*
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Inez Angelus
Elephant Rider
Join date: 11 Nov 2004
Posts: 129
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12-15-2004 05:45
From: Lukas Thetan
*In another thread under Technical Issues Andrew Linden mentioned that this problem had been fixed. A new client has been released that is optional to install tonight and may be required tomorrow*
Aw, nuts. Me and some friends were writing down all the text that appeared in green during chat. We were convinced we were gonna find a secret message from the Lindens and win a million $L. |
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Kris Ritter
paradoxical embolism
Join date: 31 Oct 2003
Posts: 6,627
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12-15-2004 06:05
From: SuezanneC Baskerville I hate the rounded corners, I hate cutsey crap of any sort in programs, and I am very displeased to see resources spent on worthless cosmetic changes for which there was no powerful demand when we were told that manpower would be spent on bug fixes. She speak sense. |
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Pirate Cotton
DarkLifer
Join date: 26 Sep 2003
Posts: 538
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12-16-2004 02:39
Yeah, those artists are so good at fixing code bugs  |
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Ferran Brodsky
Better living through rum
Join date: 3 Feb 2004
Posts: 821
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12-16-2004 02:47
From: SuezanneC Baskerville I hate the rounded corners, I hate cutsey crap of any sort in programs, and I am very displeased to see resources spent on worthless cosmetic changes for which there was no powerful demand when we were told that manpower would be spent on bug fixes. Rounded corners patches are important don't ya know? It's important to have something soothing to look at just before you crash to desktop after 30 seconds in SL. It's proven that sharp edges make you much more complacent and willing to accept your fate. Baseball bats for example... rounded edges... Crow bars, again note the rounded curve. Most bullets have rounded tips too. It just makes it feel better as a whole before the world vanishes from your eyes. |
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Catherine Omega
Geometry Ninja
Join date: 10 Jan 2003
Posts: 2,053
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12-16-2004 05:36
From: SuezanneC Baskerville I hate the rounded corners, I hate cutsey crap of any sort in programs, and I am very displeased to see resources spent on worthless cosmetic changes for which there was no powerful demand when we were told that manpower would be spent on bug fixes. It seems like every other week, someone comes up with the argument that the Lindens shouldn't touch the UI, or the website, or add new features or sims (!?) until all the bugs are done away with. Guys, you don't honestly think it's the same people responsible for all the work, do you? I mean, Linden Lab employs 35 people. The people who do the website are not the same people that do QA, or the people who talk to investors, or the programmers. Time spent working on the UI or LSL isn't time taken away from fixing rendering or stability bugs, because not everyone is working on the same task. Nor is everyone working on a single task -- someone can take a break and focus on a seperate task for a while. I'm pretty sure that's not what led to the 1.5.8 UI changes, but if it is, isn't it a better use of Bugfixer Linden's time to focus on some other part of SL rather than playing Minesweeper all day to unwind? |
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Siobhan Taylor
Nemesis
Join date: 13 Aug 2003
Posts: 5,476
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12-16-2004 05:39
From: Catherine Omega It seems like every other week, someone comes up with the argument that the Lindens shouldn't touch the UI, or the website, or add new features or sims (!?) until all the bugs are done away with. Guys, you don't honestly think it's the same people responsible for all the work, do you? I mean, Linden Lab employs 35 people. The people who do the website are not the same people that do QA, or the people who talk to investors, or the programmers. Time spent working on the UI or LSL isn't time taken away from fixing rendering or stability bugs, because not everyone is working on the same task. Nor is everyone working on a single task -- someone can take a break and focus on a seperate task for a while. I'm pretty sure that's not what led to the 1.5.8 UI changes, but if it is, isn't it a better use of Bugfixer Linden's time to focus on some other part of SL rather than playing Minesweeper all day to unwind? Excelent point. Sometimes we to get blinded by feature creep, where we should just relax and be happy with the bugs that have been fixed.
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Ferran Brodsky
Better living through rum
Join date: 3 Feb 2004
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12-16-2004 05:44
I just want to be generally unhappy that I crash to desktop after being in world for 30 seconds...
it's not a happy thing... especially after going through everything except an OS re-install to try and get it to work...
As for the actual rounded edges, I guess it's nice. After all, if it wasnt for rounded edges there would be no dildoes, think about it.
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Siobhan Taylor
Nemesis
Join date: 13 Aug 2003
Posts: 5,476
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12-16-2004 05:46
From: Ferran Brodsky As for the actual rounded edges, I guess it's nice. After all, if it wasnt for rounded edges there would be no dildoes, think about it. Owchies! Don't make me think that again, please...
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Ferran Brodsky
Better living through rum
Join date: 3 Feb 2004
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12-16-2004 05:47
well they say one pain is capable of replacing another.... It certainly makes you forget about the crashes for a while while you squirm in your seat
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