Selective Calling Card Options
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Pinx Peel
Registered User
Join date: 12 Sep 2004
Posts: 10
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12-01-2004 06:08
Calling cards could be a great way to gather a social life and develop relationships in SL, but the current setup is simply too intrusive for my tastes.
Not everyone I meet and *might* want to get to know better is someone I neccesarily want to be able to instantly locate me, track my movements, or interrupt me when I'm working. Some yes, others no. Consequently, I don't trade cards with anyone unless we're already pretty good friends.
But I wonder how many potential good friends I've missed out on because I don't trade cards with people I barely know.
Or, say I'm in IM with someone: I don't want to have to tell half a dozen other people that I'm busy when they IM me or just drop in.
For these cards to be useful to me, I would ideally like the ability to select options within each individual card to:
Toggle my beacon on/off
Toggle online notification on/off
Toggle busy message on/off
If thats not viable, how about just a simple toggle to enable/disable each individual card?
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Willow Zander
Having Blahgasms
Join date: 22 May 2004
Posts: 9,935
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12-01-2004 06:08
agreed 
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Kris Ritter
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Join date: 31 Oct 2003
Posts: 6,627
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12-01-2004 06:19
From: Pinx Peel Calling cards could be a great way to gather a social life and develop relationships in SL, but the current setup is simply too intrusive for my tastes.
Not everyone I meet and *might* want to get to know better is someone I neccesarily want to be able to instantly locate me, track my movements, or interrupt me when I'm working. Some yes, others no. Consequently, I don't trade cards with anyone unless we're already pretty good friends.
But I wonder how many potential good friends I've missed out on because I don't trade cards with people I barely know.
Or, say I'm in IM with someone: I don't want to have to tell half a dozen other people that I'm busy when they IM me or just drop in.
For these cards to be useful to me, I would ideally like the ability to select options within each individual card to:
Toggle my beacon on/off
Toggle online notification on/off
Toggle busy message on/off
If thats not viable, how about just a simple toggle to enable/disable each individual card? I agree, for the most part. Online notification toggling would be pointless as things currently are. Because stupidly, if you go to 'find' it tells you their online status even if you don't have their calling card. But if that little bug was fixed, then yes, it would make sense. In my experience having busy on is kinda pointless, because no one takes notice of it. Given a 'real' busy mode (or preferably customisable status message) where it takes messages and doesnt disturb you at all, again, would be useful. And I'd certainly not mind the ability to not be tracked. Frankly, I'd like that to be a global preference option in the UI, because I don't particularly want ANYONE tracking me. |
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Stormy Twilight
A Special Forcast
Join date: 15 Feb 2004
Posts: 314
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12-01-2004 06:59
I don't really have any issue with the online notification or the ability for others to track me, but I can see where some might. *mumbles about the oh-so-popular people*
I do agree with the need to be able to individually toggle the busy status though. I just hate being very deeply immersed in an IM with someone and then having to tell others that unknowingly interrupt with IM's, that I am busy.
*sighs* ah well, such is Second Life...
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Alan Palmerstone
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Join date: 4 Jun 2004
Posts: 659
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12-01-2004 08:43
Good idea, Pinx.
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Dismay Wilde
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Join date: 12 Aug 2004
Posts: 1,771
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12-01-2004 09:14
I agree as well hehe |
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nick Martov
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Join date: 26 Sep 2004
Posts: 109
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12-01-2004 11:31
That would be great for s stalker....if u have one...or an ex g/f or b/f
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Olympia Rebus
Muse of Chaos
Join date: 22 Feb 2004
Posts: 1,831
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12-02-2004 15:03
From: Pinx Peel Calling cards could be a great way to gather a social life and develop relationships in SL, but the current setup is simply too intrusive for my tastes.
Not everyone I meet and *might* want to get to know better is someone I neccesarily want to be able to instantly locate me, track my movements, or interrupt me when I'm working. Some yes, others no. Consequently, I don't trade cards with anyone unless we're already pretty good friends.
But I wonder how many potential good friends I've missed out on because I don't trade cards with people I barely know.
Or, say I'm in IM with someone: I don't want to have to tell half a dozen other people that I'm busy when they IM me or just drop in.
For these cards to be useful to me, I would ideally like the ability to select options within each individual card to:
Toggle my beacon on/off
Toggle online notification on/off
Toggle busy message on/off
If thats not viable, how about just a simple toggle to enable/disable each individual card? good ideas |
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Juntalis Drago
Registered User
Join date: 17 Aug 2004
Posts: 20
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12-02-2004 15:57
All I can say is that I agree. I'm sick of having people that are often annoying, but whom I'd like to have recorded come up to me when I'm in the middle of a business deal and act immature.
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Nexus Nash
Undercover Linden
Join date: 18 Dec 2002
Posts: 1,084
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12-02-2004 20:33
A+
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