menus and stuff

( edit: in number 6 below, I had indicated to hit Tab after the first few letters of the name, but the way I indicated it... made it disappear )

1. Make the drop-down menus on the map... I don't know the term I need to use here, so please indulge me for a moment... make them so that once the people or landmarks are showing, that typing say a W will automatically highlight the first landmark you have that starts with a W, and then hitting Enter will select it.

2. Ctrl keys for opening (and closing) the People and Places menus in the map!

3. Timestamps (toggle on/off-able) in the chat history window and IM windows.

4. When a top level menu item is selected / showing its "stuff" - make Esc close it back up

5. way to send IM from the regular chat input line -- something like:

/IM buttonpusher jones: blah blah blah

6. (wishful thinking) autocomplete names for number 5 above:

/IM butTABKEY
would automatically expand the "but" part to the first *online* name found that started with "but"

if it's not the right "but" person, then keep Tab'ing until the one you want is displayed...

7. new object creation -- give them random names to start, Object###### (where ##### could be a timestamp or somesuch), so we don't end up with 5 gazillion things just named Object (we're already close to 2 gazillion, I think, since a lot of folks don't bother renaming their objects =)

8. order of names in "new IM" window -- put them in a more logical order, say alphabetized =)

9. in the Find People window -- add a selection for "in current Sim" (and/or a text box for Location -- typing in the name of any Sim would return the online people currently in that particular Sim)

ok, that's all I can think of tonight

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Re: Item#7 New Object Creation

How about a method to specify a project name and then be able to set that project as the workspace. Objects created under this workspace's context could be auto named as Shebang suggests with the addition of adding the project's name as a prefix:

- Create Project Lighthouse
- Create simple box (with this project as active)
- Auto name object "Lighthouse_Cube0001"

Maybe IM text can be a different color than regular chat text?

fen

oh, in the Chat History window, where it shows the text I've IM'd to someone -- put that someone's name on the line (I don't really need to see my whole title there -- but it'd be nice to see to whom I IM'd that particular line)

maybe something like:
IM to feniks Stone: what color text would you like to see IM's in?

instead of:
Royal PITA Shebang Sunshine: what color...


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timestamps on IMs is much needed. =0) I cant tell if an IM is one Im getting when I just log on from someone (I end up talking to myself) or one that someone has left for me hours before.

Because of the way IMs now report that the session is over as soon as the person closes their box it is extemely confusing knowing wether they are still on or not.... well unless you take time to open the inventory scroll down your long list to find out.

Makes me crazy. =0)

hmm is that what caused it?

agreed there stel -
also it would be nice if that list were alphabetized as well.

I usually have to go through it a few times to find the right card.
I know there are alternate methods like the IMing thru profile etc, but since I try to keep my im box open, I don't want a zillion widows open.

Any way we can integrate chat hist, IM and chat into one panel?
Props to Celerity again for that one. Its in a thread here:
/111/e7/131/1.html

Also, what about Liaison's havin a diff color name in menus as well as above their heads. I'm a pretty visual person, it might help pick Liasons out of a crowd as well as indicating that they are there to serve. That was Fenks idea if memory serves. So props to feniks on that one.

I can't think fer myself. =P