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Jan 2, 2001, 5:52am

Hmm.. I read the post about 'Privacy (ability to disable green
checkmark when we want to)' which was posted 4/17/98.. and noticed how
we still don't have that option. Well, I got to thinking maybe now
would be a good time to bring that litte issue back from the dead.

Roland, has AWCI even considered having such an option?

- Tony56 (Tony M.) [chandler56 at mail.com]
"Give Me Liberty, or Give Me Pizza Pie!"
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Jan 2, 2001, 2:22pm

Ummm, for some of us that attend tech talk... He may impliment it in 3.2 or
is it 3.1 hmm, well, I forgot at the moment, but, its one of the new
versions.

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Joeman
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Jan 2, 2001, 9:38pm

Yes I remember that option, I wish we had it...

Jan 9, 2001, 5:29am

Nope, not me.

Sometimes I come on to build, sometimes to socialize. With 90% or more
of the people on my contact list who have their location hidden, how
many would would simply have their presence hidden? What is the purpose
of the contact list anyway? Just ignore telegrams if your busy, it is
easier to ask forgiveness than permission.

ScottyDM


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Jan 9, 2001, 7:38am

I can't imagine AWCI ever being willing to have no checkmark light up at all when a user is online. Scottie is right in that the whole program would look deserted. :-) However, a different color checkmark for "busy/away" would be useful to indicate that a person is not reading or responding to telegrams. There'd be no need to "ask forgiveness" later. As things are now with the single green checkmark, you're considered rude if you don't respond within a minute or so of receiving a telegram.

Easier to ask forgiveness? Not when there's a big backlog of telegrams one has been ignoring while busy...most of which would not have been sent had the people only known you weren't even glancing at telegrams for awhile.

My wish is that if/when AWCI finally does implement a change to the checkmark thingie, they keep it simple. There's no need for it be ICQ-like. Green for online and one other color for "busy/away" is sufficient. We don't need bells and whistles. Just one option to flip the green mark to another color for courtesy's sake.

Lara

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Tony56 (Tony M.) had written:
Hmm.. I read the post about 'Privacy (ability to disable green
checkmark when we want to)' which was posted 4/17/98.. and noticed how
we still don't have that option. Well, I got to thinking maybe now
would be a good time to bring that litte issue back from the dead.

Roland, has AWCI even considered having such an option?<
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Jan 9, 2001, 10:56pm

Even if they have it turned on, they're most likely in a world like aw or
mars or some huge on. If you're anywhere in AW (which I might add is about
32,500 NSEW each direction from AW)... you'd never find them! Only useful in
private worlds...

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