Woah nice new feature. (Wishlist)

Woah nice new feature. // Wishlist

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carlbanks

Jul 1, 2002, 5:45pm
The "text over the heads" system has been replaced with a nicer-looking
system of comic-style chat balloons. Users will have "round" balloons, while
bot names and text chat will appear in square bubbles.

carlbanks

Jul 1, 2002, 5:46pm
I wonder what it'll look like. This means their finally fixing AW.

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d a n

Jul 1, 2002, 5:56pm
I quite agree,

Can't wait for 3.4

<Dan>

[Any time now 3.4 wil be out! *tap tap tap* any time now *tap tap
tap*.........]

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grimble

Jul 1, 2002, 6:11pm
Configurable I hope ... not everyone is as excited as some at the idea of AW
resembling a kiddies chat toy.

Grims

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carlbanks

Jul 1, 2002, 6:15pm
Well here is a pic thanks to Agent1


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tony m

Jul 1, 2002, 6:17pm
there was no need to repost what agent already posted in
general.discussion.

On 1 Jul 2002 16:15:12 -0400, "carlbanks"
[View Quote] >Well here is a pic thanks to Agent1
>

carlbanks

Jul 1, 2002, 6:20pm
some people might not read general disscusion

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binarybud

Jul 1, 2002, 7:10pm
sounds nice....looks nice..... but once you have it first thing you'll say
is.....can i shut it off..... WITH your chat in it, it pretty much kills
the beautiful 3D window.....not bad for a couple of avatars talking but
get in a GZ area and get people talking and wow...talk about clutter.

IMHO
Leo :)




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maki

Jul 1, 2002, 8:26pm
ok then alphabit ;)) I think that feature is definitely not a "fix" more
turning aw into a comic book, and filling up the screen with useless
bubbles...

--
maki [www.awmaki.com]



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ananas

Jul 2, 2002, 2:51am
In Beta they say it isn't an option :(

But some beta testers already complained, so it might
become an option before the final comes out. I hope
it too, the old style names above heads was fine for
me.


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kah

Jul 2, 2002, 12:36pm
"carlbanks" <Virtualcarlbanks at hotmail.com> wrote in news:3d20b971$1
at server1.Activeworlds.com:

> some people might not read general disscusion

Then you post a link to the news message there. Click this: news:3d20b971$1
at server1.Activeworlds.com and you'll see your message, it's really easy
:-))

KAH

carlbanks

Jul 2, 2002, 4:09pm
Bad news Shamus is gonna diisable em and not make an option to change em.

binarybud

Jul 2, 2002, 4:52pm
your spreading rumor now. :) and besides why is that BAD? lol

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carlbanks

Jul 2, 2002, 4:54pm
it should be an option tho. And I dunno. Some people might like it.

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kristy8963147

Jul 2, 2002, 5:16pm
It reminds me of Palace.

Note: For thoses of you who don't know what it is. It's a 2d graphical chat
program done by Communitys.Com which went bankrupt and shut down in late
2000(what AW is trying to avoid). It was then picked up by the community in
mid 2001. You can check it out a www.thepalace.com

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agent1

Jul 2, 2002, 7:52pm
From a post to beta by Shamus:
"So far the biggest complaint with 3.4 is the new chat bubbles. As far as I can tell, everyone wants to disable it. This feature is
probably going to be removed in the next beta."

-Agent1

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dion

Jul 2, 2002, 9:02pm
personally, I like it. I just want to be able to adjust opacity and color.
Perhaps that could be a world option. The user could decide rather he wants
it or not and the world CT can adjust the baloon opacity and color (maybe
texture, too?) for those who do allow it. It'd just be something neat that
you could distinguish worlds by. :-D

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the derek

Jul 3, 2002, 5:00am
well the problem was, the servers used to be blazing expensive, and all you
had to do was use a fake address and youd have a working server... they
didnt use credit cards. its not very good anymore. last time i checked they
made it an in-browser thing instead of an app like AW. pretty kewl
nonetheless
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slim smokey

Jul 3, 2002, 4:40pm
that idea suck then u can't read what is behind somebody else unless u look
at the chat thing that's not fixing Active Worlds...it's making it crappier
than it already is ROFL!
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dion

Jul 3, 2002, 4:41pm
that's why there would be a setting to disable them completely so that it is
the way it is now.

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anduin

Jul 3, 2002, 9:57pm
In a galaxy far far away, known as wishlist, an identify claiming to
be known as "slim smokey" <Smokey360j at ync.net> scribed the following:
>that idea suck then u can't read what is behind somebody else unless u look
>at the chat thing that's not fixing Active Worlds...it's making it crappier
>than it already is ROFL!

Then if AW is so crap to you, why are you here?


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barbarae

Jul 7, 2002, 8:48pm
Hi Kristy!

Another immigrant from Palace!! I was there for about six years and only
this last December came back to AW. I still have my "palace", Barbara's
Colorado, there --up and running! But, alas, I find as time goes on, I'm
spending more and more time in AW, and less in Palace.

While Palace does have it's attractions and advantages, I've been having so
much fun with AW's 3d!! As for the bubbles, I'm looking forward to them.
Confidentially, in AW, when there are a few or several people talking, and
they're all together, I find the text above the heads somewhat difficult to
read. I think after awhile, people will come to accept and like the speech
bubbles. Now, if only we could customize the colors and visiblity, and
change the shapes according to what we're saying --for instance:
round bubbles for regular speech
spikey bubbles for exclamation (Type an !at beginning of message-- !Help)
square or rectangular for signs which remain on screen longer (Type a ^ at
begginning of line-- ^BRB)
and thought bubbles (Type a : at beginning of line-- :falling asleep)

Regards,
Barbara of Amberlin
aka Barbara Eisner
aka Barbarae (AW)
aka Barbara© NC/BC (Palace)

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