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Aug 3, 2002, 3:13pm

Maybe this has already been considered, but for reasons unknown to citizens,
not endorsed and implemented. It would be very nice if we could link to,
for example, Outer Worlds using the same browser just by clicking on
something on my list, with previous permission from both parties. (Maybe a
universe tab like the worlds tab.) I know Ananas offers a little program so
we can use the same browser, but it would be easier to check out another
universe with it listed on the left side, as the world tab.

Aug 3, 2002, 3:36pm

http://www.activeworlds.com/roland/features/multiple_universes.html

[View Quote] >Maybe this has already been considered, but for reasons unknown to citizens,
>not endorsed and implemented. It would be very nice if we could link to,
>for example, Outer Worlds using the same browser just by clicking on
>something on my list, with previous permission from both parties. (Maybe a
>universe tab like the worlds tab.) I know Ananas offers a little program so
>we can use the same browser, but it would be easier to check out another
>universe with it listed on the left side, as the world tab.
>
>

Aug 3, 2002, 3:57pm

There's only one valid argument in this text :
The cache structure. All other things are "peanuts",
comparably easy to organize with minor changes.
Even the cross-universe teleport could easily be
implemented by just auto-restarting the same browser
with a different universe profile.

The cache problem occurs with AwStart too, if worlds
in different universes have the same name.

One problem is missing on that page - the different
settings for min. / max. browser for universes.
Not all universes can/may be visited with all browser
versions.


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Aug 3, 2002, 4:09pm

I meant to include this in my original post: The problem with updates for
other universes. Seems like if one universe gets an update, all should get
an update. Like Norton, click on a button for a live update, and the
subscription gets renewed once per year.

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Aug 3, 2002, 4:49pm

Not a good idea at all, explanation quoted from my
previous reply.


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Aug 3, 2002, 9:28pm

I don't get it.

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Aug 4, 2002, 3:00am

Universes are not automatically upgraded, it is expencive to
upgrade a universe. In the first year you get it cheaper but
later you pay the full universe price for the upgrade, so it
cannot really be called "upgrade".

As this is too expencive for some universe owners, they do not
upgrade but stay on their version, and as old universes are not
necessarily compatible with old browsers, it would destroy the
browser of the eople who visit those universes. I keep a 2.2
and a 3.2 installation on my HD to be able to visit those older
universes too.

I would be really mad if there was an automatic upgrade on those
browsers that I don't use in the AW universe but elsewhere.

And the universe owners could sue AW, because no one could visit
their universes anymore.

Forced upgrades are crap for one more reason. Not all computers
are equal and it's always better to test the new version before
you remove the old version - the old one it might run better on
your PC. Imagine they would have forced upgrade from 2.2 to 3.1,
that would have been the end of all visitors who cannot use
DirectX, as 3.1 didn't support software rendering.


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Aug 4, 2002, 7:07pm

Ok, thanks.

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