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Jan 31, 2006, 2:56am

Over the years I have posted my own wishlists on the website with
contributors like Gwala and Cybernome... but this time is different.

This time I have a wishlist for things that are already included in the
coming release. Instead of completely new things, just minor additions to
functionality for coming additions.

1. Mirrors: Had this wish for about as long as I've used AW. My *very* old
wishlist had the same wish, but also an idea on how to implement them in a
non closed architecture like AW. Mine and Gwala's thought for this was to
create Zones so the mirror would not reflect things outside of the small
area defined. Now that AW 4.1 will be implementing the use of Zones, adding
the ability to create a mirror in this zone would be a great addition. Kind
of like semi-compiling a node.

2. Cross server compatibility: When we load up Explorer or Firefox to view a
website, we are not prompted to download another copy of Explorer or Firefox
if the website happens to be located on a different server. One copy of the
browser should be enough to view all AW content. This also would propagate
AW as a standard in this type of media.

3. Desktop Mode: The Standalone option with the browser creates a myriad of
opportunity when it comes to functionality. Instead of 3D homepages (or
along side them), each user should have the ability to use the browser as a
standalone 3D Desktop like 3DNA whether connected to the server or not. If
connected, your desktop would serve as a personal world where others could
visit.

4. "IF CLICKED": A picture object that "if clicked" can play media like
video. Using a command like "create picture www.vr5online.com/picture.jpg"
clicked=http://www.vr5online.com/video.wmv" would generate a picutre object
that when clicked would play the video and then revert back to the picture
when finished.

5. Multiple Links: Clicking on an object would produce a popup menu that has
multiple selections (links) targeted to the object (if media) or to explorer
(web content). Would be great for a jukebox where clicking it would produce
a popup menu that has multiple streams (low and high band options?) and
selecting one of them will play that stream on the object.

6. 3D Explorer: (aka: Create Web). Picture object that would accept the
"Create Web " command where the picture would be an updated snapshot of said
website and when clicked would allow the user to use the website straight
from the 3D environment. (zoom in and switch to the target=aw_3d). Clicking
the X to close the aw_3d embed would zoom back out to the avatar view.

7. Flash: Basing off of the 3D Explorer idea, the only web format that
should be allowed to be used directly from the object view would be Flash.
Flash will resize appropriately, and embedding the explorer view into the 3D
world as a face of an object would be very useful. Instead of static
banners, Flash would be used for small filesize and great looks. Flash also
allows interactivity, so in world, interactive elements could be done in
flash - think of a control panel or information kiosk that uses this flash
command...

8. Particle Effects: 4.1 has it, but what about for an entire world? Weather
comes to mind with this, where setting a particle effect like snow for the
entire world would cross the entire world. Or how about moving zones? Movers
+ Zones = Moving Weather patterns. Obviously this would be a caretaker
option.

9. AlphaIM: A standalone messenger for citizens who do not wish to log
completely into the browser, but wish to keep up on messages (telegrams).

10. UniBot: Bot commands and scripts should be loaded from the browser and
interpreted by the client on a per view basis (unless the script is set to
global). To create a bot, simply write a script and store it on a server
someplace - place it on an objest and add the following command: Create Bot
http://yourdomain.com/botscript.txt and the script would load for the bot
just like an attached jpg, executing automatically (within the rights of the
user who made the bot..)

well.. thats all I have for the moment. cheers :)

Jan 31, 2006, 3:19pm

So like javascript events, such as onclick or even onmouseover? good
idea that
You may want to word it carefully though, some people may read that and
think "This guy doesn't know what activate is" , I understand where
you're coming from though, changing just the picture to a video.

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Feb 6, 2006, 1:05am

Yeah :)

Not really too concerned about wording.. lol. Just trying to get the general
idea across without the spellchecker and sleep.

Been doing an aweful lot of overnights lately to get some things
straightened out, so forgive me If I wander off while typing...

Most of those wishlist things were from about 4 years ago in a wishlist me
and Gwala wrote. The clientside bot thing was recent for the last two years.
The click menu thing I saw in a demo for the engine used by chris for
PP3D... they showed the same thing... Flash support on a picture object
would be amazing. Just general stuff that I randomly think of...

Gotta admit, using the Standalone mode and expanding it to a local desktop
environment (3DNA Style) would be a good thing

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