Daniel Smith <javajo...@gmail.com>: >The focus here is identity within SL. We work hard to craft our AVs >and our reputations. If you want to use your analogy, you would be >the only david_ch...@somesluser.com. Now, do you want someone >impersonating that? Because that's the sort of thing I am getting at >with the displaynames functionality.
Well put! I think the shift that is happening here is that we're used to all names in SL being like "u...@host.com", which we assume to be relatively reliable. The additon of display names means that there will also be names in SL that are more like what someone puts in their email sig, which we know to be completely unreliable. While it does require a shift of thinking for us oldbies, I don't think that it's all that difficult a shift of thinking, and the advantages in flexibility are significant. Where we do want reliable identities, usernames (the equivalent of "u...@host.com") will still be easily accessible. As I see Torley has been busily updating the Wiki page to assure us... :) DC/DI Emperor of Earth (See what I did there? :) ) ___
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