Gordon, let's look at history. Color TVs. In particular, evolution from black and white TV to color TV. My grandma used to have a color TV set. It had all kinds of controls that I cannot dream of having today. The controls reflected the unanticipated technological features that got injected into the TV set. You had Red Green Blue controls (each with dials), Another color control, in passing, a full blown equalizer for sound (let's not go there). For some people color was a luxury...or even something to mess up the 'quality' of the artistic experience. Evolution has a tendency to kill things that are not needed. Today I find it hard to find a TV set with an easily accessible control to turn off color. This is just an example. We can look at every device in the real world and trace back the history of its interface and u will see that. From cars, planes to anything...
OK. This is my last word on this topic, promise.... we have already discussed about face processing and its importance in immersion, turn taking, expressiveness, footprint issues..and I think there are good chances the right decision will be made. On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 8:49 AM, Ramesh Ramloll <[email protected]> wrote: > . > > On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 6:55 AM, Gordon Wendt <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Kent, then don't put it on by default. You can't really have it both >> ways, if you have it on by default then there has to be an easy way to turn >> it on and off and advanced is not an easy way. I agree that prefs is >> already overcrowded but if you can't spare room in prefs for new items then >> maybe STOP PUTTING NEW FEATURES ON BY DEFAULT. The caps are meant just to >> emphasize my point btw not to be rude. >> >> -Gordon >> >> >> >> On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 12:42 AM, Kent Quirk (Q Linden) >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Given the excessive complexity of the preferences dialog already, we >>> should take every opportunity to remove things from prefs, and there should >>> be a VERY high bar for adding anything to prefs. It's all too easy for open >>> projects to grow massive preferences systems and configuration files because >>> the outcome of most feature debates is to compromise and add a preference. >>> >>> In this case, especially given that it already lives in Advanced, I >>> strongly recommend we not move it to Preferences. >>> >>> Q >>> >>> >>> >>> On May 1, 2009, at 7:12 PM, Gordon Wendt wrote: >>> >>> No no and no, if it's optional then by all means hide it in advanced but >>>> if you have it switched on by default you have to have an easy way to turn >>>> it on and off which means the preferences, otherwise don't turn it on by >>>> default. >>>> >>>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Policies and (un)subscribe information available here: >> http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/SLDev >> Please read the policies before posting to keep unmoderated posting >> privileges >> > > > > -- > Rameshsharma Ramloll PhD Research Assistant Professor Idaho State > University, PocatelloTel: 208-282-5333 > Bio: http://snipurl.com/3p5ap , LinkedIn profile: http://snipurl.com/3p5o2, > Blog: > http://snipurl.com/3p5op , Play2Train: http://www.play2train.org > ----- > The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of > knowledge- Stephen Hawking and many others who found light through the > cracks of knowledge. > > > > -- Rameshsharma Ramloll PhD Research Assistant Professor Idaho State University, PocatelloTel: 208-282-5333 Bio: http://snipurl.com/3p5ap , LinkedIn profile: http://snipurl.com/3p5o2 , Blog: http://snipurl.com/3p5op , Play2Train: http://www.play2train.org ----- The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge- Stephen Hawking and many others who found light through the cracks of knowledge.
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