I've submitted a patch to SNOW-436 (formerly VWR-9597). Merov would like to have a discussion on SLDev about it, so... here it is. :)
The patch adds a new text input field on the Pay Resident floater, where the user can type in a custom message that will appear in the transaction history. For example, you could type in "Rent for January" when paying your landlord, so they (and you) will know what the payment was for when looking at the transaction history later. The patch is very simple and requires no changes to the server side or protocol, because they already have support for such a message. The viewer was just leaving it empty in the case of paying a person directly. When buying or paying an object, the message was (and still is) set to the name of the object. I have set an arbitrary limit of 140 characters on the input field, but I didn't see any defined limit in the protocol, so that limit could be adjusted if desired. I believe there is minimal potential for abuse with this feature. The worst I could think of is tricking a merchant into thinking you bought/paid an object, by using the object's name as the message. If the merchant was not aware of this feature, and did not notice that the transaction type was "Gift" (instead of "Object Sale" or "Payment"), AND did not notice that the price paid was too little, then they might be convinced to give you a "replacement". To combat that, LL may want to consider formatting or styling the message differently for Gifts. LL should also publicize this change when it rolls out, so that merchants will be aware of it, and thus be less likely to be fooled. Currently, the patch does not cause the viewer to display the message when you receive a payment with a message, so the message is only displayed in the transaction history. But this would be a useful and natural enhancement to make, so if anyone feels like tackling that (it shouldn't be very hard), I would encourage them to do so. - Jacek _______________________________________________ Policies and (un)subscribe information available here: http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/SLDev Please read the policies before posting to keep unmoderated posting privileges
