This looks like a very useful feature. +1 -Frans
On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 12:32 AM, Jacek Antonelli <jacek.antone...@gmail.com > wrote: > 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 > -- Jeroen Frans Virtual World Technology Specialist. TheVesuviusGroup.com SL: Frans Charming
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