[Discuss] The new message system

[Talita CS]

On Jan 29, 2008 3:47 PM, John P. Murphy <john.p.murphy at dartmouth.edu> wrote:
> On Jan 29, 2008, at 12:40 PM, Lyle Esau wrote:
> >>
> > I also like the new way its done, as it makes it alot easier for me to
> > remember last names and titles. So I can call characters properly, and
> > not just use there first name.

For what is worth, I hated the new system. I always worry about
looking for people's titles in the bottom of the messages, and it
overcrowded too much the message titles.

I'm all for displaying the last name up there, though. Just please not
the titles. Or at least only one of the titles!

> It would be an interesting experiment to ONLY put the titles at the
> top, and then the names at the bottom:
>
> Letter from the Duke of Mapaxal
>
> (blah blah blah; Kepler never says anything worthwhile)
>
> Kepler Dolohov, Duke of Mapaxal

This could be nice. :) Though I prefer knowing people's last and first
name over anything else.

> The one thing I really object to is the use of my character's full
> name and titles for OOC messages.  It just seems to encourage mixing
> IC and OOC.

Agreed.

All in all, I'd rather see one of the two:

Letter from Name Surname
Date, time

Content

Name Surname
Titles

------------
Letter from Main Title
Date, time

Content

Name Surname
Titles

------------

Examples:

Right now:
Letter from Sir Crashem de Struct, High Marshal of Falasan, Marquis of
Belegmon   (1 day, 4 hours ago)
Message sent to everyone in your realm (x recipients)

CONTENT

Sir Crashem de Struct
High Marshal of Falasan, Marquis of Belegmon

---------------
#1

Letter from Sir Crashem de Struct (1 day, 4 hours ago)
Message sent to everyone in your realm (x recipients)

CONTENT

Sir Crashem de Struct
High Marshal of Falasan, Marquis of Belegmon

--------------
#2 - I like this one

Letter from the High Marshal of Falasan (1 day, 4 hours ago)
Message sent to everyone in your realm (x recipients)

CONTENT

Sir Crashem de Struct
High Marshal of Falasan, Marquis of Belegmon
---------------

And this is just one of the long titled people we have around BM. I
think this new way of putting the messages only made it more difficult
to read those messages. I could just pass my eyes reading the sender
lines, before, and only read those that came from people that
interested me, if I had little time. Now I spend almost twice that
time to go through messages, since the sender lines are now longer and
more complex.

People who want to know who the others fully are should get a grip and
read the signature. Lots of us have been doing it for ages...

Talita


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