Re: [OpenVerse] /me

["Luena Price" <luena@home.com>]

i've seen all the /me controversy, ok axe the /me, but how will users
implement the 'action' ? by typing /effect as in shiver and jump ?
you're all brainiacs, make up your own vernacular for the future .....OV
should me more futuristic, not what you've seen or used anywhere else
.....ooops i just put in 2 more cents to the pot.  :-)

luena-beerena :-)
(drink more, you'll think of something!)


----- Original Message -----
From: Bart Dorsey <echo@bucket.pp.ualr.edu>
To: <openverse@openverse.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2000 7:50 AM
Subject: Re: [OpenVerse] /me


> I gave a good reason, no one seemed to listen to me though...
>
> Because in Comic books, "actions" that need to be explained are put into
> square descriptive boxes.
>
> These would be the same as /me's.
>
>
> Cruise wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, 22 Feb 2000, you wrote:
> > > I had an idea for how to implement /me.
> > >
> > > When I type /me sneezes really hard, OV could draw an
informative-looking
> > > rectangle near my avatar with round corners.  Inside it would say
Unununium
> > > sneezes really hard.  Maybe the background might even be a different
color,
> > > like green or yellow.
> > >
> >
> > I'm still not convinced.
> >
> > To date, no one has come up with any good reason for a /me other than
"because
> > i'm used to doing it in irc"
> >
> > Perhaps typing /me should cause the client to immediatly exit. Sounds
about as
> > reasonable as putting it in just because.
> >
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