World: r3wp

Reichart, I like your ideas.

I would guess that one of the goals should be to pick a 'realm of 
inclusiveness' (I don't know what else to call it).

i.e. If AltMe is suppose to be fashioned as a message-logger then 
these 'new messages' should be flagged until read.

However, if AltMe is suppose to be fashioned as a meeting-place then 
maybe 'new messages' should only be flagged after you log in.


Now, don't get me wrong here.. I am not saying that messages shouldn't 
show up at all, I am stating that their container wouldn't be flagged 
(red).

A real-world example of this is.. someone going to a party.

The party is in full-swing and the newcomer would venture from group-discussion 
to group-discussion.

i.e. Now that I am at the party, I know there is repeated 'hot discussions' 
going on with that group over there (altMe).. while the group in 
the corner (mysql) isn't talking.. they are just eating their chips 
and sitting quietly.

And to parallel this.. when I join AltMe for the day.. I would not 
be flagged of old-conversations that happened while I was logged 
off.. I would only be flagged of conversations that are happening 
since I logged on.

Now, that doesn't keep me from going to those other groups and seeing 
the messages that have been posted while I was logged off, it just 
keeps me in touch with the party.

Better yet.. How about flagging in two colors.
Light Red for unread messages..

Dark Red for unread messages that have happened since I logged in.
WOW!

Tomc, thanks! Now, if I had kown this before ... Guess I'll never 
get really used to Windows.

You can also turn off the window activation in AltME, you know how, 
right?

1. Better notification to user of a message. "Slide up window?" Reichart, 
you know this is my favorite.
2. Calendar - Ability to add more events. Alarms for events
3. File sharing
4. Programmable sounds for people/groups.
5. "Take back last entry"

Checklist and Calendar icons turning red for changes in that objects

James...yes.  Working on that tech, talked about it with Carl just 
the other day.  We are attempting to make a SysTray app right now.

Just tested Altme against squid and it seems to work thru the proxy 
okay.

Cool.

Calendar should be able to be made personal or private to encourage 
always on approach of altme

1. Improved scrolling so that clicking on scroll arrows does not 
skip past text as now.

2. User selection of Group Name Highlighting (as an alternative to 
opt out / opt in of public groups)

1.  link tasks with the calendar

2.  "clear all" a simple button which removes red color of all groups. 
usefull when skipping a few days...

3.  HIDE groups (and users).  just add simple check mark to  window 
which lists all available groups and any you check-off are removed 
from the list you look at (yet you still receive their posts, if 
you want to look at them another time).

4.  per group moderators for private AND public groups (delete posts, 
insert posts, manage users, etc.   A part from "opting out", users 
are not able to change the setup (like deleting the group), group 
name, list of users in private group, etc ).  

5.  single file export of all selected task lists and their tasks 
(ascii or html)

6.  SORT task list... we cannot sort the task lists... only the tasks 
they contain... a real bitch when working with others...

7.  Also allows read-only mode for private groups for people not 
in private users list.   Great to manage announcements for private 
tools.
8.  'workdays only - weekend only' option for calendar

9.  properly support hours in calendar tasks, so that hours are always 
available, right now, the software often ignores any data we put 
in the hours field..

1.  link tasks with the calendar

  Ah, you just described Qtask. LOL.  Yes, AltME will have this one 
  day.

I think we just need a field above the user/group list, when you 
start typing it starts limiting the list just like your cell phone's 
contact list...

That should be easily done - that's how Carl's Rebodex.r (contact 
app) works.

Most cellphones compare letter for letter (i.e. if I type "a" then 
only the contacts whos' name starts with a are going to be displayed.) 
But I would opt for full name searching so that if the name has an 
a in it then it would show up in the list...

how about something like that for each group as well?

10.  Fix the handling of the following type of URL:   http://my.domain.com/[username-:-diffdomain-:-com]

The above is handled as an email address (likely due to the fact 
there is an @ in the address).  Not sure if this is Rebol or AltME 
- haven't checked yet.

Checked - It's AltME.

reichart, sorry for reveiling the secret   ;-)

:) Maxim, "reveiling" should mean "re-hiding".  I am sure you meant 
"revealing". :)

yes... typo...

Features:

9) Ability to set how far back you want to have 'Red' groups highlighted. 
 For example, you are a new user and downloaded a years worth of 
content, but only want to see the last two weeks of contributions.

Yet another wishing feature:
     World [ Subject]

Sometimes there is more than one subject going on at the same time. 
 This will allow you to focus on the Subject you want..  = )

Please elaborate...

Look at the world networking ... you can see arie asking a question 
 that is different from maxim.  So far it is hard to find out what 
was the last response to maxim ( unless you read all the way down 
to the last answer on that world  ).

If you could separate them by topics it would be a lot easier know 
the last answer for maxim or arie. You can focus better on the question 
(or answers).

somthing  like networking [/subject question user message time]

sorry if i mistyped i am new learning rebol =)

If we can understand it, it's good enough  (^.-)  And that idea is 
a pretty good one, actually - similar to the [subject] blocks we 
use in the mailing list

like a thread without branches basically.. I forgot to put that in 
my wish list... it would have been # 1

Got it.

1. Ability to adjust fonts/size

2. Tabbed world browsing. One Altme window showing multiple worlds 
tabbed, rather than an app running for each world.

3. Optional, Show as icon on task bar when running. rather than taskbar 
list. (like winamp options)

This seems to be something to fix/change - AltME couldn't connect 
a few minutes ago, and IE wouldn't load any websites - I ran Ad-Aware 
and removed 17 tracking cookies.  As soon as they were gone, IE worked 
-and- AltME connected..

Is Rebol or AltME dependant on Internet Explorer?

Nope.   They are probably systemic, and AltME is caught by it.

Next time that happens I'll need to experiment a little..

Yup.

check your hosts file .. some viruses alter the hosts file which 
can prevent internet activity

whish-list: mark a message for other people. kind of headlines in 
a group. idea: if we fill an important group with chat, we could 
mark up the topic-entries later. like "Carl: about syntax:".

Easier to go through the important notes for him.

Any reason why REBOL3 was down this time?

I'm waiting to find out also.

was this global? or was anyone able to log-in?

I don't think that anyone was able to log into REBOL3 but there were 
other AltME worlds running and working...

This time it was not Safeworld, but Rebol.net or DNS problem.

Yup.

Has anyone experience that AltME just stops receiving messages? If 
I leave my PC on over night and come back the next day, sometimes 
it just show that nothing has come in, but its still connected. If 
I reconnect, tons of messages come pouring in.

'dot' it


whenever u feel that AltMe or the world is a bit too quiet.. send 
a dot to yourself..or to some group