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(presumably except repushing the button)

quiesent mode perhaps

disables the "New message" text area ... makes it uneditable

lurker mode

Ah, I get it.

So, based on that logic, perhaps it needs to be both manual, and 
automatic (if AltME looses focus, it turns on Lock)?

configurable in user settings  ;)

i like the idea with "lose focus, lock. come back, unlock first". 
some confirm "do you really want to type here.". i would be more 
relaxed in using the clipboard :)

Agreed.

Does anyone have this problem with IM, or anythign else that accepts 
fast input?

IRC clients all have this problem

I've only seen one which asks if I want to paste many lines, but 
not generally for pasting.

When trying to type, flash the "unlock" icon (instead of further 
annoying the user by popping a requestor).

A new user, not knowing and surprised by the lock, then is tempted 
to ask "what the hell is this flashing icon ?", presses it, then 
gets the message, "keyboard unlocked" - "ahh.. I see!"

Agreed.

Probably better yet: Do both. And put a "Don't show this dialog again" 
check-box into the popup-requester. I don't appreciate very much 
depending on user's curiosity to find out how things work.

I generally see the approach to educate a user in place until he 
feels educated working well.

same thing for copying to clipboard too... a flashing icon or some 
kind of passive notification, rather than a popup

Is Altme ever going to support web proxies? It seems strange that 
IOS does but Altme doesn't.

Yes.

I have two altme clients open on two computers (XP & RH)  on my desk 
right now and the last  message in the "tech news"  on XP is Prkr 
from May 26, the laso on the red hat is Reichart from a few minutes 
ago. both computers are on the same university subnet with fast connections. 
I have tried the dot trick, and stopping and restarting the altme 
on xp to try and force it to pick up the more recent messages
without sucuess.

Try logging on as guest/guest, and then back as yourself....It can 
sometimes force a proper resync

Brians post caused it to resync

Weird, isn't it?

yes, not at all expected on a fast connection

mine?

yep, yours, goes to show words can have unintended side effects

Must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays.

Hi Reichart - when?

Don't know yet, but it is on the list.

it'sd possible to change my username?

Reichart can change it ...

Change it to what?

How do you export AltME checklist info and then IMPORT that data 
back into another world?  Is there a file format for what AltME expects 
the data to look like?

you can get this data, but you have to sort of hack it.  Go search 
your drive for info you KNOW is in your checklist.

It is pretty simple from thier.

:)

I just tried guest with a password of guest to correct the syncing 
problem.

It says guest/guest is no longer valid.


Is that just me, or what?  If not, how are new people to request 
an account? And how do I work around the sync bug?

guess guest was a security hole

guess someone changed it

It always has been a big security hole -- a guest can delete groups 
and do all sorts of damage.


But right now, there is no way for someone new to join....unless 
they email an existing member and ask for details.

i think the powers that be should reset it to guest/guest. some guest 
probably changed it by mistake.

The guest account has been removed, at least for now. The ML is up 
and running, so that's good for new folks at the moment. Yes, it 
means people will need to be "pre-approved" before they can join 
here. Not sure what to do about the sync issue Sunanda.

Security-wise: removing teh guest account is a great idea

Marketing-wise: not so sure....adds another barrier to joining the 
REBOl community.


How do people find out how to request to be pre-approved?  (One possible 
way is for rebol.net mirror t have a form that sends an email [if 
I can use the E word] to the adminstrator)

why not sync 'AltMe' accnts with rebol.org accnts.

if u want an accnt for AltMe's Rebol3 world, one needs to create 
an accnt on rebol.org?

Shared application userids  *may* be a possibility once REBOL applications 
can talk with LNS.
Not so easy to do right now.

Gregg -- resync bug.....It appears to require those afflicted to 
logon as another user (eg guest in the old days) to kick start the 
resync of their real userid.....So two ideas...either:
[1] some of us need two ids

[2] create a special userid ("resync") and some of us will need to 
know the password.

someone sent me an Urgent Alert in this world, but I cannot read 
these. so if you need to reach me, just send me a private message. 
 Thanks. (my Urgent Alerts just go off the screen...)

i think alerts also go to your private message list, with a red bg

~Tests~

The "When Sent" part gets a red background.