On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 12:37 PM, David M Chess <ch...@us.ibm.com> wrote: > > Daniel Smith <javajo...@gmail.com>: > >>I still have not heard a definitive answer as to what gets logged in >>IM and Chat. >>Forget the "display" for a moment. What do you want to have logged as >>"Michael Schlenker" >>that you did not write? > > Not to be a wet blanket, but anyone can sign their email "David Chess" right > now, or create "david_ch...@foo.nom", or even (if their last name is "Chess" > anyway) *name their children* "David Chess", and there's not a thing I can > do about it. >
Yep, I think we all know this. I sent my first email in 1981... The focus here is identity within SL. We work hard to craft our AVs and our reputations. If you want to use your analogy, you would be the only david_ch...@somesluser.com. Now, do you want someone impersonating that? Because that's the sort of thing I am getting at with the displaynames functionality. cheers, Daniel -- Daniel Smith - Sonoma County, California http://daniel.org/resume _______________________________________________ Policies and (un)subscribe information available here: http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/OpenSource-Dev Please read the policies before posting to keep unmoderated posting privileges
