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Author: | DonFranko [ 2023-01-20 21:59:47 ] |
Post subject: | General Setting Display Name [Legacy Name] |
Hello ! I have another little cosmetic problem that I thought I could get along with but it bothers me a bit. Many people chose to give their Avatars those fancy names that one can barely read. But some give theirselves Display Names that make sense and easy to read (like my Display name is Frank). Two problems: 1) the usually great working search in the IM window to start a new IM (fast typing of the first two or three letters) doesn't work as good anymore because of the people who start their Display Name with symbols... Is there a chance to ignore those symbals in the quick search? 2) When I open an IM the tabs only show the legacy names.. That is not optimal as many people changed their name siginficantly.. when I then react to someone I always use the legacy name because that is the first I'm looking at (yes, I know, when I go in that tab I see both names). Is there a way to let me see both in the tabs? Friends Floater: When I open it I see the online friends first, what is good. But I just can't get the way that list is sorted. Would it be a good idea to have the same sorting as in the IM-Friends Finder? Best Wishes, Frank |
Author: | Henri Beauchamp [ 2023-01-21 13:40:01 ] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Post subject: | Re: General Setting Display Name [Legacy Name] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
However, I already implemented a way around these annoyances and I simply recommend that in the "Preferences", "General" tab, in "Always use legacy names for:", you check "Friends" and "Speakers": this ensures only the stable and readable legacy names are used everywhere you need to be sure who you are speaking/dealing with... Do read the tool tips for these check boxes and you will see these features have been implemented exactly to deal with what you describe. |
Author: | DonFranko [ 2023-01-23 13:26:08 ] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Post subject: | Re: General Setting Display Name [Legacy Name] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Question/Feature Request: Would it be generally possible to change the Display Names in a private list (that gets created when you change it in the Friends Floater)? If yes, would it be possible to see these names in the IM-Chats, Public Chats, too? That would really help in all that names mess. |
Author: | Henri Beauchamp [ 2023-01-23 20:08:18 ] | ||||||||||||||||||
Post subject: | Re: General Setting Display Name [Legacy Name] | ||||||||||||||||||
To summarize, no this will not be changed...
Again, the simplest thing to do is to disable display names in the Friends list, Speakers list and Radar ("Use legacy names" in the Options tab of the Radar), and enable them only in the chat/IM text and name tags. When someone emotes, both their display and legacy names them get printed, and their name tag will show both too (so you can see how they want to be called); it is easy to see who is speaking or around and find their (legacy) name in the lists... |
Author: | DonFranko [ 2023-01-24 13:19:39 ] | ||||||||||||||||||
Post subject: | Re: General Setting Display Name [Legacy Name] | ||||||||||||||||||
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