tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875717205424680324.post3065241999441049408..comments2010-02-21T12:44:24.313-08:00Comments on I Hate Second Life!: MANIFESTO: I'm not out to ruin anybody's fun.blackbelt_joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10465451668106452536noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875717205424680324.post-45218454736016000552006-12-07T20:10:00.000-08:002006-12-07T20:10:00.000-08:00Thanks for the comments.
Glyn, if you don't mind,...Thanks for the comments.<br /><br />Glyn, if you don't mind, I think I'll put my response in the main part of the blog, since it'll be the only original content I'll be coming up with this week. Myabe in a day or two. I'll try to let you know when I post.blackbelt_joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10465451668106452536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875717205424680324.post-32764299986212437252006-12-04T15:30:00.000-08:002006-12-04T15:30:00.000-08:00Does this mean you're actually in Second Life? No...Does this mean you're actually in Second Life? Noooo, come towards the light! Play Warcraft!Listerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09960299726252887350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875717205424680324.post-54264053756142415292006-12-03T05:51:00.000-08:002006-12-03T05:51:00.000-08:00These are all good points. But I think it's impor...These are all good points. But I think it's important to distinguish between what you can use and what others can.<br /><br />Certainly, it would be possible to use the Lynx browser if you really wanted sleek, lean software. But I doubt whether many people could. Indeed, I will never forget seeing my parents - well into their 70s - getting the hang of a Web browser in about a minute: this, despite the fact that practically all other software was a complete mystery and required hours of hand-holding.<br /><br />That, I think, is what Second Life is about: making it easier for people who find current methods difficult. The thing is, we are social animals; anything that is modelled on our social behaviour is far easier to assimilate and adopt. I don't think IRC really manages that. Indeed, even though I've been using computers for over a quarter of a century, I never use it because I find its interface pretty, well, barbarous. But conferences in Second Life don't have this feeling: they feel natural for all their crude graphics and movement.<br /><br />Arguably Second Life's biggest failing is the fact that you need to type: I don't think it will really take off until we can just talk and hear others there.<br /><br />As for the super-elaborate graphics, and super-expensive computers, I think you might want to redirect your ire towards that nice Mr Ballmer: Vista looks pretty hungry in this regard, and seems to offer practically nothing over Windows 3.1. Second Life may be computationally and graphically intensive, but it is also unbelievably beyond anything that VRML, say, was offering ten years ago, so the requirements seem justified.Glyn Moodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04436885795882611585noreply@blogger.com