[EarlPurple]

Some vu-graph commentators you may speak to (have +++ in their profile) and some do not.

My suggestion is as follows: a general principle in GUI programming: - if something is not allowed, don't let the user do it. (Rather than letting them do it then giving them a message telling them it is not allowed).

Therefore, if a commentator is of the type that cannot be disturbed, do not allow the user to send them a message, i.e. if the user clicks on their name, no chat box comes up.

That's the "what". I leave the "how" up to you. But I wonder if the software stores the status of the commentator or whether it scans their profile every time a kibitzer sends them a message. Clearly the first looks more optimal (and we want to optimize, don't we).

[uday]

The client thinks it is allowed to speak with the commentator ( it is unaware of the +++ convention, which we put together on the server side in a hurry one day ). I don't know if the +++ convention is here to stay. I doubt it.

[spwdo]

EarlPurple, on Nov 4 2004, 08:28 PM, said:

My suggestion is as follows: a general principle in GUI programming: - if something is not allowed, don't let the user do it. (Rather than letting them do it then giving them a message telling them it is not allowed).

Same for when a player is inside a tourney and says something when he logs in, immed u return greeting after wich u get a meesage xx is in tourney and private chat is disallowed.
Maybe prevent the nick from beeing clickable.

[Stars]

I Agree, a lot of players chat to XX and XX Can't answer.
Deanrover said long time ago maybe to put a "Auto-message" to say that the XX Can't answer you.

Juan C.