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<LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] Re: Response (Was Re: MUD Design doc (long))</LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: Chris Gray <<A HREF="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Fri, 18 Dec 1998 19:51:59 -0700</LI>
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[Ola Fosheim:]
>But why bother the user with data that doesn't contain any valuable information?
>What about not having any cluttering text response at all? Of course, smelling
>can be used for user-user communication so: "Ola smells your hair" makes sense in
>the wider context...
Sure, you could have the generic action be to print nothing at all. That
may or may not be better than printing something terminally dumb like
"Huh?" or "I don't understand."
Personally, I don't think I'd like it - I want to see some feedback
from the system for all input actions, indicating that it has in fact
received and acted on my input.
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Don't design inefficiency in - it'll happen in the implementation. - me
Chris Gray cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA
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<LI><STRONG>[MUD-Dev] Re: [DevMUD] Re: Database module</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM>
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01044" HREF="msg01044.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: [DevMUD] Re: Database module</A></strong>,
Felix A. Croes <a href="mailto:felix#dworkin,nl">felix#dworkin,nl</a>, Tue 22 Dec 1998, 21:42 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01024" HREF="msg01024.html">[MUD-Dev] Developing a MUD for the first time?</A></strong>,
Alex Oren <a href="mailto:alexo#bigfoot,com">alexo#bigfoot,com</a>, Mon 21 Dec 1998, 07:13 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="01022" HREF="msg01022.html">[MUD-Dev] client stuff...</A></strong>,
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Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Sat 19 Dec 1998, 07:26 GMT
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Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Sat 19 Dec 1998, 04:51 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01035" HREF="msg01035.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Response (Was Re: MUD Design doc (long))</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Mon 21 Dec 1998, 23:55 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01012" HREF="msg01012.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Re[2]:[MUD-Dev] Re: MUD Design doc (long)</A></strong>,
Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Sat 19 Dec 1998, 01:26 GMT
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J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Mon 21 Dec 1998, 23:49 GMT
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