Aliases

edit, never mind, I just noticed what the acronym would be...

Door.

Oh creo~

So is this the official announcement that Eliteboard is being worked on?  Guess it'll have to do, pending any attempt not to alienate the forumers who may one day actually use EB.

Just have to ask, who really wants or needs Eliteboard?  Can't we get some of the better features that EB had from just going to a different board host that already exists?  And although everyone complains about Yuku, I don't actually see many people clamoring for a move to a new board of any kind.

Unless there's some way to make Yuku do it, or find another host that lets us do the "switch usernames without having to log out and log in," I'd rather have EB back.

I'd also like somewhere that doesn't have a one minute block between posts.

You really need to make more than one post per minute?

Why are people trying to drag this thread off into a tangent? All Vec has asked for was potential names for these handles, not diatribe...

Also apart from the obvious "door handles" there is a reason behind my madness.
It all relates back to Mr Benn, a cartoon character at the hearts of many a British childhood. For you see Mr Benn would frequent a costume shop, where he would borrow a costume and upon entering the door of the changing room would assume the identity and persona of the costume leaving to enter a magical world for an adventure.

For those unaware of this British icon:

This the term "door" I believe is suitable

Now that Creo mentions it (bar the awesome Mr. Benn), Personas would be another cool name. Could make an actual Persona theme too.

How about Mobius Cutie marks?

...Anyone?

No?

Phooie! D:

edit, never mind, I just noticed what the acronym would be...

Now I want to know what you posted. 😛

Alias

Identity

Persona

Handle

Referential: Door

Referential: Cutie mark

Hmm, good. More are welcome. What can suggest the idea that you may use it not just as a different identity, but just as a sig archive? Alias may be the most versatile of the candidates but still suggests each of them is an independent identity.

I'm considering if a static system or dynamic system is better. EB and EZ use a system by which every post had the sig data included so it was static, while the common way is to load them dynamically.

Static:

Discussions of user data are valid in the archives.

You also get tons of invalid URLs in the archives, though it's possible to add utilities to deal with them.

You can mix up the icon, avatar, and sig so each is a different handle.

Takes up a lot of space per post.

Lets you add a spontaneous handle you use specifically for that post.

MAY be faster but I am starting to think it may be slower in the long run if the database gets huge.

Dynamic:

Requires encouraging people to just add new handles instead of editing their sigs, to make discussions of user data work. This is what may be the biggest obstacle as people probably will not do it.

Simpler.

Lets people deal with any errors or bad URLs conveniently.

Sorry for dragging this off-topic, but it's not like there's been any post about EB being brought back from the dead where I can logistically turn my concerns to.  I hoped that pointing out there may be fundamental issues with the concept of EB, when what's only being talked about now is a minor detail in the overall framework, would have prompted such an announcement.

Why would there be an issue?

Acrio's been one of the primary developers of EB.  He has repeatedly talked about invading the privacy of forumers so that the staff wouldn't be held responsible for Internet predators molesting children on the site (which everyone can see is an excuse for him to look at everyone's private information).  He went nuts last weekend with this forum.  I have seen no evidence that he couldn't do worse on a board he had a hand in programming, and we saw what he did with the Flashchat which he had a similar level of involvement in.

There is my concern.  I'd honestly not have a problem with EB otherwise.  Except maybe if EB was going to be forced on us like Flashchat nearly was, of course.

[quote:7184cc3649="nukeallthewhales wrote:
Also apart from the obvious "door handles" there is a reason behind my madness.

it wasnt obvious to me so i'm glad you explained it XD

now for my name suggestions... even though i dont know what this is exactly but i love games:

Pouch
Gizmo
Tricorder

mobius springheart"]How about Mobius Cutie marks?

...Anyone?

No?

Phooie! D: