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Originally Posted by Joannah Cramer  Doubt it. The advantage or regular messenger is, it can sit in the system tray and pop up a note when someone wants to talk to you. That's as unobtrusive as it goes, when you don't actively use it. 3d room web based chat thing on the other hand requires you to keep the browser window open, and when you minimize it you lose the ability to react to what's going inside.
In the conflict between functionality and form, the functionality generally wins. |
I run
SL in the background, minimized at work. When I get an IM, hear someone typing, or want to do something, I hit alt-tab...bring it up...take care of business...and minimize it again. I do not consider this a hassle (or obtrusive) at all...in fact, it's quite enjoyable to be able to multi-task like that.
I don't think it would be obtrusive to run Lively (or any web-based metaverse) in the background. You can pop back and forth between windows--I do that all the time (boss is coming! Alt-Tab!)
FYI--I do, however, find IM text popping up from my task bar annoying--unless it's a really good friend.