From: jtt@icf.hrb.com (Jack Taylor)
Subject: Re: DESIGN: doors between worlds
Date: 12 Aug 92 08:51:35 EST
Message-ID: <1992Aug12.085135.19434@icf.hrb.com>
Organization: HRB Systems, Inc.



How about when I initially connect to the "router" I get placed in a
"waiting room" (Can't you picture it, plants, some dog-eared old
magazines, elevator muzak), which contains portals for all the worlds
that router knows about. From there I can select the world I want to
enter. World creators don't necessarily know about all the other world
creators in a manner which would allow them to simple attach worlds
arbitrarily.

Portals really have to have some defined graphical representation so a
traveler always knows when he/she sees one. I hate the door analogy
but it just might be the best one. How about just a strechy hole? I
can reach my hands in and pull it open and look "inside". How about a
phone booth with a "directory"? Dial a world!

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