Jean Zee's Group-Oriented, Polite Parcel Orb version 1 (2022-01-22) CAVEATS, BUGS, & POSSIBLE FUTURE FEATURES ========================================= Feature. BAN LASTS FOR 3 DAYS (SORT OF) When the orb places a person on the parcel's ban list, it does so for 3 days. However, if everyone from the group leaves the parcel before then, the orb will remove all the bans. So it's not really for 3 days. Or it's not necessarily for 3 days. Why 3 days? If the ban were shorter, maybe for an hour, a miscreant might be tempted to hang around outside your parcel, waiting for the ban to end. --- Feature. BANS ARE LIFTED WHEN ALL GROUP MEMBERS LEAVE When there are no group members present, the orb removes everyone from the ban list. This is a feature, not a bug. If a tree falls when no one is around, nobody cares if it made a sound. --- Caveat. MAKE SURE THAT NOBODY ELSE CAN EDIT THE ORB OR THE SCRIPTS & NOTECARDS IN IT If your group is big enough that you don't trust everyone, be very certain that only you (orb's owner, parcel's owner) can edit the orb. Also be sure that nobody else can edit the script in it or the Config notecard in it. If your group is small, such as a few friends, it'd be safer to allow anyone in the group to edit the orb or the things in it, but even well-meaning friends can make mistakes. I recommend reserving the permission to edit to just the owner, even when the group is tiny. --- Bug. CANNOT DESIGNATE ADMINISTRATORS Currently, it's impossible for anyone but the orb's owner to control the orb (without allowing them to edit it or the objects in it). One reason for that is that there's nothing to control other than editing the Config notecard. If there are ever controls besides that Config notecard, the orb could allow you to specify administrators by listing them in the Config notecard. --- Caveat or Bug? CANNOT DESIGNATE PEOPLE TO ALLOW WHO AREN'T IN THE GROUP The orb allows all group members. When any group members are present, the orb denies anyone else. It's impossible to designate people who should be allowed when group members are present but who are not in the group. I'm undecided on whether this is a missing feature (a kind of bug) or whether this is exactly what the orb is for. (In other words, if you want to allow the person, then why not admit them into the group?) --- Caveat. DELETING THE ORB CAN LEAVE PEOPLE BANNED If you delete the orb while group members (such as you) are present, then when the group members exit, the orb is not present to un-ban anyone. So anyone banned will remain in the ban list until they expire (probably 3 days hence).