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Originally posted by djshotty
why does each sound need to go through a centralised database/server?
Because P2P connections are unreliable. Not everyone is configured to allow a direct connection. For example routers blocking incoming connections etc. To keeps things as simple as possible a plain HTTP connection was chosen to a server which won't have the problem of incoming connections. Messenger files transfers work over P2P, but even those are piped through one of Microsoft's servers if incoming connections are blocked and uPNP disabled. Microsoft just has the luxury of hundreds of server all around the world in multiple datacenters. While Yuna Software last time I heard has 4 or 6 servers for the sounds all hosted in the same rack.
Changing Plus! to support sending the sounds over a direct connection between the contacts is not a quick fix. It will probably take less time just to figure out why the sound servers are being unreliable, optimize it, and maybe throw some more hardware at it. Even if you Plus! would support direct connections, it will still need to have their servers to fall back on in cases where a direct connection just doesn't work. It would be nice if Plus! 5 could just pipe the custom sounds through as a voiceclip. That would safe a lot of trouble and be as reliable as a regular soundclip. Messenger Plus! added custom sounds years before Microsoft came out with soundclips though. Even a regular file transfer was still a hassle at the time when Plus! introduced custom sounds.
I don't see anything changing around custom sounds in the short term. But Plus! 5 is in the making, hopefully it will get a overhaul or at least the reliability of the servers will be improved.
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Originally posted by djshotty
As for being aggressive, he started it by poking his tongue out
That's the first time I've ever seen a
smiley perceived as something provoking or aggressive. Acting aggressive sure won't help anyone solve the issue faster.
Sounds Feature for Plus
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