Described in a basic outline, I have a feature request regarding reading PM's from this website in Mars Explorer:
Sending Messages:
Location: There would be a button on the left side of the screen somewhere near the Messaging Console.
Feature: A small GUI, the size of a quarter of the game window, would pop up. It would have a single-lined section titled "To," and another titled "Subject." The rest, which may be titled "Text," would be space for the message, followed by a "Send" button at the very bottom.
Handling: It could be dragged across available parts of the screen. There would be an "X" at the top corner of the GUI window to close it.
Simplicity: GUI windows are very easy to make. Aubrey already knows how to use his login databases from the website on Mars Explorer (which isn't too difficult), so he should figure out how to do the same with messaging fairly easily.
Exceptions: This feature would only work with Mars Explorer, as only Aubrey handles the Plexpedia database.
Receiving Messages:
Location: There would be a button on the left side of the screen somewhere near the Messaging Console.
Feature: 1. A small GUI, the size of a quarter of the game window, would pop up. It would be threaded according to the newest PMs. For each PM, there would be the name of the sender and the subject. Once selected, you would be able to view the entire PM (unfortunately, you wouldn't be able to view pictures).
2. When you receive a PM, you could be notified by the message console or by a little message that pops up on the screen.
Handling: Same.
Simplicity: Same.
Exceptions: Same.
Share your thoughts on this feature ;)
Eric