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I didn't say it wasn't possible -- it's actually pretty darn easy. I just said that as a matter of policy we'd much rather have such a thing done by a third party. Not only would such a thing be more things we'd have to maintain in terms of developer-hours, but we'd also have to be very careful in making sure that the only items available in the dream avatar editor are the items that have actually been released to the public.

I AM, however, amenable to the idea of preview-only items that you can get for free but can't save onto your avatar.

I am also completely in support of making it easier to search for items that you want in the shops. I have plans for this but there's a ridiculous number of man-hours necessary to make it happen, not all of them code-related.

These two features together will get most of the way to a dream avatar creator.

I've also got a longstanding plan for post flobs that I just haven't had time to iron out -- not specifically something you asked about but related enough to warrant mentioning.

The main problem I have with the idea of visibly tagging certain users in a thread is that it implies a concept of thread ownership that Trisphee explicitly does not have in the general case. This isn't an insurmountable concern, but I'd need to brainstorm with the staff to figure out how we would want to handle this.