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Well when I didn't sign up for second life til...

2010-10-21T16:51:33.112-04:00

Well when I didn't sign up for second life till may this year and so my experience of it is by first trying to use viewer 2.0.

As a noob I found it relatively easy to use and though subsequently I found and started using other viewers such as Imprudence, I can't say I find anything *wrong* with the SL viewer 2.0.

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Ever heard the saying "No matter how much you...

2010-10-21T12:36:38.743-04:00

Ever heard the saying "No matter how much you try to polish a turd, it's still a turd"?

No matter what kind of shine you try to put on this POS of a viewer, it's STILL an unusable POS created by people who have not the foggiest clue about the needs of SL users.

Sorry, truth is truth

Hi I just want to post my 2 cents as a newbie... I...

2010-09-25T10:12:16.733-04:00

Hi I just want to post my 2 cents as a newbie... I started with view 2.0, thinking that there was nothing else... For the first week, it was ok, until I tried to do something other than hang out... I'm a performer, so I tried to create a group... Forget it, very bad... Someone said, try viewer 1.13 whatever version... That was a very functional and useful program... I was able to create and

Honestly Both Emerald and 2.0 viewers have some pr...

2010-07-01T09:22:12.717-04:00

Honestly Both Emerald and 2.0 viewers have some problem or the other and everyone has problems with both of them, I recommend checking out the viewers on inflife.net They are much more stable and have lot of features.

Cheers

I love the new layers, LL added to the 2.0 Can'...

2010-06-15T06:52:22.485-04:00

I love the new layers, LL added to the 2.0
Can't really say the same about the interface. thankfully I found Emeralds 2.0 BETA viewer, all the new features in the good old layout.
Not to mention all the other standard and must have Emerald features!

I simply hate viewer 2.0 The improvements are gr...

2010-04-18T01:10:55.299-04:00

I simply hate viewer 2.0
The improvements are great, but the interface sucks big time. 87% don't like viewer 2.0 http://blogs.secondlife.com/poll.jspa?poll=1018

Drag and drop would be amazing. Going further: Dr...

2010-02-25T17:13:34.731-05:00

Drag and drop would be amazing. Going further:

Drag and drop images directly to prim faces, or texture of the build tool.

Drag and drop urls to the parcel media stream/content.

Drag and drop MP3 into inventory, to be split into multiple 10 second files for me, alon with creating a script that will play them all.

@Miro: "Facebook, Twitter, Blooger are not a...

2010-02-24T21:44:59.071-05:00

@Miro:

"Facebook, Twitter, Blooger are not applications, they are websites that you access using an application."

Firstly, I disagree with your definition of "application". Software's software, whether it's nested in other software or not.

Secondly, I don't use the browser File menu often not because of shortcuts, but instead

"My instant message clients don't. Neithe...

2010-02-24T19:52:14.169-05:00

"My instant message clients don't. Neither does my e-mail. Or Facebook. Or Twitter. Or Blogger. Firefox does, and do you know how often I actually use the File pull-down menu? Almost never."

Facebook, Twitter, Blooger are not applications, they are websites that you access using an application. The application that you use to access these sites *does* have a file menu.

I gave it a good try. I will have to wait till the...

2010-02-24T19:34:48.562-05:00

I gave it a good try. I will have to wait till they have a choice of skins (hopefully). My eyes can't deal with the black. I currently use the silver skin on Snowglobe.

I put it on Garth's machine tho, so when I log in as him I can continue to test it.

(copied from my comment on Facebook)

@Miro: "99% of all applications, of any kind...

2010-02-24T18:32:41.136-05:00

@Miro:

"99% of all applications, of any kind, do file operations from the top menu bar, File menu."

My instant message clients don't. Neither does my e-mail. Or Facebook. Or Twitter. Or Blogger. Firefox does, and do you know how often I actually use the File pull-down menu? Almost never.

"The sidebar totally messes up HUDs by pushing them

:-) Hiro, 99% of all applications, of any kind, do...

2010-02-24T16:55:45.003-05:00

:-) Hiro, 99% of all applications, of any kind, do file operations from the top menu bar, File menu. That has been removed in 2.0 - so it goes totally against well-established norms. Uploading textures is a file operation and belongs in the file menu. Putting it *also* in inventory is fine, removing it from File is not. In my view.

The sidebar totally messes up HUDs by pushing them

Great rundown of the new stuff. I downloaded it la...

2010-02-24T14:16:59.440-05:00

Great rundown of the new stuff. I downloaded it last night and tried it out, but I think SL's servers were being crushed under load.

Hopefully in a day or two once it all settles down, I can spend some more time in it.

@Miro: Ultimately, I think what you're saying...

2010-02-24T09:36:36.676-05:00

@Miro:

Ultimately, I think what you're saying about how virtual worlds should be treated and my own thoughts are compatible. There's definitely properties that make virtual worlds unique, at the same time, there's a lot of properties they share with the web.

"Looks dumbed down" - Give me a week or two to play with it. I seemed to find things okay, but I

The problem with Inside/Outside spaces is that the...

2010-02-24T04:47:34.820-05:00

The problem with Inside/Outside spaces is that they carry the possibility of residents exchanging inappropriate/illegal images or engaging in activities that violate TOS and the Law.

Search: in series 1 viewers, you can search: All, ...

2010-02-24T04:32:35.082-05:00

Search: in series 1 viewers, you can search: All, Classifieds, Events, Showcase, Land, Places, People, Groups. This has now been reduced to just 3. Presumably, you can search the others from their respective tabs, but why remove them from the single central location?

I don't think virtual worlds can or should be treated as walled gardens, but they *should* be distinguished from the

One more thing: expressions are nice, but how abou...

2010-02-24T00:19:30.290-05:00

One more thing: expressions are nice, but how about a fully integrated ZHAO-compatible AO - like Emerald has? Not only highly useful, but it would also greatly reduce lag.

@Miro: Thanks for commenting. Looking at your s...

2010-02-24T00:19:25.117-05:00

@Miro:

Thanks for commenting.

Looking at your suggestions, these seem to be all "power user" features. (Debate me if you disagree.) Power users will still want flexibility to use alternate browsers. The best thing Linden Lab can do for power users and developers is to make the basic browser a lot easier for average users.

RE: "SL isn't the web,

I finally gave it a go. As I feared, it is viewer ...

2010-02-24T00:08:20.571-05:00

I finally gave it a go. As I feared, it is viewer 1, dumbed down for the masses. Two major new features which are great (media on a prim, and new layers for tattoos and alpha), but the rest is fluff.

They had a great chance to add all the amazing features that 3rd party viewers like Emerald have - and didn't. For example: true radar, showing distance to other avatars, their payment

Great post; I agree with all of your points. I esp...

2010-02-23T20:01:40.852-05:00

Great post; I agree with all of your points. I especially agree with your comments on the horrifying inventory window, which desperately needs a fix. My write up on SL2.0 is here.

Oh, btw, here's some