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Notifications Viewer

2015/10/02 by Nalates Urriah

The Second Life Notifications Viewer version 3.8.5.305555 is now a release candidate (RC). This is the version that provides a new Notifications floater that separates incoming notifications into Categories. It provides, according to the Lab, a better way to view, interact with, prioritize and manage incoming notices for busy residents. I haven’t tried this one yet. … Read more

Second Life Viewers

2015/10/01 by Nalates Urriah

Yesterday (9/30) and last Friday we got some updated viewers. The main viewer is now: 3.8.4-305119. This viewer was the RC Mesh Uploader Viewer. It has the changes to the uploader that allow it to handle more than 8 materials. But, there are some gotcha’s in the viewer. See my article: Second Life LIMITS (link not … Read more

Second Life’s Jelly Babies – BUG?

2015/09/30 by Nalates Urriah

The coming Quick Graphics Viewer now in RC has some odd behaviors. Well, it is an RC version, so no surprise. One of the ideas with this viewer is to reduce render lag by telling the viewer to avoid rendering complex avatars. These are avatars with lots of high polygon count attachments and large textures that require lots of computer power to render.

The Candy Princess - by Bewitched Difference @ Flickr — The Candy Princess – by
Bewitched Difference @ Flickr

There is a setting in Preferences* that lets you set a personal limit for what you want your viewer to render. Any avatar over that limit will render as a jelly baby. But, if you change the setting to NO LIMIT you’ll find there are still avatars that render as jelly babies. What’s up with that?

Second Life Inventory Changes

2015/09/272015/09/27 by Nalates Urriah

From the Third Party Developer’s meeting we learn a bunch of inventory changes are ready to roll out to RC testing. But, they are waiting on the ~~HTML~~ HTTP* viewer, Azumarill. Once the viewer is out, soon, the ~~HTML~~ HTTP part of these changes can start rolling to the servers.

This is another significant change in technology. For users it will be mostly transparent. You aren’t going to have new features or buttons, at least as far as I know. You will have fewer problems and inventory operations will be more reliable and I suspect quicker. Less chance of losing inventory.

Second Life Webkit Being Replaced By CEF – Update

2015/09/26 by Nalates Urriah

Expect a Project Viewer version with Chromium Embedded Framework (CEF) this year and maybe this month, probably in October. Webkit is being replaced with Chromium Embedded Framework (CEF). This is a major change in viewer technology for Second Life™. It will catch the viewer up with the new tech being used in phones and across the web.

CEF is sort of the engine that makes video and animation possible in the web browsers. It used to be that Adobe’s Flash was the only way to add reliable video and animation to a web page. But, Adobe didn’t respond to Steve Job’s requests to support the iPhone, this was pre-iPhone release days. So, Apple moved ahead without Adobe. Now CEF type tech is replacing Flash in an HTML5 world.

Second Life Viewer Updates from the TPD Meeting

2015/09/26 by Nalates Urriah

This Friday a Third Party Developer’s meeting was held. This meeting has become the primary source of news for Second Life. We got some news this week. I’ll write up the viewer news first and other stuff in later articles. So, here is what is happening.

there were 24 people attending the meeting. I think 6 of those were Lindens, making it 18 residents. As I check out the video of the meeting, I see 22 people have watched the video of the meeting.

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