…g A New Listing. The instructions in the SL Wiki have been updated: Direct Delivery Beta Instructions. A poll was started: Direct Delivery survey. Instructions for filing JIRA reports is here: SLM BETA-All Open Issues. The overall progress is shown in the graph. What they call release notes is here: Marketplace Beta Current. From the graph one would think the team was doing a pretty good job. I think merchants are so frustrated they have for the m… Continue reading
…livery Beta Launch. We may see Direct Delivery arrive in the first quarter…. Continue reading
…To get the Received Items folder visit the Market Place and get the Direct Delivery Bear. The Received Items folder will appear when it arrives. Actually buying anything that is Direct Delivery ready will cause your Received Items folder to appear. Getting the opposite side of the coin working is more complex. Some are saying log in and out of SL and it will start working. (Me->Merchant Outbox…) But, that has not worked for many of us. The in-worl… Continue reading
…it is a big step forward in data transmission. We have been heading toward network saturation, the limit of data a network can carry. Cisco system expects mobile data traffic to grow by 1,800% and Bell Labs thinks 2,500%. At those rates we are about 2 years away from total mobile network saturation. This tech greatly increase capacity and extends the date we will reach network saturation and no place to grow into. This technology will definitely i… Continue reading
…s that are about Second Life™. They have posted an article introducing the network and a follow-up article with FAQs. You agree to their terms and conditions when you join the network. So, you sort of agree to comply with the SL community standards and basic SL ToS. No nudity. Basically, any article that appears in their network has to conform to the standards, whether your blog does or not is a separate issue. The Lab is the final arbiter of comp… Continue reading
…the sim or the server kernel’s network driver or something related to the network to not process network packets at a normal flow. Even at a low avi count and with other metrics looking normal, the network stats show unusually high pending downloads and very high un-acked packets. But, we need more examples (snapshots of the performance stats) of a sim when it has fallen into this state. Also make sure you mention date/time and the name of the si… Continue reading
…liveries, thus the need to know when someone is online before attempting a delivery to have a better chance of it succeeding. Also, this whole delivery thing has to be having an effect on new users. I think that would show in the Lab’s research. – In the Interview, OZ spoke about the usability studies, research, the questionnaires they send to new users and more. The Lab seems to be moving slowly in the commerce area. They also seem to be very ign… Continue reading
…ek for places with 50 prims, which is less than L$1 per prim. Corsica Road Network Back to the roads. The roads are handled by the LDPW too. The directory of roads is linked to above. Heterocera is a region where roads have been updated and integrated with the railroad. It too is pretty awesome place. The vehicles and train engines are impressive models. Riding vehicles in SL still sucks. That doesn’t mean it wasn’t fun. However, region crossings… Continue reading