Second Life News 2013-16 #3

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CHUIBUG-191 – This JIRA item is about problems entering Japanese characters in the new CHUI input field. That is being worked on. Oz Linden thinks the team may need some help with testing the fixes. If you use Japanese and would like to help, file a bug report in the CHUIBUG part of the JIRA.

Materials Project Viewer

We are getting more releases of the Project’s viewer. There are more releases than what one sees on the Wiki page. Oz tells us that the other releases found via the latest.html page may not be a good choice for users. These may be copies of a viewer that has not yet made it through the QA process. Once the viewer passes QA Oz posts a link to it on Alternate Viewers. This should be the viewer you use for testing. I have links to both channels in the left column here. The untested version may be a problem for you, the user.

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The Drax Files – World Builders: Episode 4

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If you have not read my article Oculus Rift in Second Life, check it out, these tie together. Drax has a new episode of his World Builders series out: Fantasy Faire/RFL. (5 minutes).

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Zander Green is talking in most of this video. This is about Fantasy Fair and Relay for Life fund raising. Zander sees SL as a fund rasier’s dream come true. I am waiting for someone to figure out how to combine SL and a some form of a Kickstarter system.

I think the first three have been inspirational. This one knocks it up a notch. If you think so, visit YouTube and LIKE the video. If you are on Facebook, SHARE the video. Give him a hand.

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Firestorm Viewer Feature

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One of the preview testers for Firestorm Viewer has leaked a link to a new feature of the viewer. We may see it in a coming release, may be Sunday or some time in the next week or two. Watch the Firestorm blog. Secret Setting Check the Firestorm JIRA FIRE-9791 for information: Secret Setting.   … Read more

Google Disruptions

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Are you having problems with Google Search? Gmail? Google Apps? You are not alone. C|Net has an article up about the problems. See: Google Drive, Gmail hit by service disruptions. I’ve run into several Google problems over the last couple of days. But, Google is saying they have it fixed now.

Cloud Party Announces…

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Cloud Party has a blog. Today they are announcing they will be blogging weekly to let users know what is happening in the CP world, at least from the technical side of the programmers. They will be talking about fixes and additions made over the past week. This announcement says they are starting a membership … Read more