Emerald Viewer

This page is a collection of my articles on the GreenLife Emerald Viewer, which later became just the Emerald Viewer.

In the Summer of 2010 a scandal broke that resulted in the Emerald Viewer being banned from Second Life. The Emerald Viewer was the most popular viewer in Second Life. Lots of drama surrounded the scandalous issues. Exactly what was true or false will probably never be known. That the scandal reached into Linden Lab, that residents were betrayed, and narcissistic personalities were revealed is pretty well known.

The Emerald Viewer was replaced by the Emergence and Phoenix Viewers. The Phoenix Viewer is considered the descendant of Emerald. Some members of the Emerald Development Team formed the development team for Phoenix. Some members of the Emerald Development Team were banned from Second Life.

When I moved my blog to this new site I chose to keep these articles as a sort of viewer history.

Emerald Viewer Blocked

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The Lindens have posted on the SL blogrum that the Emerald Viewer will be blocked Wednesday 9/8. See their post here: Emerald Viewer to be Blocked From Second Life Most importantly it appears the Lab may close the accounts of those that attempt to circumvent the block. Please be aware that attempting to circumvent our blocking … Read more

Emerald 1.5.0.2600 Released – Last Version?

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A couple of days ago Emerald Viewer 2600 was released. This viewer is compiled post team lockout. I commented on the viewer and the lockout in the post Emerald Viewer DEAD!!!. This viewer appears to somewhat be a direct taunt of Linden Lab. According to an audio post on YouTube.com and reported by Alphaville Herald (See … Read more

Emerald Viewer DEAD!!!

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Updated 10:30 PM PDT – Various revisions and additions that change the tone and meaning of several points previously made. Today there is a new post on the Emerald blog announcing the end of the Emerald Viewer, a final release version and then the coming blocking of the viewer by Linden Lab. See: The End (dead link) … Read more

Emerald Viewer 1.5.0.2587 Beta Released

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Emerald has a new beta version of their viewer out. There are some interesting items on the opening page of this version. Today the four News & Announcements links contains a item asking for those interested in being an Emerald developer to make contact Jessica Lyon and get involved. There is also a link to a post … Read more

Emerald Viewer Scandal Continues – Part 3

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Part 1 – Part 2 Is there an advantage to the Windows 64-bit version over the Windows 32-bit? 64-bit has some performance advantage. Does Emerald have any commercial interests? There is currently no Ad Sense accounts. Emerald is not currently raising funds. Arabella is currently paying for servers out of her pocket. What was the … Read more

Emerald Viewer Scandal Continues – Part 2

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Part 1 – Part 3 Will Snowstorm affect Emerald? Most definitely. It will affect every viewer. The new SL 2.0 viewer is the product of a software specification contracted out to a third party development team. It is typical of what happens when marketing types or any non-programmer types write a spec and gives it … Read more

Emerald Viewer Scandal Continues – Part 1

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Part 2 – Part 3 New World Notes has an article about another interview with Jessica and Arabella on Rezzed.tv. See Emerald Developers (Attempt to) Answer Your Questions on Rezzed TV on New World Notes. This video runs 115 minutes. The direct link to the video on Rezzed.tv: Rezzed.TV Presents Emerald: Your Questions, Answered

Emerald Viewer 1.5.0.2573 Released – Review

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A new release of the beta Emerald Viewer is out. I’ll be dusting off my Alt and trying it later today. It appears to be based on the Snowglobe 1.5 code base. They note that MOAP (Media On A Prim) does NOT work in this version. The current official forum link is here: ! Emerald Beta … Read more