Jaime Radium Posted March 4, 2011 Author Share Posted March 4, 2011 Thanks Monalisa! Glad you liked. I definitely screwed up a few questions, but I've gotten some useful responses so far. Totally agreed that V2 is made for voice -- whenever I have to use voice chat, I end up using V2 (partially out of laziness -- Imprudence didn't include voice support for the longest time, and I got into the habit of just using V2)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rin Tae Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 It would be Phoenix for me. Back when Emerald started to implode I looked for otehr viewers and first used Emergence and then tested both Phoenix and Imprudence for which might work better. I found Phoenix to suit my needs best so I have chosen it. Now of course I am looking forward for a good v.2 based viewer and the first choice will most likely be Firestorm. The LL v.2 viewers have not really impressed me even when there has been big development from the very problematic 2.0 to the current 2.5 version. But since my issue has been the user interface, I just wait for someone to bring out a viewer that changes this. The features and functions in it have been great so it just need to get wrapped into a nice looking packege. And until then, it will be Phoenix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anny Broek Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 I use Emergence most of the time, and sometimes Phoenix or Imprudence, because the screenwindows are small and resizable and movable anywhere on your screen. Also Text chat and IM is much easier to use in these viewers than in V2. I don't use Voice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeeWillian Wylie Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 I tried them all at one time or another..Currently I have SL2.5.1 as my primary viewer and Kirstens latest for photo work and Phoenix just to see if they've caught up to sl2.5 in speed and stability). I loved Emerald for the most part-early adopter- but I don't feel the trust to continue with them after the mess that happened. Also well before the end emerald had made rezzing slow and iffy-lots of silver surfers and scenery and they basically ignored the complaints in their own forums.(actually they were great at the..."well that's an sl problem from way back that they never dealt with" when in reality the sl viewer had moved beyond those problems.) I expect a viewer to load relatively quick (all of them are fails but Kirstens is fastest) loads all of my inventory (again Kirstens although the latest SL2.5.1 is within 500 units of her -last I checked Phoenix was still 12,000 behind!!!) least amount of lag with the best frame rate(-that's SL2.5.1) and rezzes quickly (again sl 2.5.1-can't shop if nothing rezzes...)... In the end though.This is all related to your system and what loads best on your system. For me that's SL2.5.1..For others it's Phoenix or Kirstens or even dolphin. All anyone really wants is to get in world and enjoy what makes sl fun for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucard Donogal Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 WeeWillie Wylie wrote: In the end though.This is all related to your system and what loads best on your system. For me that's SL2.5.1..For others it's Phoenix or Kirstens or even dolphin. All anyone really wants is to get in world and enjoy what makes sl fun for them. Agreed that experiences vary and depend on system capabilities. My experience with SL2.5 (or any 2.x) is the opposite of yours. I have a laptop that has a weaker video card. The rest of the system is decent, but with the integrated Radeon Mobiilty graphics I get a significantly lower frame rate with SL2.x. With Phoenix I usually get somewhere in the range of 8-12fps. SL2.x is noticably slower with frame rates in the 6-10 range. None of it is great but Phoenix is 'usable' whereas SL2.x is just too sluggish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramonna Villota Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 I have tried them all Kirstens Viewer is way ahead of them all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Govindira Galatea Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Ramonna Villota wrote: I have tried them all Kirstens Viewer is way ahead of them all. Yes Ma'am Sir. :-D :hug: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innula Zenovka Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 I have just started using the latest version of Lance Corrimal's Dolphin 2.5.2 to try out the Media Filter patch, which shows you the URLs that media are trying to load and asks you what you want to do about them -- allow, deny, whitelist, blacklist -- because I am concerned about people attempting to discover my ISP by surreptitious methods for whatever underhand purpose they have in mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTBorsalino Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 I ilke being asked whether or not I' would like to allow media by location, the ability to blacklist urls , and can't stand bein ruthed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Void Singer Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 old thread but why not.... 1) more features 2) more fixes (and/or less brokeness) 3) easy to read (and customize) 4) faster navigation (not just familiarity but size/placement/clicks) I regularly use Phoenix, Cool VL, and on rare occaisions, V2 when testing new features that haven't made it to the others Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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