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    FJ Linden

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    To be fair Ansariel, I know many people who use the new viewer, and are just fine with it, or even LOVE it, and who would likely refuse to use the old viewer.

    I myself liked lots of things about it when I was just in an "end-user" frame of mind, bouncing around from club to club.

    I think it's great for people who are just regular "end-users."

    That being said, there may even be a few content creators who found that they were able to work productively with it, who knows, there's bound to be.

    Judging by what FJ, just said, it sounds like LL "gets" now that different interfaces will be needed:

    "Content  creators will have very different interface and tools capability  requirements than a resident who just wants to explore and experience  Second Life's content."

    So, the best way forward may be to see how we can positively support them in that direction.

    FJ Linden

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    I have just recently finished 5 months of trying to give the viewer 2 interface an exclusive try, during which I used only it. The last straw for me was at the end of December, when anything I clicked on to edit turned all invisible on me under 2.4, and I could no longer see what I was working on. I re-downloaded viewer 1.x, fired it up, finished my chore for the client that day, got paid, and haven't looked back. My productivity shot back up to where it was before I determined to master viewer 2.x at the start of those 5 months.

    So, I don't suppose there's a way of offering a choice of viewer interfaces: 1.x for advanced users, content creators, and 2.x for regular users, both just pasted on as skins to codebase 2.x? I've never tried a third-party viewer, but I'm given to understand that the Phoenix people are essentially doing it, or trying to....

    Lots of softwares offer two versions, end-user and developer versions....

    I suggest this because I totally agree, FJ, that it would be a pain in the butt to support two different codebases and really in the long run a bad use of resources that are ever more scarce, and I certainly wouldn't want to be in your shoes having to do it! Ugh.

    Maybe we certify something like Phoenix (caveat as I say, I've not tried it, just an example) as the developer version, though Lord knows what the politics and legalities would be behind a word such as "certify."

    FJ Linden

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    All of that is great FJ, many, many thanks!

    Re the new viewer, I want to leave some feedback, finally. I tried it exclusively for the final 5 months of 2010. Figured it was time to bite the bullet, and all that.

    There were some nifty things about it, I gotta admit.

    But I work for a living in SL, and I gotta say even after I got past the learning curve my productivity level plummeted. In the end, on 1 Jan 2011,  I went back to viewer 1.23, and now I'm back in the groove.

    I'd like to suggest -- I know, I'm mad -- that you offer TWO viewer versions. A regular version for most people in SL -- the 2.x line, and a "developer" version, the 1.23 x line.

    I think the 2.x line is fabulous for those who are "end users" in SL. It is a total winner for them, it's amazing for that purpose. And the 1.x line is better for those who are content creators. It's like, I love my iPad for content consumption, but I'm not going to create a lot of content on my iPad; I'll do that on my desktop and laptops.

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