honeydewxo

Hi all, I've redownloaded SL after a five year hiatus. Upon using the SL viewer, I notice that many avatars are not loading for me, they are simply showing up as a silhoutte (however I can see my own avatar just fine). I've waited for them to load but they do not, I have no clue how to debug it. Also, it seems like the program takes a lot more time than usual to load objects, people, things etc. than from what I remember. I've tried using both my Mac and Windows 8 but still encounter these issues. Could anyone be able to tell me why this is happening or how to fix it? Thanks. I'm attaching an example of my view here: http://oi64.tinypic.com/v6i0l0.jpg