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Take the majority of user options off of the viewer and put them in the download page. In effect, build a custom viewer for each person at download. You have that now really except it is presented in a disjointed and unorganized way. You have the social viewer (Viewer 2), the builder's viewer (viewer 1.23) and the bleeding edge viewer (Snowglobe). You could take it further with viewers like a Machinima's veiwer (Kristain's Viewer for example) and a furry viewer (one with different morph targets for things like paws and muzzles).
If you could pull out a lot of code out of the viewer, you would reduce the size of the viewer itself, lowering the bandwidth cost per download. Right now a freebie account costs as much as a full premium member's in terms of bandwidth and server time. If you could remove 10meg worth of option functionality and put it on a web page, the cost savings will add up rather quickly when you are talking millions of downlaods.
Support the Japan Earthquake & Pacific Tsunami Relief with Linden Dollars
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I would rather give my Lindens to a Japanese based charity where 100% goes to the aid of the victims but then again that's just me. I'm not a big fan of the ARC because in my experience, while they are handing out coffee and doughnuts to disaster victims, other charities like the Salvation Army are handing out blankets, tents, MRE's and water.