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Where is the Single RSS feed to all Blogs....   All I can find is the individual feeds for each blog

 

Edit: I located the link, well actuialy it was in a post on the privious page;  It really needs to be added at the top of the Blog page, but for now You can find it Here

[[QUICKTIP] Copy To Clipboard button for difficult-to-type display names in Viewer 2.3 Beta]

The one option I failed to see is that display names are disabled by default and that only after a user accepts a detailed list of what possable problems allowing display names to be shown will they be allowed to see them at all...  The other need to have option is the ability for a parcel / estate owner to disable the use of display names on their property, like being able to disable voice or flying because of the possable disruption it can cause.  I see alot of people that don't want this...   and a few that do....  those few should be able to opt in, and the rest should be opt'ed out by default

[Viewer 2.2 Available Today!]

Ok, so being someone that doesn’t want to be accused of not "Giving it a chance" I downloaded and installed the V2.2 viewer.

Impressions

Sidebar:  An interesting Idea that I think should have been better thought out.  We really need a way to better control this and how it functions.  Being able to add and remove tabs, assign what content we want on each tab. For instance...  The "HOME" tab is a nice idea for someone that may be new to SL or would like access to the dashboard and tutorials...  I for one can type www.secondlife.com in a browser... so I would like to remove this. I will never use it and would love to have the ability to put something else here...  Like maybe being able to have a draw distance slider and other visual controls..

Buttons....  You can actually control what buttons are on your lower menu bar...  unfortunately you need to go to the debug settings and enable any one that says "show....button"  I was able to turn on build, map, minimap and a few others as well as turn off ones I don't want....  Unfortunately what is needed here is the ability to have EVERY function have a corresponding button enabler and well as one to disable the sidebar if you want. All put on a nice preference tab with hover tips.  The function is already in the code... it just needs to be expanded.

Visual... I have to agree with a lot of people...  the color scheme leaves little to be desired...  being able to have a skinning menu would go along way in this regard.  and since its already been a LL feature as well as installed in other TPV's using the V2 base, I would think that this would be a no brainer.  Other then the preference selection menu, it should only be a set of XML files.

Overall it seems that the V2.2 code is getting better as compared to the v2.0 code, a project that went off in the wrong direction, but seems to be moving, abet slowly, towards a more usable product.  I can't wait to see some of the TPV developers start to put out their own twists of this code...  I'd like to be able to use some of the V2 specific features in a TPV and still enjoy the additional workflow benefits TPV's provide

Some may notice that my tone is a little calmer then my previous post... maybe it is a little. I see glimmers of hope in this code, I can only hope that LL listens to us and enables the features and functions we are looking for.  In the mean time I’ll stick with the 1.x based TVP’s but keep my eye on V2 based developments.  Looking forward to seeing some Lindens chime in here

[Viewer 2.2 Available Today!]

That would be a fantastic idea...  Then the Sidebar fanboys (fangirls) could have their sidebar... and the rest of us could have the buttons we need and use right at our fingertips...  Lets take it even a step further...  make every window that can be opened have the option to become a button or a sidebar... and be able to remove buttons and sidebars we don't use.  The next step would be to have all these windows undock form the SL viewer screen altogether and be on a seperat monitor or on another part of the screen entirely.  In the mean time I'll stick with what I have...  Good luck with the new version...

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I have been a resident for a very long time..  Been through several versions of LL created viewers, and TPV.  I can agree with you completely that you’re never going to make everyone happy. What is rather telling is the acceptance rate of the viewer 2. I have heard a lot of numbers and LL is probably the one to know, but judging by what I see I would say viewer 2’s acceptance is not as high as LL had hoped for.  There are many reasons for that, and I have several of my own. But to me what I see as a problem is LL failure to listen to its customers, and to look at what’s out there and say “Hay, that’s a good idea”

 

For me, I’m a builder and a photographer. So options that allow me to tune that environment are very strong. As is having as much real estate on my screen into SL as I can get.  That last one, among others, is the reason I currently don’t use Viewer 2.

 

I have also recently had to switch viewers, and discovered the alternate had several options that I consider good ideas.  It was also missing ones that I would love to get back.

 

The point is that you have to not operate in a vacuumed. Your customers are very willing to offer up ideas and discuss them with you. They are also just as quick to criticize you when you go wrong.  The important thing is for LL to listen, discuss, and implement the very good ideas that we as customers have.  You’re never going to have a perfect viewer, but you can get real close to it if you engage your user base, and actually implement some of the ideas we come up with.