Fair enough, but the simple fact is that the interface needs to be changed so that they can reclaim more of the sign ups to the grid. The last numbers i have read on the learning curve is something like 70% of the users that sign up leave because they have troubles with the interface. And we must also consider that this is a business and LL needs to make good to keep the grid alive.
I would sugest that we try to improve the interface and make the viewer more usable for all. Kirsten has done a great job modifying the 2.X platform, and she seems to be moving it forward. I do agree that the new interface is clunky and it needs work but as it compares to the 1.x it is much improved. And it was my mistake. I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by Douglas Adams On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 7:13 PM, Henri Beauchamp <sl...@free.fr> wrote: > On Fri, 10 Sep 2010 18:27:32 -0500, dilly dobbs wrote: > > > I would like to know 2 things, as an observer. You continue to make > > statements like 'TPV developers' as if you speak for them all. > > > > Secondly, I distinctly remember you saying goodbye to us all, Is this > your > > Hi im back statement? > > > > This isn't meant to be offensive im just trying to understand where your > > coming from. > > 1.- TPV developers seem to be agreeing with me (at least, none of > them so far denied it in this list). Same thing if to believe their > own blogs and forums... But for Kirsten and Marine (Kirsten probably > because she values most shadow rendering and other rendering > improvements in v2, and Marine because she always provided > RestrainedLove for the current official viewer), none of them so far > consider moving to the viewer 2 code base in the short term, and > several of them (at least three in this list, me included) seem > pretty much disapointed (to say the least), with LL's stance. > Oh, I also had a look to the mercurial repository for Snowstorm, > and tried to count the TPV developpers who submitted patches... > Even someone amputated with fingers on each hand, could still > count them on one hand... > Plus, in my messages on this list, I merely pointed out how, when > considering the pros and the cons of a move to viewer 2, LL's own > stance on Snowstorm is far from an encouragement to do the move, > and even less to contribute to Snowstorm. > > 2.- You should read my posts better... > I never said I'd leave, much to the contrary (I even said I'd fight > to the last extremity before I would even consider giving up); you > are probably confusing me with Aleric who just left. > > I might be blunt with LL, but they often deserve it, and I always try > to be constructive. I've got "some experience", mind you, both in RL > (counted in decades) and in SL (counted in years)... That's "where I'm > coming from"... > While my prose in this list most often only represents my personal > opinion, it might be of some value, even to LL... and even if they > might well often cringe when reading me. :-P > > Henri. >
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