This is a great move, we've been looking forward to this for years. Am thinking hot swap between modes without a restart could be a plus, a separate smaller basic client could also be desirable ...I think. one thing though, when I launched 2.6.1 in the basic mode, clicking on myavatar just produces a frame which does not contain anything ... is this normal? How can I populate it with options ... R On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 9:25 PM, Yoz Grahame <y...@lindenlab.com> wrote:
> > On 16 March 2011 17:45, Patnad Babii <djs...@hotmail.com> wrote: > >> A viewer like this is good, but seriously should be part of the SAME >> viewer as the other use. Simply have it with a button to switch between the >> Easy, Fast and Fun mode or Advanced mode. The viewer is already like 30 meg >> to download so, 10 megs more should’nt be a big challenge for most of the >> users. >> > > Good news! It *is* part of the same viewer! (At least, that's the plan.) > You can switch between Basic and Advanced mode on the login screen. > Switching currently requires a viewer restart; we're looking into ways to > make that easier, though that may not be achievable for the 2.6 release. > > >> With that said, its is nice to see an improvement on the UI for new users, >> but that viewer is VERY limited, with no inventory, no notecard and no >> landmark, its so limited, user will only be able to visit your spotlight >> places. There is not even group in that viewer. >> > > Yep - we're deliberately keeping it very simple so that newcomers aren't > overwhelmed with controls, and have less to learn before being rewarded with > a positive initial experience. The emphases are on basic movement, chatting, > making friends and seeing the sights. Once they're comfortable and willing > to explore further or get more involved, switching to Advanced mode only > requires a restart. > > -- Yoz > > > _______________________________________________ > Policies and (un)subscribe information available here: > http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/OpenSource-Dev > Please read the policies before posting to keep unmoderated posting > privileges > -- 'Consider how the lilies grow. They do not labor or spin.' *Rameshsharma Ramloll* PhD, *Research Associate Professor*, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID 83209 Tel: 208-282-5333 Blog <http://deepsemaphore.posterous.com/>, LinkedIn<http://www.linkedin.com/in/rameshramloll> , Play2Train <http://www.play2train.org>
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