If you like Snowglobe v1, then why aren't you using Singularity? http://www.singularityviewer.org/downloads
It's been worked on hard to make it entirely Viewer 2 engine with a viewer 1 UI. It's perfect. It's also incredibly much faster due to other improvements ;) On Fri, 10 Jun 2011 20:59:38 -0700 a...@skyhighway.com wrote: > Guys, the whole thing with the easily accessible slider for draw > distance is really great! Inspiring, actually. It's almost enough > to make me wanna try out the v2 viewer again. i hope the feature > gets back-ported to Snowglobe v1 by someone better at that stuff than > me. > > The binocs idea for the icon is the best! It's totally like the > average person is going to think about it. And it's the way our eyes > work. Maybe spend time coming up with the best binocs icon or icon > loc so it doesn't get confused with what everybody sees for "search" > everywhere, but i can't think of anything better unless it was a > magnifying glass (also over-used), eyeglasses, or a telescope. Maybe > somebody wants to look at a collection on the web of what camera mfrs > put on their focus buttons? (Maybe just the word "ZOOM" instead of an > image?) > > And, being able to pull it down as far as possible is a good thing. > Sometimes in tight spaces with lots of avis anything else is just a > waste. Or distraction. Or both. And however far out it can go, even > for short periods or whatever would be awesome! There's the maps and > then there's actually being able to *see* what's up. But one thing i > don't think i've seen in the discussion, wouldn't it be a good idea > to have an auto-reset take place on every tp? Have it go to some > standard value that works pretty good most places, and it'll save > forgetful or excited people problems. i mean, if the control is > right there and easy to adjust, why not make it more useful than just > improved eyesight? > > Thx again! You guys are great! > > - AK > > > In case you missed the message from Oz in a different thread here is > the review viewer for the proposed draw distance slider: > http://automated-builds-secondlife-com.s3.amazonaws.com/hg/repooz_project-3/rev/232119/index.html > > There is a temporary binocular graphic next to volume slider where you > access the control from. > > There is discussion within LL if this will be taken in. The concerns > are for new residents 1) having too many options on the screen and 2) > performance or experience issues if the slider is moved too far in > either direction. > > Please write back with your feedback, > > -Jonathan > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 -- Carlo Wood <ca...@alinoe.com> _______________________________________________ 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
