I thought the idea behind the creation of time was to stop everything happening at once? If so, it’s not working for me!
This is probably old news to most of you, as Hamlet has had it over at NWN for a couple of days, but for once I failed to take a peek over there when the restructuring announcement hit the headlines. My thanks to the ever-hunky Ciaran Laval for turning my nose in the right direction…
In his piece, Hamlet not only agrees with the view that LL, in their announcement, in fact mean having a web-based means of accessing SL in addition to the current browser, rather than replacing it; he also cites an example of the same – put together in 2007 by a now-definct (it would seem) UK company called Pelican Crossing.
The browser tool, initially backed by IBM, apparently offered “most of” the functionality found within the Viewer (what was missing is unclear), and therefore would suggest that browser-based access to SL could be both lightweight and workable. Which as has been previously said, shouldn’t be sneezed at.
Again, other that having the world-view somewhat reduced, and facing the browser tool and navigation bars, I’m not entirely seeing why people are hating the concept of browser-based access, if it is presented like this: with the necessary functionality to do things. To me, accessing through a browser (especially if you’ve never downloaded a Viewer) wouldn’t be an issue. And if the “viewer” element could be “popped out” of the browser, even better.
Certainly, there is mileage in offering such an access option, as I’ve already mentioned.
Pelican Crossing may well have gone (or have been sucked into the Big Blue), but if they could do it in 2007….
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