Updates for the week ending: Sunday May 18th, 2014
This summary is published every Monday and is a list of SL viewer / client releases (official and TPV) made during the previous week. When reading it, please note:
- It is based on my Current Viewer Releases Page, a list of all Second Life viewers and clients that are in popular use (and of which I am aware), and which are recognised as adhering to the TPV Policy. This page includes comprehensive links to download pages, blog notes, release notes, etc., as well as links to any / all reviews of specific viewers / clients made within this blog
- By its nature, this summary presented here will always be in arrears, please refer to the Current Viewer Release Page for more up-to-date information
Official LL Viewers
- Current viewer release: update to version 3.7.7.289461- No change
- Release channel cohorts (See my notes on manually installing RC viewer versions if you wish to install any release candidate(s) yourself):
- Maintenance RC viewer updated to version 3.7.8.289922 on May 12th – core updates: multiple fixes to Mac viewer; fixes in Recent tab, Chat, LSL editor, land management, etc; GPU table updates; crash fixes & performance improvements (download and release notes)
- Project viewers:
- No Updates
LL Viewer Resources
- SL Alternate Viewers wiki page – LL
- Viewer Source Repositories wiki page – LL
- Test Builds wiki page – LL
- Supported Viewers wiki page – LL
- Viewer release process overview – this blog
- SL Viewer updates and reviews on this blog
Third-party Viewers
V3-style
- Black Dragon updated to version 2.3.9.8 on May 16th – core updates: major UI changes; SL Share 2; new Snapshot floater design; Motion Blur is enabled by default (release notes)
- CtrlAltStudio updated to version 1.2.1.41167 on May 12th – core updates: Xbox 360 controller support (release notes) – review
V1-style
- Cool VL viewer updated on May 17th, as follows: Stable: version 1.26.12.1; Legacy: version 1.26.8.59 – core updates: please refer to the release notes (downloads)
Mobile / Other Clients
- Lumiya updated to version 2.6.2 on May 12th – core updates: fixed a crash with megaprims; reduced lag when walking; improved mesh download speed (release notes) – review here
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