Viewer release summaries 2014: week 29

Posted on by Inara Pey

Updates for the week ending: Sunday July 20th, 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 Release: no change
  • Release channel cohorts (See my notes on manually installing RC viewer versions if you wish to install any release candidate(s) yourself):
    • Group Ban RC viewer version 3.7.12.292031  released on July 16th – allows certain group members to ban avatar from a group or from joining a group  When an existing group member is banned, they are also automatically ejected from the group (download and release notes)
  • Project viewers:
    • Experience Keys project viewer version 3.7.12.291846 released on July 14th – adds support for viewing and managing Experiences and for contributing content for Experiences (download and release notes)

LL Viewer Resources

Third-party Viewers

V3-style

  • Kokua version 3.7.12.34831 released on July 15th – core updates: core parity through to LL 3.7.12, chat text entry bar tinted based of the type of conversation; preferences added for name and grid display in the program title bar + more – change log

V1-style

  • Cool VL viewer updated on July 19th – Stable release to version 1.26.12.8 and Legacy version 1.26.8.66 – core updates: please refer to the release notes

Mobile / Other Clients

  • No updates

Additional TPV Resources

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Eclectic virtual world blogger with a focus on Second Life, VR, virtual environments and technology.