Updates for the week ending Sunday, November 15th
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 version: 3.8.6.305981, October 26 – no change download page, release notes
- Release channel cohorts (See my notes on manually installing RC viewer versions if you wish to install any release candidate(s) yourself):
- Quick Graphics RC viewer updated to version 3.8.7.306758 on November 12 – provides the new Avatar Complexity options and the new graphics preset capabilities for setting, saving and restoring graphic settings for use in difference environments / circumstances (download and release notes)
- Maintenance RC viewer version 3.8.7.307376 released on November 10 – core updates: some 38 fixes and improvements, including updates for some regressions introduced into the viewer with the current release viewer (download and release notes)
- Project Azumarill (HTTP updates) RC viewer withdrawn, November 11 – possibly due to issues encountered by users on the cohort
- Project viewers:
- Project Valhalla (CEF media update) project viewer updated to version 4.0.0.307535 on November 10 – replaces the ageing LLQTWebKit system used in the Web media plugin with a shiny new one based on the Chromium Embedded Framework (CEF) that supports modern web technologies (download and release notes)
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
- Restrained Love Viewer updated to version 2.9.15.1 on November 1st – core update: hotfix for BUG-10601 – release notes
V1-style
- Cool VL Viewer updated as follows: Stable version to 1.26.14.13 and Experimental to 1.26.15.12, both on November 9th – release notes.
Mobile / Other Clients
- No updates.
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