Updates for the week ending Sunday, March 11th
This summary is generally published on 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 5.1.2.512803, dated February 23rd, promoted March 1st – formerly the Nalewka Maintenance RC – No Change.
- Release channel cohorts (please see my notes on manually installing RC viewer versions if you wish to install any release candidate(s) yourself):
- No updates.
- Project viewers:
- Animesh project viewer updated to version 5.1.3.513013 on March 7th – project overview.
- 360 snapshot viewer updated to version 5.1.3.513006 on March 6th (this version can have significant rendering issues, see my hand-on update).
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.
- Starlight alternative viewer skins page (not officially supported by LL).
- Viewer release process overview – this blog.
- SL Viewer updates and reviews in this blog.
Third-party Viewers
V5-style
- Black Dragon updated to version 3.0.3, and then to 3.0.4 (bug fixes), both on on March 6th (release notes).
- Kokua for 64-Windows updated to versions 5.1.3.42936 (RLV) and 5.1.3.42935 (non-RLV) on March 10th (via Sourceforge)
V1-style
- Cool VL Viewer updated as follows: the Stable branch to version 1.26.20.46 and the Experimental version to 1.26.21.11, both on March 10th (release notes).
Mobile / Other Clients
- MetaChat for iOS update to version 1.2.3 on March 5th (release notes).
