
Updates for the week ending Sunday, August 19th
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.
- Note that test viewers, preview / beta viewers / nightly builds are not recorded in these summaries.
Official LL Viewers
- Current Release version 5.1.7.517973, dated July 30th, promoted August 3rd. Formerly the Quinquina Maintenance RC viewer. 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):
- Second Life Voice RC viewer updated to version 5.1.8.518310, on August 14th.
- Animesh RC viewer released 6.0.0.518579 on August 13th.
- 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.
- 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
- No updates
V1-style
- Cool VL viewer updated to version 1.26.22.16 on August 18th – release notes.
Mobile / Other Clients
- MetaChat – still suspended from download on iTunes; installed version work OK. – read the MetaChat blog post for more. D/loaded + installed versions still work.
Metachat is still available in your purchases if you have bought it before the ban. In that case, you can download it and use it.
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