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 Viewer Round-up 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
- By its nature, this summary will always be in arrears
- The Viewer Round-up Page is updated as soon as I’m aware of any releases / changes to viewers & clients, and should be referred to for more up-to-date information
- The Viewer Round-up Page also 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.
Updates for the week ending: August 11th, 2013 (with extras!)
Official LL Viewers
- The release viewer updated to version 3.6.2.279258 (formally the Vivox RC) on August 5th (download and release notes)
- Release channel cohorts:
- Cocoa RC (Mac) 3.6.2.278960 arrived on August 6th (download & release notes)
- Google Breakpad RC updated to 3.6.2.279364 on August 5th (download & release notes)
- Maintenance Viewer RC updated to 3.6.2.279427, August 6th (download & release notes)
- Snowstorm Contributions RC 3.6.3.279634 arrived on August 9th (download & release notes)
- See my notes on manually installing RC viewer versions if you wish to install any release candidate(s) yourself
- Project viewers:
- Project Materials updated to 3.6.3.279651 on, August 8th (download & release notes)
LL Viewer Resources
- 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
- Restrained Love Viewer (Windows) updated on August 12th to version 2.8.5 – core update: materials processing support (release notes)
- Cool VL updated on August 10th to:
- Stable version: 1.26.8.21
- Legacy version (v2.6 renderer): 1.26.4.85
- Experimental version: 1.26.9.21
- Release notes (all)
- Singularity updated to version 1.8.1.4863 on August 12th – core updates: Media ob a Prim (MOAP), Voice code update; Wavefront and Collada export; Web Profile and V3 Web Search support; Updated SSA code; OpenSim Hypergrid and high altitude building support, and more (release notes)
Additional TPV Resources
Depreciated / Discontinued Viewers
- SL Second Life Beta viewer – depreciated as of version 3.6.2.278491, July 15, 2103
- SL Development viewer – depreciated as of version 3.5.2.274629 April 24, 2013
- Zen Viewer – discontinued by developer and no longer available, January 27th, 2013
- Phoenix viewer – development and support ended on December 31st, 2012
