2018 viewer release summaries, week #14

Logos representative only and should not be seen as an endorsement / preference / recommendation

Updates for the week ending Sunday, April 8th

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:
    • No Updates.

LL Viewer Resources

Third-party Viewers

V5-style

V1-style

Mobile / Other Clients

  • No updates.

Additional TPV Resources

Related Links

2018 viewer release summaries, week #13

Logos representative only and should not be seen as an endorsement / preference / recommendation

Updates for the week ending Sunday, April 1st

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):
  • Project viewers:
    • Bakes on Mesh project viewer, version 5.1.3.513936, March 30.

LL Viewer Resources

Third-party Viewers

V5-style

  • No updates.

V1-style

  • Cool VL Viewer updated as follows: the Stable branch to version 1.26.20.49 and the Experimental version to 1.26.21.16, both on March 31st (release notes).

Mobile / Other Clients

  • No updates.

Additional TPV Resources

Related Links

2018 viewer release summaries, week #12

Logos representative only and should not be seen as an endorsement / preference / recommendation

Updates for the week ending Sunday, March 25th

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):
    • Ouzo Maintenance RC, version 5.1.3.513630, updated March 23rd.
  • Project viewers:
    • No updates.

LL Viewer Resources

Third-party Viewers

V5-style

V1-style

  • Cool VL Viewer updated as follows: the Stable branch to version 1.26.20.48 and the Experimental version to 1.26.21.14, both on March 24th (release notes).

Mobile / Other Clients

Additional TPV Resources

Related Links

2018 viewer release summaries, week #11

Logos representative only and should not be seen as an endorsement / preference / recommendation

Updates for the week ending Sunday, March 18th

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):
    • Ouzo Maintenance RC, version 5.1.3.513234, released March 13th.
    • Media Update RC viewer, version 5.1.3.513038, updated March 12th.
  • Project viewers:
    • No updates.

LL Viewer Resources

Third-party Viewers

V5-style

  • Black Dragon updated to version 3.0.6 on March 17th (release notes).
  • Kokua updates:
    • Mac updated to version 5.1.3.42941 (No RLV) and 5.1.3.42943 (RLV), both on March 16th (Mac sourceforge).
    • SL Win 64-bit updated to version 5.1.3.42941 (No RLV) and 5.1.3.42943 (RLV), both on March 16th (Win sourceforge)

V1-style

  • Cool VL Viewer updated as follows: the Stable branch to version 1.26.20.47 and the Experimental version to 1.26.21.13, both on March 17th (release notes).

Mobile / Other Clients

  • No updates.

Additional TPV Resources

Related Links

2018 viewer release summaries, week #10

Logos representative only and should not be seen as an endorsement / preference / recommendation

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:

LL Viewer Resources

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

Additional TPV Resources

Related Links

2018 viewer release summaries, week #9

Logos representative only and should not be seen as an endorsement / preference / recommendation

Updates for the week ending Sunday, March 4th

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 – NEW
  • Release channel cohorts (please see my notes on manually installing RC viewer versions if you wish to install any release candidate(s) yourself):
    • Love Me Render RC viewer updated to version 5.1.3.513005, March 2nd.
  • Project viewers:
    • No updates.

LL Viewer Resources

Third-party Viewers

V5-style

  • No updates.

V1-style

  • Cool VL viewer updated as follows: the Stable branch to version 1.26.20.45 and the Experimental version to 1.26.21.11, both on March 3rd (release notes).

Mobile / Other Clients

  • No Updates.

Additional TPV Resources

Related Links