Tag: 2013 Viewer Release Summaries

Viewer release summary 2013: week 4

Posted on by Inara Pey

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 as the week progresses
  • 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: 27 January, 2013

The major news for the week is that the Zen viewer has officially ceased development and has been delisted from the SL Third-party viewer directory at the developer’s request and all repositories removed from public access. The reason for this is unknown at the time of going to print with this summary.

  • SL Viewer updates:
      • Development rolled to 3.4.6.269302 on January 22nd, then 3.4.6.269515 on January 25th
      • CHUI development viewer rolled to 3.4.4.269464 on January 25
  • Dolphin rolled to 3.4.11.27250 on January 24th – core updates: cursor now displays in the correct position on the input line of the Places floater; moving, animated linksets will not leave phantom prims behind (LL breakage); llLoadURL no longer includes a “?” when sending URL to a browser (VWR-17689); source up-to-date with latest LL development viewer code – release notes
  • Kokua issues an experimental CHUI viewer (3.4.4) on January 24, with dedicated repository 
  • Niran’s Viewer updated to version 2.0.8 on January 22nd – assorted UI updates (About floater and fog settings, updates to playing local sounds); revised animations speed to control speed of all animations sseen through the viewer; improvements to custom always-on mouse steering mode; XML files clean-up  – release notes
  • Cool VL updates – three versions for the time being, all updated on January 26th:
    • Stable version rolled to 1.26.6.7
    • Legacy version Legacy (v2.6 renderer) rolled to 1.26.4.50
    • Experimental version rolled to 1.26.7.7
    • Release notes
  • Phoenix officially reached end-of-line for SL on December 31st – read more here
  • Zen viewer was withdrawn from the SL TPV directory and all repositories shutdown on January 27th, 2013.

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Viewer release summary 2013: week 3

Posted on by Inara Pey

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 as the week progresses
  • 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: 20 January, 2013

  • SL Viewer updates:
      • Release version rolled to 3.4.4.268864 on January 15th – release notes
      • Development rolled to 3.4.6.269073 on January 15th, then to 3.4.6.269108 on January 17th and 3.4.6.269229 on January 20th
      • CHUI project viewer rolled to 3.4.4.268981 on Janunary 15, while the development version  rolled 3.4.4.268994 on January 14th, then 3.4.4.269171 on January 17th and 3.4.4.269254 on January 20th
  • Dolphin rolled to 3.4.10.27205 on January 15th – core updates: viewer no longer freezed briefly on opening Places floater for the first time after logging-in; prims rotate correctly even when not looking at them (Henri Beauchamp), updated to latest viewer-dev codebase; release notes
  • Niran’s Viewer updated to version 2.0.7 on January 17th – core updates: rendering updates – release notes
  • Cool VL updates – three versions for the time being, all updated on January 19th:
    • Stable version rolled to 1.26.6.6
    • Legacy version Legacy (v2.6 renderer) rolled to 1.26.4.49
    • Experimental version rolled to 1.26.7.6
    • Release notes
  • Singularity released 1.7.3.3624 on January 20th – core updates: major updates to HTTP communications (Aleric); rendering updates (Shyoti / Siana), including motion blur and vignette; Image pipeline update and tuning (Siana); updates snapshot system (Aleric);  Merchant Outbox implemented (Inusaito and Aleric); Large group management support (Inusaito); Inventory cut’n’paste support for folders (Inusaito); UI setting changes; fixes – release notes
  • Phoenix officially reached end-of-line for SL on December 31st – read more here

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Viewer release summary 2013: week 2

Posted on by Inara Pey

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 as the week progresses
  • 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: 13 January, 2013

  • SL Viewer updates:
      • Beta version rolled to 3.4.4.268697 on January 8th, 2013 – release notes
      • Development rolled to 3.4.5.268856 on January 9th, and then to 3.4.6.268934 on January 11th, 2013
      • Development version of the CHUI project viewer rolled to 3.4.3.268914 on January 10, and then to 3.4.4.268994 on January 14th
  • Catznip released an update for Ubuntu 12.10 on January 8th, 2013
  • Dolphin rolled to 3.4.9.26973 on January 8th, 2013 – core updates: updated to latest viewer-dev code; port of “collapsible” wrold map from Hitomi Tiponi’s Starlight skin (hides legend); release notes
  • Kokua released version 3.4.4 on January 11th, 2013
  • Cool VL updates – three versions for the time being, all updated on January 11th, 2013:
    • Stable version rolled to 1.26.6.5
    • Legacy version Legacy (v2.6 renderer) rolled to 1.26.4.48
    • Experimental version rolled to 1.26.7.5
    • Release notes
  • Metabolt release version 0.9.61.0 (Beta) on January 12th, 2013 – core updates: multi-attachment points support added & UUID / attachment point of selected attachments displayed; multi-layer clothing support addded; option to disable “Network Disconnected” message; translation options removed; creator info added to Object Manager; various Group handling improvements; various fixes and enhancements – release notes
  • Phoenix officially reached end-of-line for SL on December 31st – read more here

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Viewer release summary 2013: week 1

Posted on by Inara Pey

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 as the week progresses
  • 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: 6 January, 2013

  • SL Viewer updates:
      • Development rolled to 3.4.5.268717 on January 4th, 2013
      • Development version of the CHUI project viewer rolled to 3.4.3.268744 on January 4th, 2013
  • Cool VL updates – three versions for the time being, all updated on January 5th, 2013:
    • Stable version rolled to 1.26.6.4
    • Legacy version Legacy (v2.6 renderer) rolled to 1.26.4.47
    • Experimental version rolled to 1.26.7.4
    • Release notes
  • Phoenix officially reached end-of-line for SL on December 31st – read more here

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