Tag: 2014 viewer release summaries

Viewer release summaries: week 40

Posted on by Inara Pey

Updates for the week ending: Sunday October 5th, 2014

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 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 3.7.16.294015 (no change)
  • Release channel cohorts (See my notes on manually installing RC viewer versions if you wish to install any release candidate(s) yourself):
    • New Log-in Screen RC viewer updated to 3.7.17.294959 on October 3rd – simple and clean login screen for new users, and a corresponding update for returning users. (download and release notes)
    • Maintenance RC viewer version 3.7.17.294943 released on October 2 – a large number of maintenance fixes covering inventory, voice, privacy, rendering, sounds, texture animation and more (download and release notes)
  • Project viewers:
    • No Updates.

LL Viewer Resources

Third-party Viewers

V3-style

  • Black Dragon updated to version 2.40.1 Beta on October 2nd – core updates: fixes, revisions, and tweaks resulting from initial 2.4 feedback, including revised world map (change log)

V1-style

  • Cool Viewer Stable Branch updated to version 1.26.12.19 and Cool Viewer Legacy Branch updated to version 1.26.8.77, both on October 4th – core updates: please refer to the release notes.

Mobile / Other Clients

Additional TPV Resources

Related Links

Viewer release summaries: week 39

Posted on by Inara Pey

Updates for the week ending: Sunday September 28th, 2014

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 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 updated to version 3.7.16.294015 on September 22nd (formerly the Maintenance RC viewer core updates: fixes for inventory and outfit management; appearance editing; group & group ban management; camera controls; multi-grid support for favourites; notifications management; stability, bug and crash fixes) (download page, release notes)
  • Release channel cohorts (See my notes on manually installing RC viewer versions if you wish to install any release candidate(s) yourself):
    • No updates.
  • Project viewers:
    • Benchmark project viewer version 3.7.17.294710 released on September 25  – core updates: removes reliance on the GPU table for determining the viewer’s initial graphics settings (download and release notes)

LL Viewer Resources

Third-party Viewers

V3-style

  • Black Dragon updated to version 2.4 Beta (3.7.15.33763 or 3.7.17.34052) on September 28th – core updates: please refer to the change log

V1-style

  • No updates.

Mobile / Other Clients

  • No updates.

Additional TPV Resources

Related Links

Viewer release summaries: week 38

Posted on by Inara Pey

Updates for the week ending: Sunday September 21st, 2014

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 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:  3.7.15.293376 – no change
  • Release channel cohorts (See my notes on manually installing RC viewer versions if you wish to install any release candidate(s) yourself):
    • New Log-in Screen RC viewer 3.7.16.294345 released on September 19 – simple and clean login screen for new users, and a corresponding update for returning users. (download and release notes)
  • Project viewers:
    • No updates.

LL Viewer Resources

Third-party Viewers

V3-style

  • UKanDo viewer updated to version 3.7.15.28403 on September 18th – core updates: parity with LL viewer code through to release 3.7.15; numerous tweaks and updates (release notes)

V1-style

  • Cool VL viewer updated on September 20th – Stable release to version 1.26.12.18 and Legacy version 1.26.8.76 – core updates: please refer to the release notes

Mobile / Other Clients

  • No updates

Additional TPV Resources

Related Links

Viewer release summaries: week 37

Posted on by Inara Pey

Updates for the week ending: Sunday September 14th, 2014

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 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:  3.7.15.293376 (formerly the Snowstorm contributions viewer incl the unified snapshot floater  and support for ‘older than’ when inventory filtering ) (download page, release notes)
  • Release channel cohorts (See my notes on manually installing RC viewer versions if you wish to install any release candidate(s) yourself):
    • Maintenance RC viewer updated to 3.7.16.294015 on September 12th – core updates: fixes for inventory and outfit management; appearance editing; group & group ban management; camera controls; multi-grid support for favourites; notifications management; stability, bug and crash fixes (download and release notes)
  • Project viewers:
    • Experience Keys project viewer updated to version 3.7.16.293901 on September 10th – adds support for viewing and managing Experiences and for contributing content for Experiences (download and release notes).

LL Viewer Resources

Third-party Viewers

V3-style

  • No updates

V1-style

  • Cool VL viewer updated on September 13th – Stable release to version 1.26.12.17 and Legacy version 1.26.8.75 – core updates: please refer to the release notes

Mobile / Other Clients

  • No updates

Additional TPV Resources

Related Links

Viewer release summaries: week 36

Posted on by Inara Pey

Updates for the week ending: Sunday September 7th, 2014

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 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:  3.7.14.292638 (no change) (download page, release notes)
  • Release channel cohorts (See my notes on manually installing RC viewer versions if you wish to install any release candidate(s) yourself):
    • Maintenance RC viewer 3.7.15.293253 released on September 5th – core updates: fixes for inventory and outfit management; appearance editing; group & group ban management; camera controls; multi-grid support for favourites; notifications management; stability, bug and crash fixes (download and release notes)
    • Snowstorm contributions viewer updated to  version 3.7.15.293376 on September 5th – core updates: assorted contributed fixes and updates, including the unified snapshot floater, support for ‘older than’ when inventory filtering  (download and release notes)
  • Project viewers:
    • No updates.

LL Viewer Resources

Third-party Viewers

V3-style

  • CtrlAltStudio released version 1.2.2.41206 (Alpha 3) on September 4th – core update: basic UI elements for Oculus DK2 (download and release notes)

V1-style

  • Cool VL viewer updated on September 6th – Stable release to version 1.26.12.16 and Legacy version 1.26.8.74 – core updates: please refer to the release notes
  • Replex released version 1.0.0 on September 6th – core updates: parity with Singularity 1.8.6 code base; skin updates; Windows 64-bit version supports parcel media  (release notes)
  • Singularity updated on September 4th to version 1.8.6.6156 – core updates: customisable toolbar buttons; mini-map updates; emergency teleport; build updates; graphics improvements; group ban support,and much, much more (release notes) – reviewed here

Mobile / Other Clients

  • No updates

Additional TPV Resources

Related Links

Viewer release summaries: week 35

Posted on by Inara Pey

Updates for the week ending: Sunday August 31st, 2014

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 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

LL Viewer Resources

Third-party Viewers

V3-style

  • Alchemy viewer released version 3.7.14.33534 Beta on August 27th – core updates: UI refresh; legacy profiles; region tracker; snapshot floater updates (release notes)
  • CtrlAltStudio released version 1.2.2.41190 Alpha 2 on August 25th – adds Oculus DK2 positional head tracking (release notes and download)
  • Kokua release version 3.7.8.35024 for OpenSim on August 27th – core updates: refocus on SL 3.7.7 and 3.7.8 code base for better OpenSim stability (3.7.12 still available for SL) (release notes)

V1-style

  • Cool VL viewer updated on August 31st – Stable release to version 1.26.12.15 and Legacy version 1.26.8.73 – core updates: please refer to the release notes

Mobile / Other Clients

Additional TPV Resources

Related Links