Tag: 2014 viewer release summaries

Viewer release summaries 2014: week 28

Posted on by Inara Pey

Updates for the week ending: Sunday July 13th, 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 updated to version: 3.7.10.291265 July 8th – formerly the Snowstorm viewer – Windows XP users, please note that you must have Service Pack 3 (Win XP 32-bit) or SP 2 (Win XP 64-bit) in order for this viewer to install (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):
    • SL Maintenance RC version 3.7.12.291824 released on July 10th – almost 40 MAINT fixes from the Lab “to make your Second Life smoother”  (download and release notes)
  • Project viewers:
    • Project refresh viewer version 3.7.12.291799 released on July 10th – contains an update to a large set of libraries used by the viewer to provide security, stability and consistency improvements to this and future viewers (download and release notes)

LL Viewer Resources

Third-party Viewers

V3-style

  • No updates

V1-style

  • Cool VL viewer updated on July 12th – Stable release to version 1.26.12.7 and Legacy version 1.26.8.65 – core updates: please refer to the release notes

Mobile / Other Clients

  • No updates

Additional TPV Resources

Related Links

Viewer release summaries 2014: week 27

Posted on by Inara Pey

Updates for the week ending: Sunday July 6th, 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

  • Black Dragon updated on July 2nd to version 2.3.9.9 (c) – core updates: fix for motion blur issue as a result of fitted mesh updates to avatar skeleton – change log

V1-style

  • Cool VL viewer updated on July 5th – Stable release to version 1.26.12.6 and Legacy version 1.26.8.64 – core updates: please refer to the release notes

Mobile / Other Clients

  • No updates

Additional TPV Resources

Related Links

Viewer release summaries 2014: week 26

Posted on by Inara Pey

Updates for the week ending: Sunday June 29th, 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: 3.7.10.291134 June 23rd (formerly the SL Share 2 RC – ability to upload Tweets and snapshots to Twitter and / or snapshots to Flickr) (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):
  • Project viewers:
    • Group Ban project viewer updated to version 3.7.11.291394  June 24th – allows certain group members to ban avatar from a group or from joining a group  When an existing group member is banned, they are also automatically ejected from the group (download and release notes)

LL Viewer Resources

Third-party Viewers

V3-style

  • Black Dragon updated to version 2.3.9.9(B) on June 28th – core updates: bug fixes; ability to invert pitch controls (change log)

V1-style

  • Cool VL viewer updated on June 21st – Stable release to version 1.26.12.5 and Legacy version 1.26.8.63 – core updates: please refer to the release notes

Mobile / Other Clients

  • No updates

Additional TPV Resources

Related Links

Viewer release summaries 2014: week 25

Posted on by Inara Pey

Updates for the week ending: Sunday June 22nd, 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: 3.7.9.290582 June 16th (formerly the MemShine RC – combining the MemPlugs memory leak fixes and sunshine AIS v3
  • Release channel cohorts (See my notes on manually installing RC viewer versions if you wish to install any release candidate(s) yourself):
    • SL Share 2 RC viewer updated to version 3.7.10.291134 on June 19th – ability to upload Tweets and snapshots to Twitter and / or snapshots to Flickr (download and release notes)
    • Snowstorm viewer prompted to RC and updated to version 3.7.10.291042 on June 19th – numerous code contributions including STORM-1831 Obtain LSL syntax table from simulator so that it is always up to date; STORM-1966 Block installation on old and unpatched versions of Windows  and STORM-68 Allow setting of default permissions on creation of objects, clothing, scripts, notecards, etc. (download and release notes)
  • Project viewers:
    • Group Ban project viewer version 3.7.8.290887 released on June 17th – allows certain group members to ban avatar from a group or from joining a group  When an existing group member is banned, they are also automatically ejected from the group (download and release notes)

LL Viewer Resources

Third-party Viewers

V3-style

  • Black Dragon updated to version 2.3.9.9(A) on June 17th – core updates: please refer to the change log
  • Restrained Love Viewer updated to version 2.9 on June 18th – core updates: new RLV camera commands (release notes)

V1-style

  • Cool VL viewer updated on June 21st – Stable release to version 1.26.12.4 and Legacy version 1.26.8.62 – core updates: please refer to the release notes

Mobile / Other Clients

  • No updates

Additional TPV Resources

Related Links

Viewer release summaries 2014: week 24

Posted on by Inara Pey

Updates for the week ending: Sunday June 15th, 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 viewer release: no change from version 3.7.8.289922
  • Release channel cohorts (See my notes on manually installing RC viewer versions if you wish to install any release candidate(s) yourself):
    • MemPlug and Sunshine / AIS v3 RCs removed, superceded by the Memshine RC released in week 23
  • Project viewers:

LL Viewer Resources

Third-party Viewers

V3-style

  • Black Dragon updated to version 2.3.9.9 on June 9th – core updates: please refer to the release notes (included here as the update had been published at the time of going to press)

V1-style

  • No Updates

Mobile / Other Clients

  • Metabolt updated to version 0.9.70.0 on June 13th and then 0.9.71.0 on June 14th – core updates:  bug fixes; initial work to provide Mono support for Linux / Max compatibility; removal of x64-bit version; fix for broken plugin issue; digital signature added to installer to prevent security warnings during download – release notes (both versions)

Additional TPV Resources

Related Links

Viewer release summaries 2014: week 23

Posted on by Inara Pey

Updates for the week ending: Sunday June 8th, 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 viewer release: no change from version 3.7.8.289922
  • Release channel cohorts (See my notes on manually installing RC viewer versions if you wish to install any release candidate(s) yourself):
    • SL MemShine RC version 3.7.9.290582 released on June 3 – combines the MemPlugs RC (fixes to address memory leaks in the viewer) and the Sunshine / AIS v3 RC viewer (stability and performance improvements for SSA) (download and release notes)
  • Project viewers:
    • No updates

LL Viewer Resources

Third-party Viewers

V3-style

  • Black Dragon updated to version 2.3.9.9 on June 9th – core updates: please refer to the release notes (included here as the update had been published at the time of going to press)

V1-style

  • Cool VL viewer updated on June 7th – Stable release to version 1.26.12.3 and Legacy version 1.26.8.61 – core updates: please refer to the release notes

Mobile / Other Clients

  • No updates

Additional TPV Resources

Related Links