Viewer release summaries: week 36

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

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

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Viewer release summaries: week 34

Updates for the week ending: Sunday August 24th, 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 3.7.14.292638 August 18th (formerly the Library Refresh RC viewer – 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 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:
    • No updates.

LL Viewer Resources

Third-party Viewers

V3-style

V1-style

  • Cool VL viewer updated on August 23rd – Stable release to version 1.26.12.13 and Legacy version 1.26.8.71 – core updates: please refer to the release notes

Mobile / Other Clients

  • No updates.

Additional TPV Resources

Related Links

Viewer release summaries 2014: week 33

Updates for the week ending: Sunday August 17th, 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 3.7.13.292225 no change – update aniticipated in week 34
  • 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:
    • No updates.

LL Viewer Resources

Third-party Viewers

V3-style

  • Firestorm updated to version 4.6.7.42398 –  core updates: parity with LL 3.7.8 code base + some items from later versions; viewer-side interest list updates; Mac 64-bit version + much more – release notes; release review

V1-style

  • Cool VL viewer updated on August 16th – Stable release to version 1.26.12.12 and Legacy version 1.26.8.70 – core updates: please refer to the release notes

Mobile / Other Clients

  • Mobile Grid Client updated to version 1.22.1221 – core updates: fix to prevent service from being killed by the latest Samsung firmware – change log

Additional TPV Resources

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Viewer release summaries 2014: week 32

Updates for the week ending: Sunday August 10th, 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 3.7.13.292225 on August 4 (formerly the group ban RC) download, release notes
  • 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 version 3.7.14.292660 released on August 6 – a simple and clean login screen for new users (download and release notes)
    • Library Refresh RC viewer updated to version 3.7.14.292638 on August 6 – 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)
  • Project viewers:
    • No updates.

LL Viewer Resources

Third-party Viewers

V3-style

  • No updates

V1-style

  • Cool VL viewer updated on August 9th – Stable release to version 1.26.12.11 and Legacy version 1.26.8.69 – core updates: please refer to the release notes

Mobile / Other Clients

  • No updates

Additional TPV Resources

Related Links

Viewer release summaries 2014: week 31

Updates for the week ending: Sunday August 3rd, 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: no change to version 3.7.12.291824
  • Release channel cohorts (See my notes on manually installing RC viewer versions if you wish to install any release candidate(s) yourself):
    • Zipper Viewer RC viewer version 3.7.13.292263 released on July 30 – faster viewer installation (download and release notes) (note it is likely that this viewer is liable to be removed from the channel shortly, due to older operating systems not supporting the archive format used to zip the viewer skins for faster installation Removed from the channel on August 6th)
  • Project viewers:
    • No updates.

LL Viewer Resources

Third-party Viewers

V3-style

  • Dolphin viewer released a beta version 3.6.99.32369 on August 1st – core updates: mostly under-the-hood changes – download and  release notes

V1-style

  • Cool VL viewer updated on August 1st – Stable release to version 1.26.12.10 and Legacy version 1.26.8.68 – core updates: please refer to the release notes

Mobile / Other Clients

  • No updates

Additional TPV Resources

Related Links