tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6070972110446697029.post6367841315457604825..comments2021-09-10T23:38:21.337-07:00Comments on Virtual Jungle: Alternate Second Life ViewersDanton Sidewayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08592611193635208286noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6070972110446697029.post-46085490937190645962011-03-27T03:42:01.281-07:002011-03-27T03:42:01.281-07:00http://inflife.net
“Reborn is the best Sl viewer ...http://inflife.net<br /><br />“Reborn is the best Sl viewer i think I HAVE EVER used so far.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6070972110446697029.post-75763697351378148412010-08-03T04:18:36.169-07:002010-08-03T04:18:36.169-07:00Those last two comments are borderline spam, since...Those last two comments are borderline spam, since the inflife website seems to be a for-profit setup. But at least the comments are on topic, so hey, I'll take what I can get.Danton Sidewayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08592611193635208286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6070972110446697029.post-47485835754161783442010-07-09T07:52:37.369-07:002010-07-09T07:52:37.369-07:00For those of you still looking for alternate viewe...For those of you still looking for alternate viewers, there are several at http://inflife.net/<br /><br />"ZeroProxy" is an excellent viewer "add-on," which still allows you to use your favorite viewer, but adds the features of ZeroProxy. http://inflife.net/?p=401<br /><br />You may also wish to try their new "Second Life Popular" client. It's features are astounding, <i>by far</i> the best I've seen. http://inflife.net/?p=454<br /><br />All of the viewers they create have free lifetime upgrades, support, and a wish list for new features.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6070972110446697029.post-32725075379539493192010-07-05T18:10:36.067-07:002010-07-05T18:10:36.067-07:00A website with a great database for alternate view...A website with a great database for alternate viewers for sale or for download can be found at http://inflife.net/MasonosaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443611477706589905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6070972110446697029.post-89065146598992398242008-08-26T16:22:00.000-07:002008-08-26T16:22:00.000-07:00Lena - Those are two very good questions.1) Newer ...Lena - Those are two very good questions.<BR/><BR/>1) Newer versions of the SL viewer can make one's graphics card obsolete. That happened to me about 6 months ago, but I got around it by *downgrading* my graphics card driver and setting draw distance to 64. But while SL forces you to use a recent viewer, OpenSim is designed so that you can use even very old viewers with the latest OpenSim update, so it should be possible for SL to implement that too. Until SL does so, someone should try to make a viewer that allows one to use today's SL with older graphics cards. But I'm unable to keep up with these developments, so you'll have to ask someone else whether there now exists such a viewer.<BR/><BR/>2) The whole question of viewers that are browser-based, browser-hosted or browser-embedded (and the differences between these) goes over my head. The best introductory discussion I've found is this:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.realityprime.com/articles/volumes-of-reading" REL="nofollow">http://www.realityprime.com/articles/volumes-of-reading</A><BR/><BR/>As I understand, the browser plug-ins merely allow you run inside your browser the SL graphics that your graphics card is powerful enough to run anyway. And the "lite" versions such as Ajaxlife give you various SL functions but *without* the 3D graphics. Thus neither "browser" applications nor "lite" applications are going to give you any graphics rendering that your graphics card is unable to generate when running SL in the normal way.Danton Sidewayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08592611193635208286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6070972110446697029.post-40716149672213959052008-08-22T00:56:00.000-07:002008-08-22T00:56:00.000-07:00Hi Denton, Very usuful information. These alternat...Hi Denton, <BR/><BR/>Very usuful information. These alternate viewers are good but they dont solve the problem of those whose computers dont meet SL system requirements such as graphic card compatibility.<BR/>1) do you know any alternate viewer which is a light version but is not as simple as those web-based viewers.<BR/>2) I know there is an other approach like Xenki which enables current official viewer run on web browser. How does system work? Do you know any site which describes how to do that step by step for regular users (not developers)<BR/><BR/>ThanksUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11365104013119795071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6070972110446697029.post-22921113308077160012008-07-10T04:34:00.000-07:002008-07-10T04:34:00.000-07:00justincc has done an interesting post about the ad...justincc has done an <A HREF="http://justincc.wordpress.com/2008/06/20/where-are-all-the-clean-room-clients" REL="nofollow">interesting post</A> about the advantages of building virtual world viewers from scratch. And here is a quick link to <A HREF="http://openviewer.org/wiki" REL="nofollow">OpenViewer</A>, the open source viewer that I overlooked, and which justincc mentions above.Danton Sidewayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08592611193635208286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6070972110446697029.post-46226981396754234002008-06-04T13:26:00.000-07:002008-06-04T13:26:00.000-07:00Those of an adventurous disposition might also wan...Those of an adventurous disposition might also want to take a look at http://openviewer.org which is a viewer in the very early stages of construction. Unlike many of the other viewers it's BSD licensed rather than GPL licensed (as it's not derived from the Linden source base). One advantage of this is that a developer working on the viewer is free to also submit patches to the OpenSim code base without any licensing/code contamination issues.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6070972110446697029.post-62316879763360468982008-06-04T13:19:00.000-07:002008-06-04T13:19:00.000-07:00Perhaps also worth noting is the fact that OpenSim...Perhaps also worth noting is the fact that OpenSim is quite happy to accept logins from any of the official clients, including those older than 1.19.1.4. This might be helpful for people who experience performance glitches or slowdown with the newer viewers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6070972110446697029.post-38020681532479856872008-06-02T09:26:00.000-07:002008-06-02T09:26:00.000-07:00Just a note - AjaxLife's source is, in fact, avail...Just a note - AjaxLife's source is, in fact, available; see http://code.google.com/p/ajaxlife/source to either browse it or for instructions on how to download a copy. Also, the stuff about the map is outdated. And I know about the error messages, and am considering ways of making them go away.Katharine Berryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14008064525848684801noreply@blogger.com