As far as I understand, Linden Lab will no longer allow this feature, neither in TPVs nor in HUDs or otherwise applied scripts.
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Any avatar tracker does about the same thing. »True Online Status« overrides the user’s privacy settings (»Only friends and groups know I’m online« in Firestorm prefs and the ✿riend can see when you’re online« checkbox in the contacts list). Raymond Martinek 26 February 2012 at 07:35 I think we will see a mass exodus to other grids after this action but then, of course we know LL has our best interests at heart. Death to RLV, RLV enhanced RP, Enhanced radar, and so much more. Basically throwing everyone forcibly into using SL's viewer - or a viewer that has no extra features beyond what SL offers. I can't see the thousands of former Emerald, Cool Viewer, Imprudence, Phoenix, Firestorm, Kirstan, Dolphin, Ascent, (and so many others)viewer users being happy with this action. To limit future features to ONLY those already included in LL own viewer is an astounding move on their part and maybe one that will sign the death certificate for SL. If I understand what I read, they have just signed the death certificate for all 3rd party viewers, for anyone wishing to use RLV which LL has never had in their viewers and for any innovation of new features provided by people who have created the wonderful 3rd party viewers which have done so much to enhance user experience (boob jiggle and more).
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I have heretical ideas to deal with this social problem, but they are beyond the scope of the post above. I however feel this will be a boon to those multi account "playas" and lead to even more suspicion of "new" accounts. Each viewer had its frustrations and good points, but those that throw up their hands at every change would still be using system hair now :) For the record, I have used V1 LL viewer, Emerald, Phoenix and now Firestorm. For example this wont stop Exodus offering more graphic tweaking capabilities than say Firestorm. A worthy goal IMHO and I don't feel this will overly impact upon TPV viewer innovation.
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An example being multi-attachemnt point, a la Emerald, where emerald users saw attachments in the right spot and others saw them floating in mid air. The second refers to the lindens wanting a uniform in-world experience for everyone, so that one person will see much what another does. The first line refers to those that will throw up their hands and scream I am leaving cos of change. Reply DeleteĬonnie in a Sec 25 February 2012 at 23:24 And Linden Lab wouldn’t like it, or I am the more deceived. If the Phoenix/Firestorm team were to do this there would be an uproar from the side of their users, no doubt. So they might just as well drop development and support and simply block their viewers from connecting to the Second Life grid. But I also understand they are neither Linden Lab’s employees nor contractors who must deliver. Linden Lab may be just a bit too confident in their powers.Īnother crucial point beside the user reactions: How will TPV developers respond to this? As far as I understand they will have to accept terms and conditions which are neither exactly sensible nor acceptable nor tolerable. Their risk lies in _behaving_ like Apple but IMHO not _being_ anything like Apple. So Linden Lab’s proprietary policy might backfire but not necessarily. I understand that the official Linden viewer and its interface have much improved compared to the early versions but I personally think it’s still not good enough, so what I’ve described in the last paragraph may still apply. That’s when they will stop playing altogether.« Then they will reach the point where they ask themselves what the heck they are playing Second Life for anyway. Then the frequency of sessions will drop. They will just find, at a rather sub-conscious level, handling the Linden Viewer somewhat tedious, so their sessions will get shorter. »People probably won’t even mainly stay away because of a conscious decision. I’ve already described this mechanism on this blog on November, 26: The only real risk for Linden Lab from the users’ side that I can see is a different one and one which will be very dangerous marketing-wise: erosion. Even if the sole option were the official Linden viewer. Most people will be very grumpy but they will love playing Second Life too much to drop it and will choose one of the remaining available options. The decisive question is whether people will make a deliberate decision to leave Second Life because the viewer of their choice or its core features they have learned to love are no longer available.
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Raymond Martinek 25 February 2012 at 07:51