Comments on: Linden Lab Lock Step, Out of Synch

By: brinda Allen

brinda Allen — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:43:27 +0000

@Troy McLuhan
Suggestion…Download Emerald and cruise the grid. You see a lot of green and still a lot of 1.23.5.

Yes, there are some oldbies using 2.0…but it would seem that the primary user is those who have recently joined and download the first viewer they see advertised.
I realize this answer,(or opinion),doesn’t truly respond to your question.

By: Troy McLuhan

Troy McLuhan — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 02:26:09 +0000

Do you have any data on Viewer 2 usage versus usage of other viewers? (Sample sizes larger than 5% of the SL population, please.) The cross-section of SL residents you interact with probably isn’t representative of the whole SL population.

By: Alberik Rotaru

Alberik Rotaru — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 22:38:38 +0000

It’s prolly not a terrific corporate defence to denounce the capacity of its users.

By: Dusan

Dusan — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 22:02:48 +0000

Regarding varying levels of fidelity, I never said dumbed down. I didn’t say retrofit everything to 2004 or something. My point about lower-spec computers isn’t to lower the specs of SL, but to make it easier to tweak the settings. I mean, it works for games, it adjusts fidelity based on your machine, why do I need to tweak 100 buttons to get SL to work? Or am I missing something?

I mean – did you SEE Gwyn’s post on optimizing performance with the new viewer? It was sooooo arcane – “first, open the advanced menu…”

Nowhere did I say anything about getting it to run on crap machines. My point is about making it SIMPLER to lower your draw distance, turn off the bling and particles and whatever else. A ‘dumbed down’ SL isn’t the direction to take, but an interface that makes it easier to dial up or down seems to me like it would go a long way to letting people with lower-spec machines last more than a few minutes without crashing.

By: c3

c3 — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 20:34:33 +0000

what, that Gold Dev Certificate didnt bring no Enterprises?;)

same ole Apple trick circa 1990.;)

Dusan, the soon to be self hating evangelist;)…
i did warn ya buddy;)

btw- had a very good virtual meeting today with the ceo of a french company called assemblive.com

system worked very smooth… worth your (clients) look.;)

anyhow.
it was a bit of fresh air in the metaverse of dunces.
c3

By: Metacam Oh

Metacam Oh — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:44:37 +0000

Why would it be so hard to have a dumbed down version of the world that runs on crappy computers and one that flourishes when turned up high. Why is it so hard to ask for the old viewer with new shared media, these things are only complicated because Linden has yet to do it. Why did they bother announcing Mesh last year,LAST SLCC, we’re almost at the next years SLCC and Mesh is still not here and no target date. Turtle pace…

By: Radar

Radar — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:48:36 +0000

You want a more realistic, less dated 3d experience AND you want it to run on crap PCs with integrated graphics?

Now you understand one of LLs problems. None of their users are realistic.

By: brinda Allen

brinda Allen — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 17:05:16 +0000

Two things here that would seem at first look to be diametric opposites.
I have a very high end machine…and I absolutely love the look. I do realize that likely most people use a computer primarily for things other than this graphics heavy application…(and no, I’ll bet testing wasn’t done one a $600USD Best Buy PC).
The other thing is all the high tech stuff that The Benevolent Monarchy would like to bring us.
I fear that mesh for instance, is just another of those innovations that will look so cool…yet remove the *average* user from content creation. I see the techical aspects pushing the majority further into a almost total consumer oriented culture. My gosh, if we can’t get them to understand any viewer… how will we ever get them to create content. OH! (slaps self) I get it! A 3D chat room where we advertise farmville tractors!