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11.11.07CSI New York Viewer: Search Terms about OnRez ViewerThe OnRez viewer launched by The Electric Sheep company to coincide with the CSI New York hype-fest (and its deflating in world build) was met with scorn and criticism including oh-so-gentle assessments by yours truly. In follow up to all of that, a few interesting items have shown up in the search terms that people use and then find my little home here on the Web: "third-party second life viewer change" "CSI viewer remove" "OnRez viewer change" and my all time favourite: "electric sheep company remove hud" Are we all happy with the AOL-ification of Second Life yet?
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10.24.07CSI New York in Second Life: Initial Photos, OnRez ViewerThe CSI New York episode tonight is expected to send 500,000+ intrigued viewers into Second Life. This coincides with the launch of the new On Rez viewer. Electric Sheep Company prez commented at the recent Virtual World's Conference advocated for the "AOL-ization" of Second Life. Well, that's what the new sim and viewer feel like. For a 'newbie' the viewer felt a bit more intuitive, cleaner, and had a nice "Web" feel to it. For someone used to a viewer focused on building and creating (the new viewer HIDES the build and create buttons!) I won't be switching anytime soon! One feature ...
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10.10.07AOL Version of Second LifeElectric Sheep are set to launch a new Second Life viewer at the Virtual World's conference in San Jose with the expressed intent of creating a more "AOL-type" experience. I have mixed feelings about the viewer but will reserve judgement until I see a full working version. First, I tend to agree with New World Notes that with users having access to different viewers that their experiences of SL might "split" just as those who adapted voice "split" from those who refuse to plug in a microphone (I am one of the latter by the way). Having said that, the current viewer ...
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