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12.18.08Visual Metaphors for the Imagination: Second Life Is a Photo BoothArguing about design is like arguing about wallpaper, or whether you like Monet or Manet: it's very difficult to even frame the terms of the debate, let alone decide who won it. There have been attempts, recently, to try to figure out the world's "Best Art" by applying mathematical formulas. If you ask the experts, they'll choose this: So it's with great trepidation that I step further into the debate about the Second Life home page design, unveiled by Linden Lab yesterday, to spirited and heated commentary by current residents. And for those who missed it, here it is again, ...
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12.16.08Linden Lab Launches Big Spaceship Web Design, Invisible Pods and AllEdit: Since this post, the Lab seems to have listened to the community and provided a screen shot of the new test home page. See it and comments here. Linden Lab is rolling out a new home page for the Second Life Web site. The page, designed through their recent hiring of Big Spaceship will go where others fear to tread: a Flash-based design. This is exciting news. New users will be able to experience Second Life before they even log in, by awaiting whatever Flash-y stuff they have cooked up, and for those on lower bandwidth they'll know by ...
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