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2010/Jul/21 22:58 UTC

Now Available -- A Faster, More Stable Viewer 2

<div class='jive-rendered-content'>Today I’m pleased to announce that Viewer 2 has left beta to become the official release Viewer for Second Life! As mentioned in previous blog posts, our focus over the past few months has been on improving the stability and performance of the Viewer. At the beta release, the crash rate was far worse than our previous 1.23 Viewer and this is something our engineering teams have worked hard to correct. We’ve been closely monitoring crash rates and other key metrics and carefully tuning our code to provide a much more predictable and stable inworld experience. Over the beta period, we’ve watched crash rates decline steadily and we’re confident this release, Version 2.1.0, will be a great improvement over the previous release.Version 2.1.0 is not just about stability and performance improvements, we’ve also introduced some great UI and usability enhancements in response to your feedback. Check out the <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Release_Notes/Second_Life_Release/2.1.0">Version 2.1.0 release notes</a> for more detail, but here are some highlights:<ul><li>Customize the bottom bar - <em>Right-click on the bottom bar to show/hide the buttons you wish to have displayed</em>. </li><li>Resize the chat bar - <em>Click and drag over the right side of the chat bar to resize the field to your desired width</em>.</li><li>Choose between sliding the world or overlaying it with the Sidebar - <em>Many users didn’t like the squeezing effect that took place on their world view when they opened the Sidebar. In response to that, we’ve added a new preference (under Advanced > Automatic position for: Sidebar” ) that allows you to choose which Sidebar slide behavior you prefer</em>.</li><li>Camera controls clean-up - <em>The pan and orbit controls have been brought back together in one view, so you don’t have to toggle between the two</em>. </li><li>Avatar appearance editing in the Sidebar - <em>You can now edit your outfits and body shape right from the Appearance Tab in the sidebar.</em></li></ul>We’ve also introduced a new voice feature - Voice Morphing!Voice Morphing is a long-requested feature that allows you to change your avatar’s voice to match any number of tones and characteristics. You can change your voice to sound like a robot, furry, monster, or even a different gender! Voice Morphing adds a new dimension to avatar customization, allowing you to be whoever you want to be in Second Life, in both appearance and voice! To learn more, check out the <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://secondlife.com/landing/voicemorphing">SL Voice Morphing Microsite</a>.<strong>Resources</strong>
<a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://secondlife.com/support/downloads/">Download Page</a>
<a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Release_Notes/Second_Life_Release/2.1.0">Release Notes </a>
<a class="jive-link-community-small" href="http://blogs.secondlife.com/community/forums/v2">Viewer 2 Forum</a>
<a class="jive-link-external-small" href="https://jira.secondlife.com/secure/Dashboard.jspa">Jira</a>
<a class="jive-link-external-small" href="https://blogs.secondlife.com/community/answers/v2?view=discussions">SL Answers</a>
<a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Voice_Morphing">Knowledge Base</a>
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