[opensource-dev] Open Viewer Development Announcement

[Andromeda Quonset]

At 12:56 PM 8/16/2010, you wrote:
>On 2010-08-16 14:23, Henri Beauchamp wrote:
>>
>>
>>Well, the first improvement to do is to actually revert 80% of the UI
>>to the way v1.23's one was working, especially getting rid of that
>>moronic side bar is its modal tools which impair productivity and
>>user-friendliness... The question is: will LL finally admit that the
>>viewer 2 UI is a failure and widely rejected by 80% of its regular user
>>base, and accept a move in the way of "going back" (actually repairing)
>>UI-wise ?...
>
>I've said this before, and I'll repeat it again here:
>
>Don't waste everyones time suggesting that we 
>throw away Viewer 2, or that we revert the UI to 
>Viewer 1.   It is absolutely not going to 
>happen, and any suggestion to that effect will be ignored.
>
>That does not mean that we don't recognize that 
>some choices in V2 were not optimal, and that 
>some probably need to be revisited, and we're 
>open to doing that.  But we will do it in the 
>context of calm discussions of what problems 
>exist and creative ideas for how to solve 
>them.  We are not moving backwards, we are moving forwards.
>
>Think about it for a minute - there are an 
>infinite number of possible solutions for how to 
>build a UI for a virtual world viewer - what are 
>the odds that the first or second attempt 
>produced the best possible UI?  We need new and 
>creative ideas focused on specific problem descriptions. Â


At the risk of upsetting the decorum here, I just can't let this go by.
Mr. Oz Linden, perhaps YOU should depart from ALL 
viewer development.  Statements  of "It is 
absolutely not going to happen, and any 
suggestion to that effect will be ignored." are 
not going to endear yourself with the 
community.  Not that I can speak for anyone but 
myself, but your statement is extremely Draconian 
in nature and is only going to stir up trouble in 
the long run.  You should recognize that it is 
occasionally helpful to simply throw out the baby 
with the bath water, and start fresh. 
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