[opensource-dev] STORM-243 - simulator version notifications

Stickman stickman at gmail.com
Tue Jan 18 08:01:35 PST 2011


> on the contrary, i'm trying to port a patch from henri beauchamps cool viewer
> that makes that notification more detailed, as in it tells you the version of
> the sim you entered and the version of the sim you left.

As Lance said, the notice as it is right now isn't very useful.

If it actually had more information, such as maybe the version you
were at and the version you're going to and allows you to click it to
get to the release notes, it would be significantly useful.

In its current state, it's possibly confusing/annoying to the standard
user, and not useful enough to the technical user.

That wasn't your question, though.

If it's not going to become more useful, I'd be up for deleting it. If
I'm curious about versions, I'd go check it manually anyway. I have to
already, since it doesn't tell me.

Switching argument gears, I've often had the idea of SL having two
clients, the standard user and the technical developer. Unfortunately,
this is an extremely limited view, as there is a huge range of users.
The "modular client" idea that went through the list a while back,
where LL makes a core system with some default modules and everyone
can make whatever addons they wanted, seemed like a really good idea
that allows for these "two clients" and everything inbetween. It would
also let people contribute by just making a quick little module rather
than a full client. But that's a different topic.

What's LL's direction for SL, anyway? Do they want to cater to the
technical developer? The artistic developer? The window-shopping user?
Socially inclined chatters? Sight seers? Besides bringing things up to
current technology, it's hard to see where LL's trying to go, and that
makes it hard to suggest things that would be more useful.

Stickman


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