[opensource-dev] Review viewer -- draw distance slider

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Today, novice users are already hurting themselves by a much larger measure.  At the earliest stages, they're directed by other residents to click the advanced button and right away change the slider.  Not only are they potentially hurting themselves with the slider, but there are a wide range of other controls they may not understand. I see it happen with great regularity in the small number of SL groups that I participate in, and have no doubts it's happening everywhere on the grid.

Given the choice between binoculars and a speaker icon, I'm not that concerned that a newbie will choose the binoculars to change their volume, but someone without any ideas just wiggling buttons is a portential issue.  As OO and I had mentioned previously, I think a tooltip floater with simple explanation will close the gap.

If there's concern about it being "too advanced" for a novice to see at first glance (well, second... they've already survived basic mode), then make the control be enabled via a 'Show Slider' checkbox on the Preferences -> Graphics -> Advanced tab.  For the majority of customers who spend any appreciable time using the viewer product, having that slider makes using the product easier.

On Jun 11, 2011, at 5:57 AM, Carlo Wood wrote:

> If you like Snowglobe v1, then why aren't you using
> Singularity? http://www.singularityviewer.org/downloads
> 
> It's been worked on hard to make it entirely Viewer 2 engine
> with a viewer 1 UI. It's perfect. It's also incredibly
> much faster due to other improvements ;)
> 
> On Fri, 10 Jun 2011 20:59:38 -0700
> aklo at skyhighway.com wrote:
> 
>> Guys, the whole thing with the easily accessible slider for draw
>> distance is really great!  Inspiring, actually.  It's almost enough
>> to make me wanna try out the v2 viewer again.  i hope the feature
>> gets back-ported to Snowglobe v1 by someone better at that stuff than
>> me.
>> 
>> The binocs idea for the icon is the best!  It's totally like the
>> average person is going to think about it.  And it's the way our eyes
>> work.  Maybe spend time coming up with the best binocs icon or icon
>> loc so it doesn't get confused with what everybody sees for "search"
>> everywhere, but i can't think of anything better unless it was a
>> magnifying glass (also over-used), eyeglasses, or a telescope.  Maybe
>> somebody wants to look at a collection on the web of what camera mfrs
>> put on their focus buttons? (Maybe just the word "ZOOM" instead of an
>> image?)
>> 
>> And, being able to pull it down as far as possible is a good thing. 
>> Sometimes in tight spaces with lots of avis anything else is just a
>> waste. Or distraction.  Or both.  And however far out it can go, even
>> for short periods or whatever would be awesome!  There's the maps and
>> then there's actually being able to *see* what's up.  But one thing i
>> don't think i've seen in the discussion, wouldn't it be a good idea
>> to have an auto-reset take place on every tp?  Have it go to some
>> standard value that works pretty good most places, and it'll save
>> forgetful or excited people problems.  i mean, if the control is
>> right there and easy to adjust, why not make it more useful than just
>> improved eyesight?
>> 
>> Thx again!  You guys are great!
>> 
>> - AK
>> 
>> 
>> In case you missed the message from Oz in a different thread here is
>> the review viewer for the proposed draw distance slider:
>> http://automated-builds-secondlife-com.s3.amazonaws.com/hg/repooz_project-3/rev/232119/index.html
>> 
>> There is a temporary binocular graphic next to volume slider where you
>> access the control from.
>> 
>> There is discussion within LL if this will be taken in.  The concerns
>> are for new residents 1) having too many options on the screen and 2)
>> performance or experience issues if the slider is moved too far in
>> either direction.
>> 
>> Please write back with your feedback,
>> 
>> -Jonathan
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