[sldev] New Viewer Shell Proposal

[Ben Glenn]

Hi all,

 

It's been a while since I've posted to the list so I want to start by
thanking everyone who's been helping out with efforts to improve usability
in the Viewer, either by attending office hours and bug triages, filing and
managing bugs in Jira, or sending me useful suggestions via email. It's all
incredibly useful, so thanks!

 

But the real reason I'm writing is to let you know about a new initiative to
make measurable improvements to the Viewer UI. I posted a high-level project
description to the Wiki:

 

https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/User_Interface_Improvements

 

The goal of the project is to revamp the overall organization and
presentation of commands and tools in the Viewer in order to make the UI
less intimidating for new users, while still remaining flexible and
extensible enough for power users. I don't have many specifics in terms of
schedules and deliverables as of yet but I wanted to get this out there and
start gathering Resident feedback as early in the process as possible.
Consider this an experiment in "open source UI design." Please feel free to
add your comments in-line or on the discussion page. And if you're
interested in helping with a particular aspect of the design or
implementation, even better! 

 

Thanks again and I look forward to working together with you on this
important project.

 

Ben

 

Ben Glenn

User Experience Designer

Linden Lab | Second Life

 

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