[sldev] New Viewer Shell Proposal

[Adam Frisby]

I'd love to see SL use native widgets - SL always looks 'out of place' 
on someones desktop. It would be nice to have a viewer that conformed to 
standard UI forms for the OS it's running on.

My $0.02

Adam

Ben Glenn wrote:

> Hi all,
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> 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!
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> 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:
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> https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/User_Interface_Improvements
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> 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!
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> Thanks again and I look forward to working together with you on this 
> important project.
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> Ben
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> *Ben Glenn*
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> /User Experience Designer/
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> Linden Lab | Second Life
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