[sldev] New Viewer Shell Proposal

[Matthew Dowd]

In principle, I agree with the approach (well having carped on about the Communication Window being a failure because it seems to go in the opposite direction designwise, I couldn't say otherwise ;-) )

I do have some concerns, however, which I've added to the wiki discussion page.

Matthew




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> From: benglenn at lindenlab.com
> To: sldev at lists.secondlife.com
> Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:03:57 -0700
> Subject: [sldev] New Viewer Shell Proposal
> 
> 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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