[sldev] Upcoming viewer releases?

[Tateru Nino]

I don't think Nicholaz is wrong. Figuring out what's going on with
Linden Lab is like peeking through holes in the box. Those holes are
transparency, but they generally only afford a very tight view, quite
frequently of something you can't understand without the necessary
context - which might not be available.

Assorted projects, studios system and subsystem terms might be used
which aren't documented anywhere, or are used inconsistently. You've got
to squint through a lot of holes to get the necessary background to
figure some things out - which leads to more queries and more wasted
time for Linden staff.

A number of Linden staff have told me they feel the same way about
anything going on outside their immediate environs :) The "black box"
description is one I've heard from no less than five Lindens this year
so far - and they're on the _inside_ ;)

Mind you, Linden Lab trying to get a good picture of what's going on
inside SL is probably much the same problem, I'll grant you that.


Nicholaz Beresford wrote:
>
> Second Life from the inside out:
> http://nicholaz-beresford.blogspot.com/
>
>
> Soft Linden wrote:
>> Linden Lab isn't a monolithic "they." 
>
> Well, I'd say that's an example of reality bubble.  From the inside
> it may seem like this, from the outside it doesn't.  I hardly hear
> anyone refer to a specific Linden, it's mostly "the Lindens" were
> doing this or that.
>
>
>> I normally appreciate your comments and criticism Nicholaz, because
>> you've tended to be good about not complaining for complaining's sake,
>> but pointing to specific things that need to be fixed. I don't see
>> that here though, so maybe you could elaborate on that bubble, and
>> suggest specific things individual Lindens might be able to do to
>> improve the situation?
>
> What I mean by reality bubble is, and excuse if that sounds theroretical,
> a social system of communication, information, values, goals that is
> separated from the outside.
>
> A simple example is that as a Linden you have some idea when the next
> update will be or happen and what will be part of it.  A non Linden
> and even a developer who may be working on patches or tools based on
> the source can expect it in a day or by the end of the next month.
>
> Another example would be that you most likely have an idea what the
> GUI fixes will be (if any).  We'll see them when the viewer comes out.
>
> I know that it was said that the snapshots should have been out once
> a week.  But fact is they were not and nobody was aware of it and nobody
> here knew if they were supposed to be out or not.
>
> What I mean by this is that SecondLife looks a lot different from the
> outside than from the inside.  Certainly for a resident, but surprisingly
> even for a developer.
>
>
> > What are other examples of the bubble, especially ones where you see
> > things getting worse?
>
> But it's not necessarily things getting worse.  It's merely things not
> getting better.
>
> I'll give you two examples:
>
> After two desastrous memory leaks and after me sending the
> instructions about
> how to make your standard compiler detect them to five different
> Lindens after
> the first leak, after then being asked to write up a Wiki on how to do it
> when the second leak happened, voice comes out with new memory leaks.
>
> After a near uproar about the GUI, I'm not aware of any resident or
> developer
> discussion about what will appear as changes in the upcoming release.
>
>
> I'll leave it to others to fill the gaps or to say I'm wrong.  I don't
> claim to speak for the community and I've been pretty vocal about most of
> the issues already anyway that restating them would feel like beating a
> dead horse.
>
>
> Being passionate about SL from a source or in-world perspective is a
> pretty
> hard job and it doesn't seem to get easier.
>
>
>
> Nick
>
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Tateru Nino
http://dwellonit.blogspot.com/