Viewer Skins/Starlight

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By: Hitomi Tiponi
Viewer Version: 2.0 Beta 202934
Information: Starlight 2.0.2
Source: "Starlight" skin download
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"Starlight" skin to improve Viewer 2.0 usability


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NOW UPDATED TO RELEASE 202934 OF THE VIEWER (released 26th March 2010)

About

This skin is designed to give more choice, and hopefully improve the usability and promote usage of Second Life Viewer 2.0 Beta 202934 (and has only been tested with that version).
It consists of a number of previously published viewer tweaks - produced by various residents (see credits in 'Read Me') and added to, together with a slight reskinning to give the interface a lighter feel. It should hopefully benefit those people who have no wish to edit the XML code themselves, yet wish to benefit from a number of tweaks made by other residents without using a third-party viewer.
Version 2.0.2 replaces version 2.0.1 that worked with release 202711 of Viewer 2.0.
The latest version of Viewer 2.0 can be downloaded from http://secondlife.com/beta-viewer/download.php. To download the skin click on the link in the box on the right.

Major Changes to the Standard Skin

  • Extended Chat Bar
  • Better formatting of tabbed IM window
  • Several UI components made semi-transparent
  • "About Land" Button added to Navigation Bar
  • "Build" option added to the rightclick on object menu
  • "Grid Status" and "XStreet" options added to menu
  • "Map", "Mini-Map" and "Inventory" Buttons added to bottom bar
  • Sidebar no longer cropping view of the world and reduced in size
  • Black and Orange look

Known Bugs and Issues

  • Only working fully with English language version of the interface
  • 'Build' icons yet to be given new look and feel

Changes to 2.0.2 from 2.0.1

  • Works with release 202934 of Viewer 2.0 (available March 26th 2010)
  • Chat bar shortened slightly so that it doesn't suppress chiclets too much on lower resolution screens
  • Problem with Texture picker resolved
  • Viewer keeps traditional 'home' icons rather than new ones introduced in most recent release of Viewer 2.0