Viewer Roadmap

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The purpose of this article is to describe projects on the general Viewer architecture that are in progress or consideration by Linden Lab in the medium-term.

Contents 1 2008 1.1 Q1 End 1.2 Q2 - Q3 2 2009 and Beyond 2.1 Q3 2.2 Unscheduled at this Time 2.2.1 Cleanup 2.2.2 Optimization 2.2.3 Features 3 See Also

2008

Q1 End

• Viewer Stability
  • Viewer Statistics - Completed
  • Viewer App Cleanup#Phase 1 - Phase 1 Completed
  • Viewer App Cleanup#Phase 2 - Phase 2 Completed
  • Viewer Crash Reporting#Phase 1 - Phase 1 Completed
  • Viewer Crash Hunters
  • Viewer Memory Manager

• User Interface Roadmap
  • UI Cleanup
    • UI Cleanup#Phase 1 - Phase 1 Completed
    • UI Cleanup#Phase 2 - Phase 1 Completed
    • Notifications Redesign#Phase 1
  • Skinning
    • Skinning#Phase 0 (Dazzle as a refresh of UI) - Phase 0 Completed

Q2 - Q3

• Viewer Stability
  • Viewer Crash Reporting#Phase 2
  • Viewer Crash Hunters continued
  • Render Stability#GL Cleanup

• User Interface Roadmap
  • Improving the initial resident experience
    • Browser based HUD Tutorial
    • Make UI Easier to Learn in First Five Minutes

2009 and Beyond

• Viewer Stability
  • Render Stability#GL Abstraction
  • Viewer App Cleanup#Phase 3

• User Interface Roadmap
  • UI Cleanup
    • UI Callbacks
    • Notifications Redesign#Phase 2
    • Notifications Redesign#Phase 3
  • Skinning
    • Skinning#Phase 1 (Widget Cleanup)
    • Skinning#Phase 2 (Switchable Skins)
    • Skinning#Phase 3 (XML Widget Layout)
    • Skinning#Phase 4 (a "Simple UI" Skin )

• Other
  • SL Search#Milestone 2
  • Texture Pipeline Improvements
    • Texture downloads over HTTP
    • Avatar Pipeline Improvements

Q3

• Improve Viewer Internationalization

Unscheduled at this Time

Cleanup

• UI Cleanup#Phase 3
• Viewer Cache Cleanup

Optimization

• Viewer Frame Sync
  • Allow users to sync/limit the viewer framerate and/or sleep a certain amount per frame

Features

• Voice Enhancements - Phase 1 Complete - Phase 2 Complete
  • Provide Voice Chat in Second Life
• Media on a parcel - Milestone 1 Complete
  • Support HTML, textures, and other URL formats for parcel media
• WindLight Enhancements - Phase 1 Complete

See Also

• Category: Linden Lab Projects
• User Interface Roadmap
• Render Roadmap
• Viewer Software Overview