Snowglobe
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Snowglobe is an experimental viewer for Second Life.
- Downloads
- Snowglobe 1.1.3: Windows Mac Linux (1.1.3.2906, October 16, 2009) (release notes)
- Snowglobe 1.2 Release Candidate: Windows Mac Linux (1.2.1.2976, November 5, 2009) (release notes)
- Very latest installer downloads: look for the most recent build on the sldev-commits mailing list.
- Look at Version control repository for information about how to checkout the source code with SVN.
- The Get source and compile page gives general information about how to compile the source.
- Current Release Cycle - information on features and patches pending for the current release cycle
- HTTP Texture - Project to transition from custom UDP-based protocol to HTTP for texture delivery
- S3 based viewer map - Utilizing HTTP Texture for the in-viewer map
- Commit mail and build system notifications: sldev-commits mailing list.
- Developers discussion: sldev mailing list.
- Snowglobe Committer List - List of people with direct commit access who are working to build this viewer
- Snowglobe Development Process - Development practices for everyone working on the Snowglobe viewer
- Snowglobe QA - More details on the process we'll use to maintain high quality releases
- Browse source: snowglobe branch in Trac - browse the source code we're working on
For an introduction to the goals of the Snowglobe viewer, see Philip's blog post: "Intensifying Open Source Effort" which describes our new approach to open source. See Philip's mail to sldev for a little bit more about the name.
News
- 2009-06-24 - Snowglobe 1.0 now available - Rob Linden's announcement post.

