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| '''Under Construction'''
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| = Overview =
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| == Author ==
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| [[User:Steve Linden]] | |
| == Summary ==
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| This is an outline of the projects being worked on and considered by Linden Lab with the objective of improving the user interface.
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| == Objectives ==
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| The primary objectives for improving the user interface are:
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| * Improve the ease of use of the Second Life Client, specifically related to the UI
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| * Increase the ability for third parties and individuals to customize the look and functionality of the Second Life Client
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| * Provide a useful framework for alternative clients, e.g. lightweight clients, mobile clients, etc.
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| = Projects =
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| == Step 1: Clean up the XML User Interface (XUI) ==
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| * Make the interfaces to all UI components (widgets) consistent
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| * Clean up and re-design the layout format for UI components
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| * Document the XUI format
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| == Step 2: Tackle high nail customization ==
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| * [[Skinning]] - Improve the ability to customize the look of the client
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| ** Separate out UI textures, use file names that correspond to the XUI files
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| ** Make all visual elements of the UI art driven, including backgrounds, etc.
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| ** Make XUI loading hierarchical so that packaging customizations and individual customizations can be leaded and will be preserved across updates
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| ** Make menus collapsible so that simplified UI layouts can be provided
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| * [[Data Driven UI]] - Phase 1
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| ** Make simple UI functionality like opening UI windows purely data driven
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| * [[Modal UI]]
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| ** Make various usage modes of the UI such as navigation, object edit, apearance edit, etc explicit
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| ** Allow user customizable modes
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| ** Group all relevant settings (e.g. mouse click / alt click / ctrl click behaviors, arrow key behavior, etc) with modes
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| ** Allow full keyboard customization, including per-mode overrides
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| == Step 3: Data Driven UI
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| * [[Data Drive UI]] - Phase 2
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| ** Convert all menus and the overlay bar to be fully data driven so that they can be easily re-designed
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| ** Create a UI console window that can execute simple UI commands
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| ** Allow simple batch files to be loaded on startup or executed from the client
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| == Step 4: Lightweight Client ==
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| * [[LLViewerApp]]
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| ** Clean up the client initialization, update, and render loops so that individual pieces (e.g. 3D rendering) can be de-prioritized or disabled
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| ** Abstract login code so that it is independent of any UI or rendering
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| ** Improve error handling, including a watchdog for infinite loops
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| * Create a sample UI only client
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