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= See Also =
#REDIRECT [[Project Snowstorm]]
* [[Viewer Roadmap]]
 
= Summary =
This is an outline of the projects being worked on and considered by Linden Lab related to improving the user interface.
= Author =
[[User:Steve Linden]]
 
= Objectives =
The primary objectives for improving the user interface are:
* Improve the ease of use of the Second Life Client, specifically related to the UI
** Improve the experience of using Second Life and finding things of interest, especially for new residents
* Increase the ability for third parties and individuals to customize the look and functionality of the Second Life Client
* Provide a useful framework for alternative clients, e.g. lightweight clients, mobile clients, etc.
* Provide more readable UI code and UI code that is safer from crashes
 
= Projects =
* In general the projects are most accurately represented in the diagram posted to [[Viewer Roadmap]].
 
== UI Cleanup ==
* [[UI Cleanup]]
* [[Notifications Project]]
* [[UI Callbacks]]
 
== Skinning ==
* [[Skinning]]
 
== Other ==
* Browser based HUD
* Make UI Easier to Learn in First Five Minutes
* [[SL Search]]
* [[Voice]]
 
== Future Projects ==
* [[Modal UI]]
** Make various usage modes of the UI such as navigation, object edit, appearance edit, etc explicit
** Allow user customizable modes
** Group all relevant settings (e.g. mouse click / alt click / ctrl click behaviors, arrow key behavior, etc) with modes
** Allow full keyboard customization, including per-mode overrides
* [[Data Driven UI]]
** Convert all menus and the overlay bar to be fully data driven so that they can be easily re-designed
** Create a UI console window that can execute simple UI commands
** Allow simple batch files to be loaded on startup or executed from the client
* [[Lightweight Client]]
** Clean up the client initialization, update, and render loops so that individual pieces (e.g. 3D rendering) can be de-prioritized or disabled
* Create a sample UI only client

Latest revision as of 13:43, 11 May 2011

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