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| = See Also =
| | #REDIRECT [[Project Snowstorm]] |
| * [[Viewer Roadmap]]
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| * [[UI Forum Transcript]] from 2007-07-12
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| = Summary =
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| This is an outline of the projects being worked on and considered by Linden Lab related to improving the user interface.
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| = Author =
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| [[User:Steve Linden]]
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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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| ** Improve the experience of using Second Life and finding things of interest, especially for new residents
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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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| * Provide more readable UI code and UI code that is safer from crashes
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| = Projects =
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| * In general the projects are most accurately represented in the diagram posted to [[Viewer Roadmap]].
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| == UI Cleanup ==
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| * [[UI Cleanup]]
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| * [[Notifications Redesign]]
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| * [[UI Callbacks]]
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| == Skinning ==
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| * [[Skinning]]
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| == Other ==
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| * Browser based HUD
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| * Make UI Easier to Learn in First Five Minutes
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| * [[SL Search]]
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| * [[Voice]]
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| == Future Projects ==
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| * [[Modal UI]]
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| ** Make various usage modes of the UI such as navigation, object edit, appearance 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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| * [[Data Driven UI]]
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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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| * [[Lightweight Client]]
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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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| * Create a sample UI only client
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