Viewer 2 Moves

This article is obsolete, but kept as a historical record. Do not rely on this information in any way. However, it may be used in the future, so please do not delete or modify.

This page shows you where stuff moved from Viewer 1.23 to 2.0.

Tip: You can add to this page! Please keep sections in alphabetical order, and make formatting neat and consistent.

Also add screenshots as-needed, visual communication is very useful.

Viewer2Tips island

Viewer2Tips is our helptastic island which, like an art museum, shows the graphics below. The inworld advantage, of course, is you can hang out with friends and discuss. There are gathering areas to relax. Learn more, then come and visit using a SLurl like:

• Viewer2Tips 1
• Viewer2Tips 2
• Viewer2Tips 3 and so on...

Doc Team hosted an office hour here on 2010-04-14. Thanks to everyone who came!

Avatar

Bumps, Pushes, & Hits

Classifieds

Classifieds are a type of pick so they show up in the MY PICKS tab of My Profile.

Friends permissions

1.23

1. Click Communicate button.
   • Or choose Edit > Friends.
2. Click Friends tab. Look at the icon columns to the right of your friends' names.

2.0

1. Click the sidebar's People tab.
2. Hover over a friend and click the arrow icon on the right.
3. Click Notes & Privacy tab. Look for "Allow this person to".

Lag Meter and Statistics Bar

1.23

1. Choose Help > Lag Meter.
2. Choose View > Statistics Bar.

2.0

1. Enable Advanced menu.
2. Choose Advanced > Performance Tools and look for Lag Meter and Statistics Bar.

Lip Sync

My Profile

Rebake Textures

Show HUD Attachments

And related "show/hide" options.

Show name tags

Stop Animating My Avatar

Now called Stop Animating Me in the Advanced menu.

Building

About Land

Grid options

Highlight Transparent

Property Lines

Save Texture As

Also notice in the Viewer 2 picture, there's a Save As option in the context menu.

Undo

Upload files

1.23

1. Choose File menu > Upload.

2.0

1. Click My Inventory sidebar tab (the luggage icon).
2. Choose My Inventory's File menu > Upload

Communication

Active Speakers

Now called NEARBY VOICE.

Chat logging options

IM tabs in the Communicate window

Now shown as notifications in the bottom bar.

Language

Media controls

Now called Nearby Media.

1.23

1. Look towards the lower-right corner of the Viewer window.

2.0

1. Look towards the upper-right corner of the Viewer window. It's the play or pause icon to the right of the time, next to the speaker icon.

Mute List

Now called Block List.

1.23

1. Choose View menu > Mute List.

2.0

1. Click the sidebar's People tab.
   • Or choose Communicate menu > My Friends.
   • Or right-click your avatar and choose My Friends.
2. Click the Nearby or My Friends tabs.
3. Near the bottom, click the gear icon to show more options and choose Show Blocked Residents & Objects.

Notifications options

Now found under the Notifications tab in Preferences.

Preferences

Now found under the Me menu.

Revert chat display to old-style

Send IMs to Email

Now called Email me IMs when I'm offline.

Set Busy and Set Away

Shared Media settings

Teleport Home

Voice Chat preferences

Now in the Sound & Media and Advanced tabs.

Inventory

New Window

See what you're wearing

Has a proper tab in Viewer 2.

Navigation

Camera and Movement controls

Camera angles

Has its own presets in Viewer 2. The old Mouselook View and Rear View are joined by Group View and Front View.

Clear cache

This includes the Viewer's texture cache.

Maturity ratings

Parcel Coordinates and Parcel Properties

1.23

1. Look in the menu bar at the top of the Viewer window.

2.0

1. Right-click the location bar near the top of the Viewer window.
2. Enable Show Coordinates and Show Parcel Properties.

Set Window Size

More configurable in Viewer 2.

Various shortcuts

Various 1.23 shortcuts like Close All Windows, Zoom In, and Snapshot to Disk are hidden in 2.0 but most can still be activated. To see the list:

1. Enable Advanced menu. (It looks different but is activated the same way in 2.0 as it is in 1.23.)
2. Choose Advanced > Shortcuts.

Start Location

Sets where you login.

UI Size

World Map

Other stuff

A few of the above moves are shown in a fun video!

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