Alternate viewers

Introduction

The Extended FAQ states that it is okay to create and distribute homebrew viewers as long they adhere to the respective licenses for code usage and server usage.

The code itself is licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL), which governs modification and redistribuition of the source code. Use of Linden Lab's servers will still be governed by the Second Life Terms of Service].

Homebrew viewers are obviously not associated with LindenLab, are governed by their own respective licenses. LindenLab is not responsible for any desired or undesired results in association with those viewers.

Note to authors: If you make a viewer available or find one, you can copy the section for the official viewer or the section for the dummy viewer entry as a template and add the link to the list (make sure to include platform, version numbers and dates).

     

Official Linden Lab Viewer

Description

This viewer is the official version from LindenLab.

Links

• Website: Second Life
• Downloads: LindenLab download page
• Source code: Get_source_and_compile

     

Nicholaz Edition

Description

This is a Windows viewer based on SL builds with various preliminary bug fix patches applied. Nonetheless it is of course an unofficial build.

Extra Features

• Tons of memory leaks fixed
• Different memory management for image list
• Particle system improved

Links

• Website: Nicholaz Beresford on Blogspot
• Direct download link: Download versions of this viewer
• Source code: Look at the download site for patches.txt and a source-xxx-zip archive

     

Able Edition

Description

This is a Windows viewer is an unofficial build which adds a Mute Visibility feature [1], which allows objects in-world to be rendered partially or entirely invisible [].

Extra Features

• Mute Visibility
• Improvements to the Mute List
• Muting objects applies to entire linksets

Links

• Website: Able Whitman on Blogspot
• Direct download link: http://ablewhitman.org/viewer/
• Source code: http://ablewhitman.org/viewer/

Dummy Viewer Template

Description

The furry fox jumped over the official viewer and offers the following extra features

Extra Features

• feature 1
• feature 2

Links

• Website: LindenLab download page
• Direct download link: SL 1.15.1.3 for Windows
• Source code: Get_source_and_compile