<div dir="ltr">I guess I'm in the "evolution" camp simply because I think revolution is not realistic, but in my heart, I think revolution would be required to move OpenSimulator out of niche category software. <div>
<br></div><div>As I said in an earlier thread on the users list comparing OpenSimulator and Unity, it's clear that the vast majority of folks can't or don't want to learn a viewer interface as complicated as <insert any current viewer here>. Until we have a viewer that gives a stable, graphically appealing, cross-platform, easy to use experience for end users, only the dedicated metaverse enthusiasts will bother with it, and even we can't sell it beyond limited use cases in its current form.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I still think the key is to have a simple (VERY simple) starting interface that scales up in complexity as you need or add tools. Think about the starter interface on an MMO, you begin with just a "skill" or two in your tool bar, a basic inventory, and simple communication interfaces. Over time you add more skills and spells to your toolbar (which typically is user customizable) and add more features as you level up and engage with other aspects of the game.</div>
<div><br>That's what OpenSimulator needs. A viewer that starts simple, and scales in complexity as the user's expertise and needs grow.</div><div><br></div><div>- Chris/Fleep</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>
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<div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 1:38 PM, Kevin Cozens <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kevin@ve3syb.ca" target="_blank">kevin@ve3syb.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="">On 14-08-04 09:08 PM, Mister Blue wrote:<br>
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I've been seriously thinking about creating a new viewer project. But with<br>
Maria's survey[1] and all the different virtual world announcements<br>
happening and the lively OpenSimulator vs Unity discussion on the<br>
opensim-user list, I'd like to open up the discussion to the OpenSimulator<br>
development community[2].<br>
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What do you  think? Evolution or revolution?<br>
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At the moment I'd vote for reliable and stable rather than either evolution or revolution. With most viewers sharing a certain amount of common ancestry all the ones I have tried for the Linux platform have problems.<br>
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I used to like Singularity. It was good back in the early 4000 revisions but I have had issues with it since it hit the 5000+ revision. Common issues with viewers is a tendency to crash when switching workspaces, voice chat from other avatars can start breaking up after a while making it impossible to understand what is being said, and the worst problem is the viewers that push the CPU to near 100% (often while caming around) which leads to lag or to practically locking up the viewer and preventing one from doing almost anything in it.<span class=""><font color="#888888"><br>
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Cheers!<br>
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Kevin.<br>
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