[Opensim-users] Opensim and accessibility by non-technical end users

[Justin Clark-Casey]

Yeah, I would love to see a useable viewer which just did the basics and was ideally web-based (maybe with modular 
options for extra complexity).  Ideally webgl - I know it's nowhere near the performance of a native client atm but like 
it or not, the convenience of the web eats many things eventually (including this, imo).

But that could still be some way off.

On 21/03/13 17:58, John Sheridan wrote:
> If I may chime in - ultimate super awesome idealistic (and likely pipe-dream) view of the future from my end.  Light
> weight web based viewers that allow for just the basics such as rendering / movement, basic inventory (changing of
> attachments, clothing, organization of folders), joining / leaving of groups, and chat.  Heck, maybe even the extras
> outside of rendering / movement could be left out of the viewer component and added in as external pieces to the
> containing web page which should in theory make a web viewer even more simplistic and light weight.  For "power" users
> that need the full on facilities like building / editing, groups management, land settings, estate settings, and so on -
> use a regular installed viewer.
>
> On 03/21/2013 01:25 PM, drwhiet at spacefriends.de wrote:
>> Why not use a modern viewer like Singularity with a old V1 interface .. This is why people still love up2date viewers
>> with a simple GUI ..
>>
>> Best regards
>> Worfromthe Wise
>>
>> On 21.03.2013, at 11:41, Michel DENIS <michel.m.denis at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello Justin,
>>>
>>> Thank you for your feedback !
>>>
>>> In the case these Viewers would still not be enough user-friendly or non-mature enough, I was thinking "simplifying"
>>> one of these viewers, ie taking code away from their source. Of course that creates a maintenance issue, but we'd get
>>> a Viewer for Dummies or so !?
>>> A couple of people seems having done that already.
>>>
>>> What do you think ?
>>>
>>> Thanks again,
>>> -michel
>>>
>>> Justin Clark-Casey wrote:
>>>> Unfortunately, I think that currently power equates to viewer complexity, though maybe people will disagree with me
>>>> on that.
>>>>
>>>> The web-based viewer efforts are very interesting but I don't know how long it will be until they're ready for
>>>> primetime - could be quite a while.
>>>>
>>>> I'm not sure I could express a preference since all the viewers seem complicated to me :), but one list for
>>>> assessment is at [1] if you've not already seen that.
>>>>
>>>> [1] http://opensimulator.org/wiki/Compatible_Viewers
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