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Key: VWR-7307
Type: Meta Issue Meta Issue
Status: Resolved Resolved
Resolution: Duplicate
Priority: Normal Normal
Assignee: Unassigned
Reporter: eren padar
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1. Second Life Viewer - VWR

Dazzle... ugh....

Created: 20/May/08 11:05 PM   Updated: 21/May/08 02:17 PM
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Dont' really know what you folks consider a "meta issue", and don't know where else to post this, so here it is.

Downloaded the RC viewer. Some nice things there (fixed prim rotation problems, as well as wall-to-the-back yo-yo syndrome). I like being able to build in high high sky now. But what I don't like... is the Dazzle interface.

I don't say this as someone who resists change. I love change for the better. But I know from years of working in this industry that Dazzle is too bright and offers not enough graphics contrast to be comfortable to those who use Second Life hours on end. After just two hours of use tonight, my eyes were tired and I knew immediately this was not a good change. (One has to wonder what was wrong with the old interface?)

IMO Dazzle is eye candy, nothing more. Star Wars is fun to watch for a couple of hours. How would you like to have to watch all that action for hours on end, days in a row? Dazzle is hard on the eyes, hard on the sensory perceptors, not good. Dazzle bad. Yuk.

And yes, I know there are people who like it. Means zip. Would be nice to have the option to set our own viewer color preferences and layout, or at LEAST the option to revert to the old layout. Why would Linden Lab think it proper to try and force a viewer coloring scheme on an unwilling public? The negative comments about Dazzle have been numerous... and for good reason. It's a bonafide eyesore.



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Harleen Gretzky made changes - 21/May/08 05:25 AM
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Link This issue duplicates VWR-5059 [ VWR-5059 ]

Harleen Gretzky made changes - 21/May/08 05:31 AM
Resolution Duplicate [ 3 ]
Status Open [ 1 ] Resolved [ 5 ]
eren padar added a comment - 21/May/08 11:31 AM
With all respect, expecting users to edit XML files to use a preferred screen coloring system is not a solution.

Knowing the controversy over Dazzle, why didn't Linden Lab put a simple button in the graphics preferences area to address this issue?

I hate it when companies foist their personal whims on their customers without consideration for the wishes of the customer.


Harleen Gretzky added a comment - 21/May/08 02:15 PM - edited
Most of the skins posted on http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Skinning_-_Post_Your_Skins_Here come as zip files with everything already edited for you, you just copy them to the correct directories. Still a bit cumbersome, though.

And there is a true skinning project outlined here: http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Skinning

And it has been brought up at most discussions of Dazzle at Benjamin Linden's office hours that Dazzle should not be introduced until after the skinning project is complete. As a compromise, most have called for at least the classic skin to be available as a download from LL once Dazzle is introduced into the standard viewer at his office hours also. Whether either happens or not remains to be seen.


Sue Linden made changes - 13/Nov/08 11:25 AM
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Sue Linden made changes - 13/Nov/08 05:53 PM
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Sue Linden made changes - 13/Nov/08 06:21 PM
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Sue Linden made changes - 13/Nov/08 06:39 PM
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Sue Linden made changes - 13/Nov/08 07:02 PM
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