[opensource-dev] new viewer

2013-07-23 Thread aklo
hey guys! i was just wondering if somebody here could tell me what will happen for real if i don't upgrade my viewer? i'm still using snowglobe 1.5. i won't bore you with the long, teary story of why. It's just upgrading my viewer for a while more isn't going to happen. Like, not even

[opensource-dev] new viewer

2013-07-23 Thread aklo
Thanks for the info, guys! if it's really just grey blobs and not danger to my inventory or shape or whatever, then i can live with it as long as i need to. everything was like that for the longest time when my computer was broken, anyway. Have a Happy SL!

[opensource-dev] MOSES Stuff

2012-10-20 Thread aklo
Hi! When i read the dev mail about MOSES MIAB stuff, i couldn't help but ask. What does SL (or i guess, LL) have to do with the military? Is there any kind of real connection or something? Are some of the SL devs military people? Thx! - AK ---

[opensource-dev] MOSES Stuff

2012-10-20 Thread aklo
So, it's like LL made something that the military was interested in buying, and now maybe they're interested in buying it again? Like that? Actually, what you say sounds like LL sells the whole SL package, server everything as a product or something. Must be expensive! Am i getting it right?

Re: [opensource-dev] An Idea

2011-10-24 Thread aklo
Hey Y'all, thx for the suggestion, but that's what i already do, except i try to make it a little better chances of finding someplace interesting by picking places i see lots of avis or whatever. Like Lance Nexii pointed out, most coords are kinda boring to tp to. They can be interesting if

Re: [opensource-dev] An Idea

2011-10-23 Thread aklo
Y'all, i hadn't thought about how much of SL is someplace that would be pretty boring to tp to. i don't know what tp'ing within range of a security orb would be like, but i'll trust you if you say it it wouldn't be fun. It doesn't sound like fun, anyway. i think the things that made me think

[opensource-dev] An Idea

2011-10-22 Thread aklo
Hey Everybody, i had an idea. My dad used to tell me that when i had one of those i should treat it kindly, 'cause it was in a strange place. Ha-ha, huh? Anyways, what if there was a Random TP button or keypress or whatever? i mean, just to make things interesting?* i don't know what kind of

Re: [opensource-dev] FUI project just out - no more sidebar

2011-10-18 Thread aklo
Dude! For serious? That's just the kind of thing that could inspire me to fix my computer so i can try the v3 viewer and start spending some quality time in SL doing something other than just meditating at the Buddha Center! i mean, the meditating is good all that, it's not like it doesn't

Re: [opensource-dev] JIRA Search

2011-08-27 Thread aklo
LOL!! Better make that 5L$, though, huh? Since L$ seem to wobble around 250L$/US$, 5L$ = 2 US cents! Like, you can get your two cents in for two cents!! Hahahahaha P.S.s.s.t.: Since L$ only come in 10-paks, give 'em two4one purchase Jiras! With a little marketing, Jira could pay for

Re: [opensource-dev] [re:] Snowglobe Startup Failure

2011-08-13 Thread aklo
Boroondas, thanks for the response! i figured out a way to get SL going again by backing up to Snowglobe 1.4 Nicky Perian (Thanks Nicky!) helped me some last weekend. i found this sorta official stuff: Sysinternals Suite http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb842062 on a Microsoft

[opensource-dev] Snowglobe Startup Failure

2011-08-07 Thread aklo
Hey Everybody, somewhere during installing a buncha junk i need for stuff i actually earn money for, i made it so Snowglobe wouldn't start anymore. i don't think i did anything strange, i just click-installed the downloaded stuff right out of my browser's downloads window. Anyway, Snowglobe

[opensource-dev] [re:] Snowglobe Startup Failure

2011-08-07 Thread aklo
Hey Everybody (again), after that last message i sent i remembered that i had a thumbdrive with stuff on it that i didn't want to lose if something happened to my computer. It had a saved copy of the Snowglobe v1.5 i installed. But, re-installing didn't help. i've done everything i can think

Re: [opensource-dev] Viewer development 2.8.1 and a few new bugs

2011-07-18 Thread aklo
On 18/07/11 11:32, Nicky D. wrote: Over the weekend, I pulled the latest sources and build a new viewer. In short: I have those issues as well. It looks really odd. - I see 'shades' of attachments other people have hidden. - My HUD (Magical Compass) has buttons who are half hidden, the

Re: [opensource-dev] Blocked

2011-07-18 Thread aklo
Thanks for the info! Between you and Dave i may figure something out yet! But i think tunneling to my home network is not a way to make it happen. My download speed at home is never much better than 1 Mbit and usually a lot lower. Upload is never over about 150 Kbit. (i just checked: 880 up,

Re: [opensource-dev] Blocked

2011-07-15 Thread aklo
Hey Helpful People! Thx, Dave. i got your suggestion, but hadn't tried it out yet. See, i don't actually know as much about computers stuff like that as i would like people to assume, my boss present company included. To be honest, your message seemed really great, but it confused me and i

[opensource-dev] Blocked

2011-07-14 Thread aklo
Hey y'all, i had something i wanted to do at work a coupla days ago that i coulda used SL for. It installed, but i couldn't get it to connect. Is there some kinda proxy setting that i need to fix to get SL to start from where i work? They have a proxy server there that all external traffic has

Re: [opensource-dev] Blocked

2011-07-14 Thread aklo
Robert, thx for the info, but i think the page is telling me the answer is actually, No, because i don't have any access to the company's network stuff. They look at you funny if you even ask about it. i can configure a test machine any way i want to, but i can't do anything at all at all to

Re: [opensource-dev] Review viewer -- draw distance slider

2011-06-13 Thread aklo
While clear, such an icon doesn't look much self-explaining to me with regard to its associated Draw Distance functionality. I still feel binoculars may be the best option. Binoculars may not be a commonly used glyph outside of SL, but it's a fact that many Second Life features are just .. not

Re: [opensource-dev] Review viewer -- draw distance slider

2011-06-12 Thread aklo
Hi! i found a cool idea on a camera. It had a single large tree on one end of the focus setting and 4 small trees on the other end. i know the draw distance slider isn't a focus button, but how about a single house pic on one end and a small cluster of houses on the other? Or maybe a group of

Re: [opensource-dev] in-viewer translation is dead soon.

2011-05-28 Thread aklo
Hey Everybody, i don't know if i misunderstood or not, but are you really talking about Google translation services particularly picking on SL access? All the mail sounded to me like it was more of a policy decision at Google affecting everyone everywhere? It seems to me that way worse abuse

[opensource-dev] Press release that affects us all!

2011-04-01 Thread aklo
Like, i thought we'd know if LL was being bought or for sale or anything, but still - Not Funny. i mean, maybe i just don't have a sense of humor or something. But y'know, Not Funny. - AK - DCS has just finished

[opensource-dev] no snowstorm meetings today

2010-12-27 Thread aklo
Oz, Merov, c., then, please, turn off your computers and have a day off! Y'all deserve it! Thx for all you do, Happy Holidays!! - AK On 2010-12-27 13:36, Erin Mallory wrote: Did i miss an announcement or have my times off? or did snowstorm meetings today just get quietly cancelled on account

[opensource-dev] Message Reception

2010-12-03 Thread aklo
Hey, an in-world club employee (security) i have worked with would like to know if there is some way to be able to pick up local text chat without moving the avi closer to the chat source, like the way you can cfg the viewer to hear voice chat from either where the avi's at or where the camera's

[opensource-dev] lslwiki

2010-11-20 Thread aklo
Hey, y'all! Does anybody know what happened to the lslwiki? (lslwiki.net) It's been down a coupla days. Do we know who runs the site? LL support says it's not LL. Thx!! - AK ___ Policies and (un)subscribe information available here:

Re: [opensource-dev] lslwiki

2010-11-20 Thread aklo
Yes, it is working now for me, too, and thanks so very much to whoever fixed it! Both the official LL doc the lslwiki are really great i use them both lots, though i gotta say that the lslwiki is my fave. - AK -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- The LSL Wiki was

[opensource-dev] SL Browsification

2010-11-17 Thread aklo
Hey, Y'all, the mail below is a copy of a msg i got from SL this afternoon. Is it some kinda sign that the viewer is in danger of going extinct? i can't tell you how much i wouldn't like it if my SL experience was doomed to be boxed up in a browser! For real, i think i see a big deficit in the

[opensource-dev] IP Violations

2010-11-11 Thread aklo
Please forgive my submitting this mail to this list. i know it's not the perfect forum, but i think some of the people who need to read it are on this list, and that it may be of interest to others. Pretty please, if this bugs you or you think it's spam or whatever, just delete it and forget i

[opensource-dev] Down tools and play the game -- was Re: What was the point of display names?

2010-11-07 Thread aklo
Excuse me, brief word from the lunatic fringe, here. Some of us aren't so giddy about the idea everyone has that SL is a game and what we do there is play that game. i wouldn't be making this noise that most of y'all probably consider embarrassing, or maybe like being the bad trip at a big party

Re: [opensource-dev] Request for feedback - Preferences Cleanup

2010-11-05 Thread aklo
Can mine please say Shut Up. When i think of the context i usually have when i go for that button, Shut Up works a lot better for me. Or maybe Kill with a little skull crossbones icon. i'm pretty sure there's a UTF skull crossbones character that can be used. i know i've sent it to pests at

Re: [opensource-dev] Files deleted by uninstaller don't appear in Recycle Bin

2010-10-26 Thread aklo
i've seen several products that have an uninstall option to delete user data? Like, the uninstall won't delete anything except its executables and program data that it installed unless you give it permission to do more at uninstall time. At least one program i've seen asked two uninstall

Re: [opensource-dev] Snowstorm changes (more Lindens fired)

2010-09-28 Thread aklo
Aimee Tofu - the information you've shared is only matched by your great attitudes! i know i've sensed only a small part of the awesome work y'all have been doing - i totally agree with all the others that you will be missed. Best wishes for everything!! - AK

Re: [opensource-dev] 2.0 Absolute Dealbreaker - script count feature request

2010-09-28 Thread aklo
Hey People! Please excuse me while i say something for all the n00bs in the world, whether their inexperience is their fault or not, and without judging anyone's learning speed, patience, or whatever else those with criticize the others who are without for lacking. Maybe i'm just challenged

Re: [opensource-dev] Possibility to revert UI changes on snowstorm?

2010-09-21 Thread aklo
Miss C, as someone who's complained bitterly about the Viewer 2 UI, i wanna say that i *like* change. It just has to mean something. It has to make things better, not just different. My opinion has been that the Viewer 2 UI seems to be trying to fix a lot of stuff that wasn't broken. i think

[opensource-dev] Possibility to revert UI changes on snowstorm?

2010-09-20 Thread aklo
Malachi, what a wonderful question! i know a lot of us would like to have a positive answer to that question. i think right now the status is almost, sorta. Please do keep me on your list and share any info you get? Thx! - AK ___ Policies and

[opensource-dev] Possibility to revert UI changes on snowstorm?

2010-09-20 Thread aklo
Sorry everyone! i pushed the wrong button and didn't get Malachi's msg quoted. Pls forgive the excess traffic? But i thought i'd better redo my msg or the lack of context would make it (more) nonsensical. Thx! - AK (retransmitting...) Malachi, what a wonderful question! i know a lot of us

Re: [opensource-dev] Draw Distance

2010-08-23 Thread aklo
natural to make SL work in its world the same way. - AK (Aklo Modan) On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 3:22 PM, Erik Anderson eri...@odysseus.anderson.name wrote: Shouldn't the SL client be able to figure out what a good draw distance would be? Maybe have it start autodetecting draw distance based

Re: [opensource-dev] Draw Distance

2010-08-23 Thread aklo
, isn't a quick and easy type of draw distance adjustment part of the way our eyes work? It seems very natural to make SL work in its world the same way. - AK (Aklo Modan) On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 3:22 PM, Erik Anderson eri...@odysseus.anderson.name wrote: Shouldn't the SL client be able

[opensource-dev] Login Pic

2010-08-22 Thread aklo
So, is it fixable? Is there some way to change the Snowglobe login channel? Or can the server be configured to respond to the channel Snowglobe already has? Or is this just something Snowglobe users should not care about? For reals, it's not important, but i miss it, the pics are a nice

[opensource-dev] Draw Distance

2010-08-21 Thread aklo
There was some talk lately about draw distance. i mentioned that from my place if i have my draw distance turned up over about 150 i can almost count on crashing when i tp. i'm really sorry i can't describe the problem any better than that. If someone wants to tell me how i could understand it

[opensource-dev] Display Name Viewer 1.x vs. Viewer 2.x

2010-08-18 Thread aklo
Display Name: i don't want my name to *ever* appear in a login screen or anywhere else as something like aklo.modan If there's a reason to have that kind of construct as a name used by scripts or whatever, that's fine so long as it's kept under the covers. But no simple user should ever see it.

Re: [opensource-dev] IRC bridge for brown-bag, Tuesday 4/13 noon PDT

2010-04-13 Thread aklo
i must have lost the SLURL for the brownbag that starts at noon. i may be able to attend the meeting, if only to listen. Could someone pls let me know what the SLURL is? THX!! -AK ___ Policies and (un)subscribe information available here:

[opensource-dev] Two Worlds

2010-04-11 Thread aklo
Hey Y'all, maybe i had an idea... There's been a lotta comment on the new viewer 2.0 look 'n feel stuff. Some ppl love it! Others hate it! Whatever it is, i think it's been a sorta polarizing issue, huh? One thing, the official claim is that it tests well with noobs. Some say that's 'cause

[opensource-dev] TPVP Discussion

2010-04-10 Thread aklo
i've been watching this TPVP discussion go round 'n round since it got started and just biting my tongue 'cause i don't have a dog in the race, as they say. That doesn't mean i haven't had an opinion i've wanted to share, though. So, if you don't mind, i'd like to make a respectful submission,