A "lighter-weight" Second Life viewer
I have just tried Kristen's Viewer for Second Life (Windows only). It is supposedly a bit more lightweight, so I decided to give it a try on my netbook, an Acer Aspire One.
I tested both it and the SL viewer and set the preferences the same in each. I bumped the graphics up one notch above the bottom, to see if the avatar could still walk with any success and ran a slide show off of a presentation board in Second Life while using each viewer.
Kristen's Viewer did perform much better on the netbook. I have included two screenshots below so you can see the rendering in the Second Life viewer and her viewer.
Second Life Viewer
Kristen's Viewer
In a pinch, which is the only time I would even try to use the netbook for presenting about Second Life, it could be done via Kristen's viewer. It is nice to know I have this option!
**Update 1/18/09: Port of Kristen's viewer available for the Mac here.
Labels: Kathy Schrock, Kristen's Viewer
posted by Kathy Schrock @ 7:28 AM
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2 Comments:
Thank you for the report. I would like to load a lighter client on my Gateway Tablet and see what happens.
Wow! Thank you for posting this! It is a perfect solution for my netbook and speaking at conferences!
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