Big changes are coming soon to Second Life’s much-debated, much-derided user interface, according to Linden Lab CEO Rod Humble, who recently stopped by the popular Second Life user forum SL Universe to mention this. The changes will merge the current Basic and Advance modes, something that’s already been announced, but that’s just the start. Specifically:
For the UI changes. First you will see a merge of the modes. (Basically click to move + new camera coming into Advanced which you can turn to [the] old way if you like.) That should be end of this month [October]. Next, a large GUI change for all our users. Yup, we are taking another crack at UI design again… (Moria drums)
Yes, Rod Humble mentioned Moria drums, because that’s how he rolls. Maybe he believes a lot of these changes will be greeted by a dramatic rumbling from the hardcore user base. And I love how he concludes:
So in fairly short order you will be enjoying a new Linden Lab UI AND new features to help things run amok in-world. Good or bad it will be glorious!
Emphasis mine. My guess (and hope) is that Second Life’s viewer will look much more like The Sims 3, the hit Electronic Arts PC game which Humble lead developed, before coming to Linden Lab. (The Basic version of the viewer already looks decidedly more Sims-like.) Whatever the big changes, here’s to glorious ones that aren’t just incremental.
via New World Notes: Coming Soon: Big User Interface Changes to Second Life!.
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