Lesson 8: Easiest Viewer to Use
While Windlight is pretty, for a newbie (and even for my non-photographic forrays into Second Life), I highly recommend OnRez's Viewer by the Electric Sheep Company. If only they would make a version for Linux, but I digress.
The OnRez viewer is more newbie friendly and actually puts buttons and lists in places where you would expect them to be. It is also excellent if you intend to be more of a user of Second Life, rather than a builder as, by default, the building menus are hidden (but can be accessed by pressing [CTRL] + [4]).
Sadly the OnRez viewer is themed to be CSI: NY, which is great if you are a fan of the show and only slightly annoying if you are not. The orientation island associated with the viewer, and set home point, are similarly CSI: NY themed.
In fact, if I were starting over again from the top, I would just create an avatar through the CSI: NY in Second Life website, because at least those avatars do not suffer from the just rezzed look that plagues many newbies. The CSI default avatars have prim hair (the Mont Blanc of hair) and relatively custom made skins.
Not to mention that they come with some potentially custom last names.
The OnRez viewer is more newbie friendly and actually puts buttons and lists in places where you would expect them to be. It is also excellent if you intend to be more of a user of Second Life, rather than a builder as, by default, the building menus are hidden (but can be accessed by pressing [CTRL] + [4]).
Sadly the OnRez viewer is themed to be CSI: NY, which is great if you are a fan of the show and only slightly annoying if you are not. The orientation island associated with the viewer, and set home point, are similarly CSI: NY themed.
In fact, if I were starting over again from the top, I would just create an avatar through the CSI: NY in Second Life website, because at least those avatars do not suffer from the just rezzed look that plagues many newbies. The CSI default avatars have prim hair (the Mont Blanc of hair) and relatively custom made skins.
Not to mention that they come with some potentially custom last names.
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