Is The Second Life™ The Next Web?
No, it isn't. I know that so many residents feels so hyped with it to declare the Second Life™ the next big thing and the next step that will replace the web as we know it. I can agree that virtual environments are possibly the next big thing. There is a lot to be discovered about them. There is a lot for us to learn, lot of things to do. Second life does change our feel of the Internet and communication. But it is not going to become a replacement.
AjaxLife Improved
It is pure pleasure to watch how good projects develops. If you spent all your second life hiding in a slum and missed AjaxLife, it is a system developed by Katharine Berry from Teen Grid which enables you to log in to second life via your browser. For details, check the first post about AjaxLife. You can access it on https://ajaxlife.net/client or use the banner on the sidebar. And if you have a second life related blog, feel free to use the banner (hotlinking is ok for it) and spread the word. Read more…
Internet Explorer Security Risk To Your Second Life
I really don't understand why anybody is using Internet Explorer, especially if one is aware that there are things on the internet more advanced than text with couple of images on an unformatted page like in the last decade of the past century. But, it is not all about usability and comfort. Something is in the security too. Read more…
AjaxLife - Second Life Through the Browser
In short, now it is possible to log into second life, chat, teleport, see who's there… in your browser. The one you read this in.
Being Around Without Avatar
In Intuitive 3-D Interface: Finger Mouse, Amazon, Barriers Hiro Pendragon discusses some possible features of future second life and interface issues. One of the things that pushed my thoughts is passive browsing:
Also known as "ghost mode", Passive Browsing would let SL browsers (clients) access content in Second Life without rendering any avatars. "Ghost Mode" is a misnomer, really, because it assumes that "You can see other people, and they can't see you". This is not what I'm suggesting.
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