The new version of the Second Life Client is now available (version 1.18.0.6) from the downloads section of the website here: http://secondlife.com/community/downloads.php I’ve found it more convenient to download the client from the website, save it to my hard-drive, and then install it from there rather than wait till I try and logon. Usually when I logon I’m in a hurry to go somewhere or do something inworld, so I don’t want to then wait for the download.
There is also a kind of trial client called Voice First Look Viewer (current version 1.18.0.125) downloadable from here: http://secondlife.com/community/firstlook.php This allows you to play with some cutting edge new features (like voice chat in this case). Again I downloaded it to my hard-drive and installed it (to a different directory from the normal client). You can run either client and change between them, although I haven’t tried running them simultaneously as I’m not sure if you should login to the game twice at the same time. If changing between clients you should first clear the cache (Menu Edit-Preferences-Clear Cache) before exitting one client and restarting the other.
I’d really like to play with Voice Chat within our group so if some of you could try the First LookViewer that would be great. However I’ve found Voice Chat, for example in Yahoo Chat, to be a little more daunting than keyboard text chatting because you seem to want to have witty things to say all the time. For learning and teaching the voice functionality will be very helpful I think, particularly if trying to teach English as I want to.
These are 32Mb downloads so allow about 10-15 minutes with reasonable speed broadband.
Another really interesting blog I’ve found useful is Natalia Zelmanov here: http://slnatalia.blogspot.com/ I think her appeal as a successful female avatar and businesswomen in Second Life would be very encouraging and inspiring to all newcomers. I bought a really nice dress for my lady’s avatar from Natalia, which went some way to make up for the time I’m spending online in Second Life (LOL)
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