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John Toonie
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Join date: 3 Jul 2005
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08-03-2006 00:12
Quite honestly, my personal opinion is yes, but I would like to know what everyone else thinks. Should LL put a hold on new features for 1 or 2 weeks and just fix some bugs with the updates, clean up from the massive scramble of features they have been adding and make the game more usable for the customers.
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Zonax Delorean
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Join date: 5 Jun 2004
Posts: 767
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08-03-2006 00:47
Only if it can be done as a rolling update, instead of the current 'don't even try to log on most of Wednesday, you're fsckd' update.
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Angela Salome
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Join date: 6 Oct 2005
Posts: 224
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08-03-2006 00:47
Quite honestly, my personal opinion is yes, but I would like to know what everyone else thinks. Should LL put a hold on new features for 1 or 2 weeks and just fix some bugs with the updates, clean up from the massive scramble of features they have been adding and make the game more usable for the customers. I think this latest update was just a defect fix up. |
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Keiki Lemieux
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Join date: 8 Jul 2005
Posts: 1,490
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08-03-2006 00:55
This update was a bug fix update. Last week's update was one too. Just because it was a "bug fix" update doesn't mean they aren't going to introduce new bugs.
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John Toonie
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Join date: 3 Jul 2005
Posts: 58
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08-03-2006 01:06
No they added new mute features and scripting changes this update, I mean total updates where there are no new additions, just complete bug fixes, if you look at the release notes, all you will see is bug fixes: blah blah blah
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mcgeeb Gupte
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Join date: 17 Sep 2005
Posts: 1,152
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08-03-2006 01:55
In my opinion are we really gaining anything with these updates other than pain and suffering and more bugs. Stop introducing new features when the main feature that is needed is playability.
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nimrod Yaffle
Cavemen are people too...
Join date: 15 Nov 2004
Posts: 3,146
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08-03-2006 02:05
No they added new mute features and scripting changes this update, I mean total updates where there are no new additions, just complete bug fixes, if you look at the release notes, all you will see is bug fixes: blah blah blah Bug fixes: * Fixed several exploits * Friends list now sorts by online status * Both the scripted object and the target of llPushObject must be in push-allowed areas * Corrected the color of system messages * Fixed a bug where right-clicking the edges of the viewer window automatically selected pie menu items * Minimap now fits within its window when taking high-res snapshots * Telehub spawnpoint removal no longer fails for Estate Owners/Managers * Fixed a bug where the clear search button was not visible * Send Postcard floater now gets active focus when "Keep open after saving" is checked * Fixed a bug where residents would teleport to the wrong location when using the my land window after using the sort tabs * Double-clicking on map icon ("event"  no longer opens wrong panel in Search floater* Fixed a bug with slow window resize * Dragging past the end of text field once again scrolls text * Fixed a bug where the avatar picker name field doesn't have focus on show * Ctrl+F opening search now puts focus in "All" tab's "Find" text box * About Land floater no longer goes blank in some use cases * Resolved issue which caused Minimap window, Build window and Object Edit window to not appear in snapshots when Show UI is selected * "Update Automatically" no longer clears the "Send postcard" window from the screen * Fonts now render properly with UI scaling on in fullscreen on Macbook Pro * Linden Locations shouldn't appear in Popular Places * Text in Search > Landsales no longer missing * Fixed a bug with keyboard selection of radio buttons * Escape now closes menus * Land sales description now displays correctly in Search > Land Sales * Snapshot window now follows the same position rules as other windows * Friends list now sorts by online status * Toolbar buttons no longer retain focus after use * UI layout tweaks to the About Land > Options > Show in Find Places drop-down menu * Improved the experience for uploading a snapshot as a texture * Fixed a bug with snapshot floater's settings not being persisted * Made double-click process as a normal click if not handled specially * Disabled using ALT-Enter to trigger buttons, etc * Converted media remote control to be a panel to allow tab focusing Linux client fixes: * No linux-client-specific fixes in this release From a quick look at the patch notes: /3/b0/126451/1.html I see: 33 Bug fixes 6 'Other things': 1 new LSL call for a promised feature 1 new constant for use with an existing LSL call The re-enabling of a lost feature, albeit with a different short cut. (Should this be classified as a bug fix too then?) The renaming of a menu item A new right click option on landmarks AND ... 'Asset compression expanded to cover objects' which is a back end feature that will reduce the rate at which our asset servers are filling up. This is a critical feature so that we can keep up with the content being created in world. Fixing bugs *does* mean down time, it *does* mean patches.  _____________________
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Raphael Rutherford
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Join date: 26 Mar 2004
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08-03-2006 04:11
Please vote for proposition 700 and help putting more pressure on Linden to concentrate on the bugs ONLY.
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Jonas Pierterson
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Join date: 27 Dec 2005
Posts: 3,660
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08-03-2006 09:07
Quite honestly, my personal opinion is yes, but I would like to know what everyone else thinks. Should LL put a hold on new features for 1 or 2 weeks and just fix some bugs with the updates, clean up from the massive scramble of features they have been adding and make the game more usable for the customers. I wouldn't mind the downtime as long as it was dedicated bug fixes. |
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Tre Giles
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Join date: 16 Dec 2005
Posts: 294
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08-03-2006 12:41
OH GOD YES, OH GOD, FINALLY SOMEONE HAS A BRAIN!!!!! We need to spam all the fourms with this one idea.
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Jonas Pierterson
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Join date: 27 Dec 2005
Posts: 3,660
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08-03-2006 12:45
OH GOD YES, OH GOD, FINALLY SOMEONE HAS A BRAIN!!!!! We need to spam all the fourms with this one idea. I've been saying take the features programmers and put them on bug fixes for months. But really, thanks for noticing.. |
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Jesse Malthus
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Join date: 21 Apr 2006
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08-03-2006 13:54
Lindens are on the love-work system. You'll be hard pressed to make them fix something that's not bugging them.
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