This is completely insane

Bug fixes:
* Scrolling windows should no longer catch scrolling events when they're not the
active window
* Fixed a bug that caused the fullscreen/windowed shortcut (Alt-Enter) to work i
ncorrectly
* Landowners can no longer ban themselves from their own land based on payment i
nformation
* Fixed snapshot previews in Bug Reports and Postcards
* Changing the snapshot resolution causes the previously captured image to disap
pear
* Snapshot mode is automatically exited when teleporting
* Fixed a bug that caused snapshot buttons to become greyed out when zooming
* Fixed a bug with zoomed snapshots
* Fixed a bug that caused the UI to blur in a screenshot
* Fixed a bug that caused the UI and HUDs to tile in high-res snapshots
* Fixed a bug that caused the Texture Picker to automatically select a texture
* Fixed a bug with the sky when right-clicking objects in the dark
* Fixed a bug that caused uploaded textures to preview incorrectly
* Fixed a bug that caused the edit window to be dragged to the bottom of the scr
een when minimized
* Nametags now scale properly with UI changes
* Changed UI Scale label to be consistent across the interface
* Objects can now be dragged from Recent Items to All Items
* Mouselook mode works correctly when exiting snapshot mode
* Removed extraneous headers from Estate -> Debug -> Top Scripts / Top Colliders
* Fixed the interface tiling when taking high-res snapshots
* Fixed an ugly rectangle around the Terms of Service buttons
* Fixed a column width issue with Land Sales
* Removed the option to flag a Teen Second Life event as Mature
* Fixed a bug that caused UI elements to scale incorrectly when changing windowe
d resolutions
* Fixed a bug that caused a blank Friends list
* Improved font rendering for UI, HUD, and avatar names
* Region/Estate -> Debug -> Top Colliders now displays properly
* Improved UI font scaling to better match window scaling
* Improved UI appearance at 800x600 resolution
* Help -> About Second Life displays the proper information
* Fixed several bugs with snapshots and HUDs
* Fixed a crash issue with snapshots
* Snapshot buttons are no longer clipped
* Fixed a glowing eyes issue with Bump Mapped avatar rendering
* Fixed a bug that caused the Color Picker text values to have no effect
* Fixed a bug that caused the Chat bar to appear when other windows had focus
* Fixed a bug that caused chat bubbles to go offscreen
* Fixed a bug that caused inventory Rename to lose keyboard focus
* Script comments are once again orange
* Profile can now be viewed after searching for one Resident in the finder
* Preferences > Network > Clear Cache > Apply no longer starts parcel music stre
am
* Fixed a bug where objects specifically requested to be returned were skipped i
f an avatar was sitting on them
* Autoreturn now functions properly after a parcel is subdivided
* Parcel object limits are calculated properly when a parcel is subdivided and c
laimed by a new owner.
* Terms of Service defaults to "I Disagree"

That enough bug fixes for you?

Yes, they add features too. But they've been doing a great job lately of fixing bugs. Even some of the ones we've all been living with for a year or more. So.. before you automaticly whine about bugs not being fixed when somethng bad happens, do your research.

Thanks

I'm a paying customer and this does piss me off.

That would take away all their fun. Forum trolls don't want to complain, they want to publicly complain, and they don't care if LL listens, they just want everyone else to listen.

(Yes, of course they're forum trolls, at least the cronic complainers whose names we're all familiar with by now are. If they were honestly as unhappy as they say, they wouldn't be here any more. They're still here because trolling is the game they most like to play.)

I think you should start your own company and spend a few million dollars showing those good for nothing jerks how to do things right.

I'm a paying customer and this doesn't piss me off at all.

BAH This is MY primetime, I work nights in the US. I however have played enough online games over the past few years to realize YES UPDATES HAPPEN and YES THERE ARE OFTEN ISSUES RELATED TO THE UPDATES THAT CAUSE FURTHER DOWNTIME. The world does not come to a screeching halt if SL's down for a few or even 24 hours. Go outside look at the sun, the moon and stars. Have a beer, rent a movie, play with the kids, whatever. It'll get fixed eventually.

I think the timescale is aimed at normal working hours for LL, and not having to pay overtime to the minions.

Of course, that's going to have to change if they're serious about SL becoming another "platform" for business. A web hosting company that performs its maintenance every week in the middle of prime working hours would find itself with no customers before too long.

You've enjoyed sl for 2 months for no charge whatsoever and your pissed that you can't play for a few hours?
your post title is correct - this is completely insane.

I pay and I consider it mildy irritating at best (or worst) but certainly nothing to make me furious or insane.

HELLO EVERYONE!!! Wow did I miss all the fun???? I see we are down once again. OH well at least I made some Lasagna...heehee excuse my spelling...... anyone want some? =o)

Although I appreciate that the Lindens work in Pacific time and this must be reflected in the times that the system is worked on, I wonder why it takes 4 hours to do the updating ?

In Europe it means an outage spanning 3pm to 7pm.

I suppose I will have to talk to the family

I agree totally, when this happens, it makes me realize that I spend too much time on the computer LOL! So maybe people should realize that it's second life, not Real LIFE! I figure, it'll be up when it's up, till then I will converse with REAL people.

Imagine your trying your damndest to make your tier payments from what your earning in SL, and they have it down once a week for at least half a day...thats 2 full days out of every month our investment earns SQUAT!!!! Ok dont put us down for wanting to take full advantage of the game and try and make a few bucks to offset land fees...and not to mention additional time, like today that it is STILL down. I can only hope that they have a little server there on site that they could test these patches on first???? hmmmm just an idea...but i think its a necessity to try and keep the grid up as much as humanly possible. Now maybe the e-mail bug could only fail in the main grid, dont ask me im not a rocket scientist. My forte is customer service, and hmmm i gotta say this sucks....they should compensate the paying customers in some form, and possibly take it out of whoevers dept's bonus for this month, thats responsible for seeing this patch work right..this concept seems to work well in the real world...hmmm is it real or is it memorex??? oh well i just needed to rant a bit...like its going to do any good, but at least i do feel better, thank you everyone for listening...hi im cinda and im hooked on SL........................

Throws away the empty popcorn bag and sticks out a plate

You know what the best part of these threads are. It doesn't matter if you are upset or not. The outages...will still happen. Consider it a great time, to catch up on forum posts*grins*. Not meaning to sound insensitive. It's just a part of playing an MMORPG.


My 2 cents.
**Rudy

LOL you can't please everyone, but once again, I agree

The new snapshot stuff is an effect of the improved UI based on XUL which itself fixes many issues with the UI and makes UI changes such as snapshots very simple.

Snapshots are a flashy feature that was improved but the main change that makes all these features possible is the XUL UI..

XUL stands for XML User Interface Language.

If you see many changes to the UI from now on, that's because it's become very easy to change the UI.

Sweet

Oh! I want some lasagna too

::gives a big piece to Demona:: =o)

Read the TOS, same with your internet supplier, same with your phone supplier. When they go down, you get nothing.

::gives Alexandre a nice big piece of lasagna as well:: =O)

Bug fixes are fixes from new things that were not needed (as desparately as stability, etc.), so listing all those fixes isn't a valid argument.

And those who are saying ANY MMO goes down like this and yadda yadda, firstly.. no they don't. I have not known any MMO to consistently, [weekly pull 7-8 hours updates, then go down later for another 2-4 hours, and randomly a few hours any other time. And yes, I have known of MMO's to go down for that much at one time or another, but not constantly . Nor can I count on them every update day to go back down for however long.

On any given week, SL is down for more than 15 hours. This doesn't include griefring, since other games aren't as succeptable as others (although it does appear since registration was removed, griefing incidents have increased).

I knew of 2 MMO's that went down often. AC2 (defunct) and Horizons (closing in on defunct, since they added and deleted so much then bugged it out and now that it's stable are afraid to introduce new content, numbers went from 200,000+ on release to just around 5,000 now).

No, what it means is they don't HAVE to give you anything, but those that rate high in customer service, usually do to be nice!

So you think the employees who live and work on Pacific Standard time should have to get up and come to work in the middle of the night so that you're not inconvienanced for a few hours? Do you also think your dentist should have sunday hours and your bank should be open til midnight to accomodate you?

Honestly people there isn't a service of any kind that doesn't inconveinance its customers occasionally and there isn't an online game that doesn't require some update and downtime. Read a book (thats what I'm doing between cooking dinner and reading forums) or go for a walk or watch TV or snuggle a sexy mate, whatever. I promise SL will be back tomorow. If it's not by then I'll be going through the withdrawals and crying with the rest of you I promise that too.

It's not insane that the game is down for fixes after an update, because that happens in every single game with every single update, even ones with test servers.

what IS insane is that people always get upset about it, in every single game, even though it ALWAYS happens.