03-28-2006 18:01
Second Life 1.9.0(18) will be released on Wednesday, March 29, 2006 beginning at 8am in the form of a rolling update. This means that each region will be restarted once to put the new code into effect. In addition, there will be an optional viewer update available for download.

Release Notes for Second Life 1.9.0(18) Mar 29, 2006
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Other changes:
* Expanded abilities for Estate Managers to return objects on an estate
* Teleport Home functionality mapped to CTRL-SHIFT-H on Windows and CMD-SHIFT-H on Mac
* Second Life password now limited to 16 characters in both the client and the secondlife.com website
* Number of groups joined, and maximum number, now displayed in Groups dialog
* "Live Music" category added to Events
* Current and maximum number of agents in Access lists now displayed in Estates dialog
* NTSC and PAL Window sizes now supported in File > Set Window Size menu
* llDialog "ignore" button redesigned to be less intrusive

Bug fixes:
* Find tool Region should have auto-complete, just like the map
* Avatars with complex attachments no longer experience "rubber band" effect on region crossing
* Group land appears torquoise to other group officer immediately upon change
* "Show Again" checkbox dialog now toggled correctly
* Epoch timestamp (Dec 31, 1969) no longer displayed in chat sessions
* Avatar can now rotate view after teleporting from sitting in a car
* Muted Residents list is once again persistent across sessions
* Can no longer accidentally move their objects while in mouselook
* Removed auto-complete field from Find > Places as its functionality was limited at best
* Resolved a map data loading issue which caused "Downloading Clothing" message and temporarily invisible avatar when logging in
* llMapDestination z-coordinate respected in script call
* Clothing textures will no longer become white if one tries to change clothes before they are loaded
* Region crossings above 260m no longer locate agent at 260m after crossing
* Resolved several server and client crash issues