The Preview grid is open to all adult residents born before Februrary 1, 2006. Please visit http://secondlife.com/community/preview.php for more details!
Please note the the Tiki Wiki is broken right now, so I've posted the release notes and known issues HERE instead!
Release Notes for Second Life 1.9.0(9) Mar 2, 2006
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Features:
* All "Abandoned" land now reverts to Governor Linden ownership
** In the past, land smaller than 512 sq. m. would revert to Public Land upon abandonment
** Now all land Abandoned land will go up for sale or auction one week after being abandoned
* Planar texture mapping
** Provides an alternate texture mapping for primitives
Bug fixes:
* Shiny objects no longer unable to be selected in some circumstances
* Offline message no longer recorded before agent's presence on the grid is verified
* Skirts no longer drawn incorrectly
* Second Life client no longer crashes when it times out
* FollowCam is revoked after dismounting vehicles
* Hidden group titles remain hidden after multiple region crossings
* Busy message should now be displayed when IM'ing a person in Busy mode
* Yellow fog no longer appears on 24-bit textures when fog is turned off
* Camera no longer stops moving when walking while dragging an object
* Attachments no longer pop into view during region crossing in Mouselook view
* Movement to another sim via teleport should not reset object position
Other changes:
* The ability to create joints has been removed from the Tools menu
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KNOWN ISSUES:
* Property lines, grass, etc. renders over my alpha prim hair
* Avatars with complex attachments (e.g. furries) rubber band on region crossing
* Crash when accepting friendship
* Opening the inventory takes your cursor focus
* Granting/Revoking modify rights should notify the target user
* PERMISSION_TRIGGER_ANIMATION error when exiting a vehicle
* Avatar should be facing destination after teleport
* Name tags no longer behave as extension of the avatar
* Animation preview for .bvh uploads is broken.