Next SL update scheduled

The next release of the Second Life viewer/grid software is scheduled for Wednesday December 13, in the usual 7am - Noon SLT (Second Life Time) timeslot. You can try it out by getting the viewer from the usual place (noting, that Linden Lab forgot to update the Beta Grid release notes there). Short of emergency fixes, it's likely that this is the last major update for 2006.

As with every update for most of 2006, this one is comprised almost entirely of bug-fixes, with a very few alterations or enhancements. Interested residents should get in there and hammer it. I don't recall ever logging on to the beta grid and not finding four or five things to bug report in the first ten minutes.

If nothing else, it's a chance to find out if Linden Lab accidentally broke your stuff, and a chance to let them know in time to unbreak it before it all hits the Main Grid, with a soggy thump. Some of you don't want to do Linden Lab any favors, but think about doing yourselves one.

Try it. If it breaks your stuff, eats your data, causes hairloss and albinism in pets and the elderly, now is a good time to raise your voice and say 'WTF?' -- because if you wait until Monday, that might just be too late.