ImpDev Meetups/2009-08-25

Summary
ImpDev Meetup for August 25, 2009.


 * Imprudence development has been slow for the past several months, but will be gearing up again now.
 * Keep active, and post frequent, small updates on the blog to keep people interested. Try to attract more developers/contributors and get them involved.
 * First priority is to "catch up" with other viewers, borrowing desirable features. May update to 1.23 base.
 * We'd like to borrow Snowglobe's HTTP textures, but it must be done in a way that doesn't break compatibility with OpenSim.
 * Next week is Imprudence's first birthday! It's hard to believe it has been so long.
 * A new skin would be nice, to make Imprudence look different from the regular viewer. Old skins would be kept, just not default.
 * Regarding object import/export: "User is object's creator" is not a good permissions check. It makes the tool useless for backing up collaborative builds. Instead, the test will be full perms (including effective full perms via Share with Group). There will also be a warning advising the user that copying may be illegal if they don't have legal rights to copy it, even if it's full perm.
 * McCabe wants to make Windlight settings (sky and water) quicker to access. Good idea, but there's some disagreement about how to do it.
 * McCabe suggested a new top menu which can be shown or hidden as the user prefers, because it would be easy to code.
 * Jacek is concerned about "menu bloat" on the top bar, and suggested adding menu items for Sky Settings and Water Settings in World &gt; Environment Settings.
 * A toolbar tab (like the media tab) devoted to Windlight settings would be really cool, but more work.
 * To keep the meetup from dragging on too long, we decided to continue the discussion later or on the wiki, mailing list, or whatever.

Links

 * Attachments Mod
 * Aimee's VNC plugin
 * Meerkat Viewer