Cool VL Viewer forum

Hi, I want to use this viewer, it looks like it will fit my needs perfectly, plus. it's cool

However, I see it is not listed in the TPV. I don't care about that, but knowing this.. I have to ask

Is this safe to use? will LL ban me for using it?

Thanks!

If I remember correctly, Cool VL Viewer is not in the TPV list only because to be there, the Lindens demand to get some personal RL information from Henri that he is - rightfully, IMHO - unwilling to give. So that's more of an administrative problem than a technical or security one, and they have no reason to ban anyone using the viewer. I've been using it for years and never had a single issue with that.

Ah, alright. Thank you

Did you even READ the main page of the site ?...

Citation:


Also, do read LL's TPV policy (TPVP), and you will see in chapter 7.e. that:
(emphasis mine).

For your info, the Cool VL Viewer has been the very first TPV (implementation date: 2010-04-03) to become TPVP-compliant (i.e. implementing all the requirements, especially as stated in chapter 1 of that policy).

It's perfectly safe. I am using it on a daily base since long before the TPV-directory was even considered as an idea, and I have never had any issues with it.
(Except once with a local C-library back in uhm.... 2008-ish? So long ago it is completely irrelevant these days anyway...)

IMHO Henri's viewer is very stable, and he's fast on fixing issues. (Thanks for all the work you do Henri!)

The only "issue" that you might eventually have is if you need to talk with LL's support about something viewer related. They tend to sometimes be a little on the snarky side when you don't use their own official viewer. But nothing else will happen, so take a big smile and enjoy it.

Worth noting is that Henri has been doing this viewer for many many years, and is a well known person in the developer circles

My 0.02 of thoughts of any currency bundled with a huge amount of appreciation ^^

I love this viewer, it is truly nice to be back on this UI.

I hate to sound like a boomer, but I have vivid memories of SL running smoothly with max graphics on a (now) meager machine such as a c2q and 9800 gt, and I am pretty sure that quit being a possibility on even top of the line modern computers after the implenetation of the new UI by LL, if not that, what in the WORLD did they do to make this game so laggy??
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anyways im glad this viewer exists