Browser-based Viewer

Ever since it was launched, Project Zero has been a great thing for me, since I have a low-end laptop. It used to be a bit hard to get in, but after a few minutes I could manage. Now, though, it's almost impossible. I spend hours trying to log in and get the message "There was a problem. Oh no, too many people are trying Second Life. Please try again later." hundreds of times. Please increase the number of simultaneous users, I’m sure this would make a big difference for many people.

Phillip asked the question in the Content Creators Meeting today but I missed it so I thought I'd post my idea here. Basically the question was how can you go about giving everyone fair access to the browsers daily resources without people abusing said resources by spinning up multiple accounts. My suggestion is to create a mobile authentication app like Steam or Blizzard. Each day the app produces a new unique key tied to that device and SL account or accounts. Once you have the key you can log in, if that key has burned it's daily allotment than you can't login and you have to wait for a fresh key. Perhaps a user could also be incentivized in some fashion to link multiple accounts together. Perhaps a one time stipend payment per account. OR by some other means to link more of their accounts to that app. Tying them permanently together meaning they'd all share the same daily key. I'm uncertain what sort of carrot would incentivize a person to do this but that's something that could be researched. This solution avoids SMS which is famously not secure. And an app could be installed on devices that don't have a sim card. I could see someone potentially buying a bunch of devices to run a bunch of apps so they could run multiple accounts. I'm not sure if enough people would go that far just to scam this system but I leave that for you all to decide. Another possible solution is instead of using time as the only measure for logging in, use how much of the servers resources the user is making use of a part of the equation. Kind of like in Pantheon when the UI's run hot they burn out faster. So if a user is teleporting to a new location every ten seconds to scan a region for users and than pop off to the next one. Than maybe they burn their daily rations much faster. It doesn't solve the multiple account issue but you could pair it with the authentication app, IP/Mac or SMS. Also a AFK timeout or AFK check would probably be useful as well. If someones not interacting with the service for ten minutes or so they get automatically disconnected. Automatically flagging accounts that exhibit odd behavior is another possible vector to use. Flagged accounts can go to human review and their activity can be scrutinized for details that could track abuse of the system. Those are just some of the ideas I had.

This is a feature that will bring in more people, and should not be exclusive to Premium members.

Each time i log in be it from my phone samsung or on my computer i am firstly the system is much slower despite the brilliant internet access i have and speed also , somehow i am unable to teleport out of my home ???

At first login it works as intended, I was able to chat, send im's, tp, walk with arrows, etc. Second login, unable to chat and send ims, arrow keys move the camera around (no walk), mouse clicks on icons do not respond. (Mac 2019).

I no longer have a premium membership as my iMac died and I cannot get onto SL, until the launch of project Zero. Now I can access SL again on my iPad via the browser which is awesome. However, actually getting in is hit-and-miss. I have to keep retrying and hope that it lets me in, and then it kicks me off again after a while. I’d be willing to upgrade to premium again if you can make unlimited access to zero.secondlife.com available as a premium perk—no waiting, no time limit. I know that time can already be purchased for Firestorm zero but I dislike using Firestorm. Please include the default viewer in the browser as a perk for premium membership. Also see my other feedback post regarding file uploads and saving snapshots from the browser viewer. This would be so awesome!

Going to my account page https://secondlife.com/my/ on the top 2 links, one is Launch Second Life on desktop, the other Launch Second Life in a browser. Clicking on launch in browser takes me to https://zero.secondlife.com/fs and tells me I have to buy time. But I also noticed this was for the Firestorm viewer, not the LL viewer. This looks like just an issue of the wrong link being on the website and should be https://zero.secondlife.com when I am on Secondlife.com and clicking the link for the LL viewer.

On top of past issues trying to use Firestorm Zero, which required the intervention of Roxie, Philip, Sntax, et al - thank you! - Now cannot log-in as an told I have "less than 5 minutes remaining" (see image #1) However, Account page claims I have 6 hrs 20 mins left of available testing time! (see image 2). Not sure which is right - but given the issues I've experienced to date just trying to get in with FS Zero, can't believe I've clocked up almost ten hours of testing time! :) .

The recent update that increased the Profile Picks limit doesn't seem to have been integrated into the Browser Based Viewer. It won't let me add any more picks to my profile via the Browser Based Viewer. Please update the Browser Based Viewer's Profile Picks limit to be on par with that of the Desktop Viewer.

The Browser Based viewer works great on iPadOS with Magic Keyboard and Mouse (or any bluetooth keyboard and mouse). Running it in safari however, takes up valuable space when the Safari tab and address bar is still visible. This can be hidden manually, but must be done manually each time. There is a better way to do this. You can add simple code to the zero.secondlife.com site that turns it into a Web App when added to the Home Screen. The Browser Viewer can currently be saved to the Home Screen (Share -> Add to home screen) but without the Web App code, it just launches in a new Safari Tab with other tabs and the address bar still in the way. Using this code you can set it to launch in it's own dedicated Safari window without the tabs and address bar getting in the way... Create a Web App Manifest File You need a manifest.json file. It tells iPadOS how to behave when the site is added to the Home Screen. Create a file called manifest.json in your site’s root, and put something like this inside: { "name": "Your App Name", "short_name": "App Short", "start_url": "/", "display": "standalone", "background_color": "#ffffff", "theme_color": "#ffffff", "icons": [ { "src": "/icon-192.png", "sizes": "192x192", "type": "image/png" }, { "src": "/icon-512.png", "sizes": "512x512", "type": "image/png" } ] } Important bits: display: "standalone" makes it open like an app, no Safari UI! start_url: "/" is your homepage when opening from Home Screen. icons is what it will show instead of a boring letter. Link Your Manifest in HTML In your site's <head>, add this: <link rel="manifest" href="/manifest.json"> Apple-Specific Touch Icon Because Apple likes being a little stubborn.. you also need special <link> tags for the app icon: <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/icon-192.png"> Apple-Specific Meta Tags Still in the <head>, add these spicy little meta tags: <meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-capable" content="yes"> <meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-status-bar-style" content="default"> <meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-title" content="Your App Name">