✨ Feature Requests

Currently, when I'm busy working on something, such as scripting, and can't respond to IMs, I set myself as "Unavailable". However, people who aren't physically near my avatar don't see this status—it’s only visible locally. As a result, they continue sending IMs and receive no reply, making me appear rude or dismissive. It would be ideal if we had the option to select an "Offline" status, allowing us to appear offline to everyone, including contacts. I know there's the option to disable the global "eye" icon, but this works poorly when you have more than 500 contacts, as it updates each one individually, and some contacts fail to reflect the change. An "Offline" status would be much simpler and would let us focus on our tasks without fear of disappointing friends.

I would like to have the ability to have blocks that work both ways. That way not only can I not see their voice or text chat but it would also prevent them from reading my chat or hearing my voice. When I block someone I generally do not want them to communicate with me. Including through communicating with others about what I am saying in a public location. Logging my text chat for use on third party sites or copied to another chat. I just generally don't want them to exist in SL for me, that includes them interacting with my interactions with other residents in public in an indirect way. I think if blocking also blocked them from seeing or hearing my messages that would resolve most of this.

I am a premium plus user whose messages get capped almost nightly. This is causing a serious problem with my rental payments across multiple markets. Due to message capping, I'm missing rental notices, which makes it appear I'm deliberately avoiding payments, damaging my reputation as a reliable tenant. Since Linden Lab now owns Casper, I request a technical solution: please create a system where rental payment notices bypass the regular message cap. Perhaps rental notifications could be treated as system notifications or priority messages that always get delivered. This issue has directly impacted me multiple times. Last month, I missed three payment notices and faced potential eviction from a prime location despite having funds available. As someone who invests in Premium Plus membership, I believe reliable communication about financial obligations should be a basic service. Could you implement a dedicated 'Rental Notifications' tab in the interface or a priority flag for these critical messages? It could easily be in our Website account menu, "On or off." This would significantly improve the experience for residents like me who are active in the rental market but who also have so much communication that sometimes these things don't even appear to us. Thank you! Streex Foxtrot

Additional abilities to color text, or italicize, Bold, or change fonts, for those of us that role play. I adore SL, but the lack of consideration for text compared to any other platform is appalling.

disallow users to pull names from groups (or anywhere) to initiate confrence calls. it's rude, unwelcome, and just spam. I don't like any personally unless I know I'm getting invited. so maybe it could be restricted to only those on a friends list at least or a pop up is shown to accept or decline them in the same way a voice confrence does.

Currently if someone types [SOME_UNSAFE_URL SOME_SAFE_URL] into an IM they can convince a person to click a malicious link that looks entirely safe visually. I propose a way to correct this: A new Preferences -> Chat -> Chat Windows checkbox called Enable URL Filtering. When unchecked it disables the Allowed URLs button. A new Preferences -> Chat -> Chat Windows button called Allowed URLs. When this button is clicked a filter list similar to the Firestorm Media Filter list pops up allowing the user to add or remove allowed domains. By default the following domains should be allowed: secondlife.com firestormviewer.org phoenixviewer.com discord.gg discord.com youtube.com youtu.be This way users can perform basic operations like connecting to friends on Discord, visiting support help links on firestorm or secondlife's website, visiting the marketplace, and viewing youtube links. Beyond that if someone needs to visit additional domains, they need to add them to the allowed filter list. Then if someone were to attempt to hit them with a malicious link, it wouldn't work by default. I think this would be a quick and efficient way to fix the problem for the most users. I understand this would make things more difficult for any url not on the list, but people could just display those urls as plaintext and users could copy and paste them if they truly want to visit them. And, in this way, they wouldn't be concealed by a malicious clickable link. And, any links added to the filtering allow list would become clickable if desired. A checkbox which is on by default, could be provided for unchecking to turn off the security feature. But, it should be on default for all users, unless the user chose not to use it. With a warning that pops up when attempting to uncheck explaining why that might not be a great idea that they could then ignore and even "don't show me this warning again."

Please pull Firestorm's Block Group Chat function into the Official Viewer. The amount of group chat spam I get on the official viewer is insane. I know that it can be disabled entirely, but there are a couple groups that I do wish to see.

This request is to enable the voice in the landing point in the WelcomeHub. And, have a moderator around to deal with any trolling issues instead of relying on disabling voice. Most new users to the platform don't understand the user interface enough to know an IM from a mentor has arrived. And, they can't hear anyone talking to them in the landing point at the Welcome Hub because the voice is disabled there. As a result, new users experience confusion, disinterest and a feeling of the platform being a ghost town. Not realizing that it is only because they are standing in a dead zone due to the voice being disabled. They end up logging out disappointed, uninstalling and not coming back. This is a major new user retention issue. I propose that voice should be re-enabled in the WelcomeHub landing zone and offer the fulltime mentors that stand there the ability to warn and kick anyone who cause issues. This way the mentors can actually guide the new users on voice, which is easier and makes the platform come alive. And, it would allow them to guide and help multiple new users at a time.

The current lack of control over group chat participation in the official Second Life Viewer severely impacts usability, especially for power users who rely on group memberships for essential access to regions or features. Unlike third-party viewers, the official viewer does not offer any options to suppress group chats, resulting in a frustrating and disruptive user experience. DETAILS • When joining a group in Second Life, users are automatically enrolled in all group chat sessions without the ability to opt out or suppress them for individual groups. • Many groups require paid memberships, which are often necessary to access specific regions or areas. Temporarily leaving and rejoining groups to avoid chat disruptions is not a viable workaround due to the potentially high rejoining fees. • Group roles cannot address this issue since they are managed by group owners, not individual members, leaving members without control over their own experience. • Third-party viewers offer a simple checkbox feature to disable automatic group chat participation for individual groups, providing granular control and a better user experience. This functionality is notably absent in the official viewer. IMPACT This limitation forces users to tolerate constant disruptions, especially when they must maintain membership in multiple groups for access or utility. The lack of such a basic feature in the official viewer puts it at a disadvantage compared to alternatives, directly affecting usability for power users and casual users alike. It is imperative to implement an option for users to suppress group chat participation to align the official viewer with modern expectations and improve the overall user experience.

Translators added to chat windows