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I used to be on the teengrid, and even some of those guys were insane. I used to know someone who had built a javascript version of the viewer. There was no vie

by LaikaF 9y ago

I used to be on the teengrid, and even some of those guys were insane. I used to know someone who had built a javascript version of the viewer. There was no viewing but you could access everything else (inventory, chat, map). Teen grid also lacked the ability to get items from the main grid so the average build quality of anything was pretty bad. I wonder how many of those builders went on to work in 3d animation or something similar. Pretty much everyone I know who used to play it either ended up in coding or some artistic career.

15155 9y ago
> I used to know someone who had built a javascript version of the viewer. Fellow former TGer- Alpha Zaius/Ming Chen, I think? (Andy Ortman and his brother - featured on the news back then) I think they post here.
- LaikaF 9y ago
  I know the name, don't think I met them.
jswrenn 9y ago
That was Katherine Berry's AjaxLife: https://my.secondlife.com/katharine.berry https://my.secondlife.com/katharine.berry She recently wrote about an experience with LindenLabs that caused her to lose interest in developing within SecondLife: http://kathar.in/post/149846332570/lsl-ui http://kathar.in/post/149846332570/lsl-ui I was on the teen-grid, too. In my time there, I met many really gifted teen programmers. They partly inspired me to pursue computer science, and, years later, I've even had the unexpected pleasure of meeting some of them in person!
- mintplant 9y ago
  > She recently wrote about an experience with LindenLabs that caused her to lose interest in developing within SecondLife: http://kathar.in/post/149846332570/lsl-ui http://kathar.in/post/149846332570/lsl-ui Augh. As someone who, back in the day, put significant effort into building up a semi-sane framework for UI construction in my own LSL scripts... that looks so much nicer than what I had to work with it's painful.
- jandrese 9y ago
  Yeah, I can see the Lindon board rejecting any UI element that wasn't unnecessarily obtuse or would randomly stab you in the face. It would undoubtedly cause confusion for people who run the official client.

by LaikaF 9y ago

15155 9y ago

> I used to know someone who had built a javascript version of the viewer. Fellow former TGer- Alpha Zaius/Ming Chen, I think? (Andy Ortman and his brother - featured on the news back then) I think they post here.

LaikaF 9y ago
I know the name, don't think I met them.

jswrenn 9y ago

That was Katherine Berry's AjaxLife: https://my.secondlife.com/katharine.berry https://my.secondlife.com/katharine.berry She recently wrote about an experience with LindenLabs that caused her to lose interest in developing within SecondLife: http://kathar.in/post/149846332570/lsl-ui http://kathar.in/post/149846332570/lsl-ui I was on the teen-grid, too. In my time there, I met many really gifted teen programmers. They partly inspired me to pursue computer science, and, years later, I've even had the unexpected pleasure of meeting some of them in person!

mintplant 9y ago
> She recently wrote about an experience with LindenLabs that caused her to lose interest in developing within SecondLife: http://kathar.in/post/149846332570/lsl-ui http://kathar.in/post/149846332570/lsl-ui Augh. As someone who, back in the day, put significant effort into building up a semi-sane framework for UI construction in my own LSL scripts... that looks so much nicer than what I had to work with it's painful.
jandrese 9y ago
Yeah, I can see the Lindon board rejecting any UI element that wasn't unnecessarily obtuse or would randomly stab you in the face. It would undoubtedly cause confusion for people who run the official client.