Rainbow Viewer / Cool Viewer

Description

Based on the offical SecondLife sourcecode licensed under GPL2, this speedy Metaverse Client can connect you to a huge variety of exciting Virtual Worlds! It incorporates a lot of improved, new, up- and backported features and fixes that make the fast and rock stable RV/CV the client of choice for many users.

This viewer includes many patches and changes from a lot of different people and sources which I am very grateful to be able to use. Credits are given to everyone I know, in case I missed someone I sincerely apologize.

Thanks to Henri Beauchamp who laid the foundation for this viewer with his Cool SL Viewer. Special thanks to Winter Ventura for the Cool Viewer logo and Jacek Antonelli and Peter Stindberg for the Rainbow Viewer logo :). And to all the others who helped and supported me, especially the people involved and behind Imprudence!

Some incomprehensive list of features

A major improvement is an up-to-date OpenGL implementation that especially helps users plagued by ATI's Catalyst drivers but also leads to measurable improvements of overall graphics performance by 30...100% compared to the official viewer; depending on your system. Rainbow Viewer features the current user interface whereas Cool Viewer spots the leaner cleaner and more configurable legacy UI. It's all about choice :).

New 1.22.12.0 code baseline
CV's legacy User interface with a clean, simple and userfriendly layout or Rainbow Viewers current official UI, you choose!
Improved Graphics rendering, especially for ATI users (measured >1/3 faster than the official viewer)
Tattoo and Alpha Layers backported from SL 2.0
Updated tested list of Virtual World grids
Marine Kelley's RestrainedLife (off per default)
Full Adult Compliance
Redesigned and "up-ported" search functionality, probably the best search in any viewer nowadays
Jiggly Bewbz :)
Temporary texture and animation upload
Better inventory search for content, description and creator
Low lag radar and AV management tools
Viewer skinning
Object and Shape export/import, limited to creator
Bulk permission editing
Last owner display to track content theft
"Worn" tab in inventory
Double click to wear attachments
Enhanced building tools
Flexible Sculpties
Large Prims (currently only for Opensim grids due to SL limitations)
Maximized Network Bandwidth
Flexible Grid selection at login for SL and all OpenSims
Teleport History and speedy doubleclick teleport
Avatar UUID in profiles
Features tab in Preferences for easy switching of features
Optimized latest OpenJPEG 1.3

...and a large number of other goodies and stability fixes that improve your overall experience. Too many to mention here :). Please check the Release Notes for details.

License / Disclaimer

This software is provided 'as-is' under the terms and protection of GPL2 licensing, without any express or implied warranty. The user in downloading, installing, using, modifying or distributing this product, assumes all liability for their actions and holds harmless the creators/distributors of this product for damages real or imagined, intentional, unintentional or negligent. In no event will the author(s) be held liable for any consequences arising from the development, use or distribution of this software. This product does not fall under the laws of merchantability of any state, province or government.

By using Rainbow Viewer, you agree and are subject to the Terms of Service (ToS) and Policies of the Grids to which you connect to. If you intend to use this software to connect to Linden Lab's SecondLife service the following additional conditions and disclosures apply:

This software "Rainbow Viewer 1.22.12" is not provided, supported or approved by Linden Lab.
Limited customer support in best effort only is available at the developers website http://my.opera.com/boylane
No surprising or unexpected content or functionality other than listed in the Release Notes is included.
Rainbow Viewer does not collect, store, distribute or make any other use of private user details. The exemption are the local storage of your user name and password for automatic login as well as the local storage of chat and IM logs as in Linden Lab's official client.

This software is provided before an eventual commencement and without acceptance of Linden Lab's Third Party Viewer Policy (TPV). Before using Rainbow Viewer at YOUR OWN FULL RISK please make sure you also read and understand TPV and its implications: http://secondlife.com/corporate/tpv.php

Versions and timestamp

Rainbow Viewer 1.22.12 R6
Rainbow Viewer Cool Edition (Cool Viewer) 1.22.12 R13
Rainbow Viewer Netbook Edition v1.2
Date : 20/04/2010
Status : Active