The new release of Firestorm has not been without its
fans or its critics. The critics have even gotten to Firestorm project manager,
Jessica Lyon, who took to the official Firestorm blog this week to voice her frustration at
the criticism of the latest Firestorm release.
I currently use Firestorm as one of my main Second Life
viewers, Singularity being the other one that I use frequently. In the latest release, Firestorm added many
features. The biggest one was the
ability to render avatars using the new Server Side Baking process, which will
replace the old HTTP way to render avatars.
Server
Side Baking is part of the Linden Lab’s Project Shining,
which is aimed at improving avatars and object streaming speeds.
In addition to incorporating this major change, Firestorm
also has the ability to back up and restore your viewer settings, which is a
very helpful command to have, when your computer dies and you have to reinstall
Firestorm and you cannot remember all of those special settings. The Firestorm
team has also included a more streamlined and easier way to customize some of
your favorite viewer settings, by creating a Quick Preferences panel:
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