Announcing a new Test Viewer: 1.21 RC1 is Available

We are releasing the second iteration of the new Viewer 1.21 Release Candidate (RC1). Please help us to identify new bugs (and try out the new features) before it becomes an official download for Second Life. Participating in the Release Candidate viewers is completely optional. You may install this viewer side-by-side with the official 1.20 viewer that you normally use.

We have addressed some of the bugs that appeared in RC0, but not all bugs you have reported. A complete list for RC1 is available in the Full release notes.

We do need your help to find crashes and other feedback! We have improved the precision of crash information that we receive when you send us Crash Reports. With the reports that you send us from RC1, we will be able to create a more stable RC2 and RC3 viewer.

NOTE: Because of a number of known bugs, we have made this RC1 viewer an optional upgrade from the previous Release Candidate. We are again investigating that this RC1 fails to run on a Mac PowerPC. For PowerPC users, please wait for RC2 before upgrading your Release Candidate.

Please visit the Test Viewers page to download the 1.21 RC1 viewer at your convenience.

You can discuss the release of this new Release Candidate here in the SL Forums.

Be sure to report new issues in the Issue Tracker and set the “Affects Version/s” to “1.21 Release Candidate”.