Comments on: On Second Life http://www.withinandwithout.com/2006/10/on-second-life/ Arbitrary Obsessions. Cities. History. Music. Feminism. Maami-isms. Patterns. Halwa. Identities. Free Verse. The Internets. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:58:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Neha Viswanathan http://www.withinandwithout.com/2006/10/on-second-life/comment-page-1/#comment-7487 Neha Viswanathan Fri, 20 Oct 2006 17:43:33 +0000 http://www.withinandwithout.com/?p=1025#comment-7487 ang - 512, 1.5 - Which I believe should be more than adequate given I am on a 2MB connection. I am not disputing that the emotions and relationships are real and have depth. I only think that the user experience is not particularly positive in the first few hours which is crucial. See, it's also crucial that existing SL users not get defensive about metaverse. Unless feedback is accepted constructively without attacking "perceived" attitude. I don't see how SL can be part of my functional online routine without dealing some of the basic issues. ang – 512, 1.5 – Which I believe should be more than adequate given I am on a 2MB connection. I am not disputing that the emotions and relationships are real and have depth. I only think that the user experience is not particularly positive in the first few hours which is crucial. See, it’s also crucial that existing SL users not get defensive about metaverse. Unless feedback is accepted constructively without attacking “perceived” attitude. I don’t see how SL can be part of my functional online routine without dealing some of the basic issues.

]]> By: Second Life - improve the newbie experience! at Almost As Good As Chocolate http://www.withinandwithout.com/2006/10/on-second-life/comment-page-1/#comment-7454 Second Life - improve the newbie experience! at Almost As Good As Chocolate Thu, 19 Oct 2006 18:29:05 +0000 http://www.withinandwithout.com/?p=1025#comment-7454 [...] Amazing stuff. But, what is not so amazing is how hard it is for the non-early adopter, non-technically savvy to get on and engage. That’s fine for when the company is starting, but it is time that Second Life addressed this issue. I see two issues [...] [...] Amazing stuff. But, what is not so amazing is how hard it is for the non-early adopter, non-technically savvy to get on and engage. That’s fine for when the company is starting, but it is time that Second Life addressed this issue. I see two issues [...]

]]> By: ang http://www.withinandwithout.com/2006/10/on-second-life/comment-page-1/#comment-7441 ang Thu, 19 Oct 2006 10:20:27 +0000 http://www.withinandwithout.com/?p=1025#comment-7441 Neha.. what are your pc specs? what's your ram like? and i do sl on a 64k cell phone connection... the fact is that some people are skeptical about metaverse.. so why bother is the atittude.. im seeing... i do not deny that sl is not robust, it isnt yet. grid scalability can be an issue at times and for those of us who are genuine avatars in sl.. its really frustrating.. just one thing though.. the emotions on second life are real... and connecting second life with real life is being pursued by many. but we agree to disagree. :) thanks for a nice read. Neha.. what are your pc specs? what’s your ram like? and i do sl on a 64k cell phone connection… the fact is that some people are skeptical about metaverse.. so why bother is the atittude.. im seeing… i do not deny that sl is not robust, it isnt yet. grid scalability can be an issue at times and for those of us who are genuine avatars in sl.. its really frustrating.. just one thing though.. the emotions on second life are real… and connecting second life with real life is being pursued by many.

but we agree to disagree.

:)

thanks for a nice read.

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