✨ Feature Requests

When communicating with each other, often a request of the type of communication is only possible to share via Profile...such as please send notecard, or please contact (other account) and so on. Auto response if ONLINE make it possible to share that desire, but when offline it is not clear. The top of our IM box should have a designated section where we can input those desires so that when any IM is opened, whether online or offline that information is there for all to see. Thus making sure that everyone is very clear on how the receiver wishes to be communicated with. It could also include links to FAQ info, websites, the url of another account and so on. thank you :)

I would like to have the ability to have blocks that work both ways. That way not only can I not see their voice or text chat but it would also prevent them from reading my chat or hearing my voice. When I block someone I generally do not want them to communicate with me. Including through communicating with others about what I am saying in a public location. Logging my text chat for use on third party sites or copied to another chat. I just generally don't want them to exist in SL for me, that includes them interacting with my interactions with other residents in public in an indirect way. I think if blocking also blocked them from seeing or hearing my messages that would resolve most of this.

I am not certain how this could be implemented but it would be nice if in the Role options that there would be a togglable checkbox to allow or disallow certain group roles in a group from posting hyperlinks. This would make it more difficult for scammers to spam links to phishing websites that steal account log in information with fake log in screens. This would also even make it harder for for people to spam products in other designers groups that are for other stores.

Would it be possible to give users a way to disable (make text only) links that are not SL supported or that do not fit a defined pattern? Supported links could include SURLs, MP, major Social Media platforms (insta, flickr, discord, primfeed), etc. If this is not feasible, would it be possible to give group owners a perm they can set for roles to allow/disallow posting of links? Having the option to allow but filter for supported links would be great, but again, if that's not possible, i can understand. This would at least give us some control over what keeps happening with malicious links in chat. i understand it would not be foolproof, but it could be a layer of protection added.

In other 3rd party viewers there is a visible nearby chat bar to type into and nearby chat is toasted on screen. This gives people the ability to not only see conversations around them without doing anything to do so, but also gives people the opportunity to respond without having to find the correct place to do so. New Residents especially have confusion when it comes to taking in all that is going on when arriving new to Second Life, and the chat button is so small compared to everything else, and with no nearby chat, they are unaware they are being communicated with, the world is silent, they are unable to know they are also being IMd as they do not get the same popups as other viewers letting them know something is happening, other than the chat button changes colour. Once they do find it and are able to see things, it can be too late, for them to get the help or understanding needed, it also limits them on understanding how to ask for help, they are just trapped in silence. https://gyazo.com/f47bb71a356e8ec48f159a9d54236587 an example of chat occuring in other viewers , even the messages that people are entering and exiting a region is something if new and you are not sure what is going on, it gives you a sense of things are happening around you. It also makes it very confusing for older residents when jumping from viewer to viewer when the most obvious thing is just not there.

The current lack of control over group chat participation in the official Second Life Viewer severely impacts usability, especially for power users who rely on group memberships for essential access to regions or features. Unlike third-party viewers, the official viewer does not offer any options to suppress group chats, resulting in a frustrating and disruptive user experience. DETAILS • When joining a group in Second Life, users are automatically enrolled in all group chat sessions without the ability to opt out or suppress them for individual groups. • Many groups require paid memberships, which are often necessary to access specific regions or areas. Temporarily leaving and rejoining groups to avoid chat disruptions is not a viable workaround due to the potentially high rejoining fees. • Group roles cannot address this issue since they are managed by group owners, not individual members, leaving members without control over their own experience. • Third-party viewers offer a simple checkbox feature to disable automatic group chat participation for individual groups, providing granular control and a better user experience. This functionality is notably absent in the official viewer. IMPACT This limitation forces users to tolerate constant disruptions, especially when they must maintain membership in multiple groups for access or utility. The lack of such a basic feature in the official viewer puts it at a disadvantage compared to alternatives, directly affecting usability for power users and casual users alike. It is imperative to implement an option for users to suppress group chat participation to align the official viewer with modern expectations and improve the overall user experience.

Currently, there is no way to find out who did what actions on a region that you own. I propose that Region Owners have access to the audit log on their own regions. Example: You are running an event on your region. Something happens and someone changed the access to your region, but you don’t know who. You submit a ticket to find out what happened. The ticket response tells you that they don’t look these things up because they take so much time. You are expected to leave it at that and never find out what happened. I propose that the running log of actions (the one that takes time for an Engineer to look through in order to tell the resident what happened) be available to the region owner so the owner / estate managers can see what happened on their region at a specific time. This is information that is already currently being logged right now - my proposal is to make it available to the people that own the region as well. In addition to providing more trust with the lab from residents, it also saves time on support requests - this is something the user can us to answer questions about actions on their region themselves if given access.

It would be great to see who messaged me last, as both my Firestorm and SL Official Viewers keep crashing today. I logged in to find a long list of offline messages, but now that the viewer has crashed, I have no idea who reached out. Thankfully, I receive offline messages via email, but only two have come through so far. What about the others? I had at least five or more messages. Please address this SLPlugin issue; I’m not sure why it’s happening. My event logs are filled with these errors, and this has been an ongoing problem for years on both SL Official and Firestorm viewers. Today, I logged in, and after just 10 seconds, it crashed. When I managed to get it back up and tried to remove a group, it crashed again. I’ve tried both the PBR and non-PBR versions of the Firestorm viewer, as well as the official SL viewer, but the problem persists. Does anyone know what port needs to be open for SLPlugin? maybe it has to do with my firewall, but I've had so many different antiviruses and firewalls in the last few years.

Just letting you know, Gmail is now flagging Second Life offline messages as spam. Could this be related to your SSL or email security settings? I’ve marked these emails as safe on my end, but if I hadn’t randomly checked my junk/spam folder, I wouldn’t have known about all the offline messages: like rental expiration notices, store support messages, easyblogger posts, caspervend, and so on. Some of these are really important, especially the land expiration notices.

One of the single most annoying troll tactics is when they get on Voice and shout profanities and slurs during events that require Voice to be turned ON. Live performances like Stage Plays and Sports Events with live voice-casters suffer greatly until Admins/Security is able to Eject/Ban the trolls. Many of these events have been moving OUT of Second Life in favor of other platforms with better voice permissions such as Discord and Telegram, but it would be great if residents could keep the Voice performances 100% within Second Life. Suggested Solution: Implement Land Group ROLES to control Permission to speak on Voice so that even if a parcel or region is set to a Group that is "Free to Join", only specific role(s) will be able to speak while all roles and non-group members are allowed to listen.