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Running multiple Viewers has become more accessible thanks to an easy checkbox in Viewer 2.4 Beta. If you run multiple Viewers (what are the official Viewers?) — for example, you prefer building in 1.23 but want 2.3′s communication enhancements, and are also testing the Mesh project viewer — certain aspects can conflict, especially if you’re [...]

In the epic tradition of me promising to followup when wishes come true… With the Viewer 2.4 Beta comes with the exciting, long-awaited GRADUATION of several “advanced” features to SUPPORTED* status, as denoted by their inclusion in the PREFERENCES window (instead of being buried obscurely under-the-hood).   You may know a lot of my video [...]

As part of launching our new more open viewer development process, we changed the open source license for the new viewer code base from the GPL with an exception to allow use with certain other open source licenses (the “FLOSS Exception”) to the LGPL.  Some people have been asking about what this change means, and [...]

Late last week, we discovered a denial-of-service attack that was being served through the widely distributed Emerald third-party viewer. This is in direct violation of our third-party viewer policy (part 2, section d, paragraph iii). We have removed Emerald from the list of third-party viewers, and are now in touch with the Emerald team to [...]

Late last week, we discovered a denial-of-service attack that was being served through the widely distributed Emerald third-party viewer. This is in direct violation of our third-party viewer policy (part 2, section d, paragraph iii). We have removed Emerald from the list of third-party viewers, and are now in touch with the Emerald team to [...]