Linden Lab have launched the promised revamp of the secondlife.com Web-site rather sooner than expected, with the new site having gone live today. Our takeaway from the presentation at the recent Second Life Community Convention was that the new site wasn't due for a little while yet, during which time it would receive additional features.
Nevertheless, the new site and dashboard have launched, and look pretty much like what was previewed by Tom Hale just recently. Hale described the site revamp as a beginning, rather than as an end, so there's still a ways to go yet.
The site update touches pretty much every area and is a combination of a new front page, a new dashboard, a completely reworked Web-search interface and new registration processes for new users.
Most of the site revamp seems to focus around smoothing the latter part and easing the path for new users. Judging by recent signup data, through the A/B testing period, we'd have to agree that it seems to be succeeding along those lines at present.
Reactions to the new site and dashboard are going to be inevitably quite mixed. Love the new Second Life dashboard, and find it easier to work with? Hate it and can't find your stuff? Let us know what you think.
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