{"id":122,"date":"2010-11-16T19:17:07","date_gmt":"2010-11-17T03:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/darkly-cute.com\/blog\/?p=122"},"modified":"2010-11-16T19:17:07","modified_gmt":"2010-11-17T03:17:07","slug":"nue-to-me-_","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/darkly-cute.com\/blog\/nue-to-me-_\/","title":{"rendered":"NUE to me (^_^)"},"content":{"rendered":"

NUE… New User Experience.\u00a0 That’s the catchphrase the lab used a while back to talk about what first-day newbs… well… Experience. =^-^=<\/p>\n

Back when I was a Mentor, my account was flagged to have access to the Help\/Orientation islands that were available at the time.\u00a0 But, now that Mentors is gone, I can’t just go steppin’ in anymore. DX<\/p>\n

So… Technique… Make an alt!\u00a0 HAX! XD<\/p>\n

I did so yesterday and took a buncha snappies in the process. (^_^)<\/p>\n

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From the looks of things, we’re back to the linear path orientation.\u00a0 How to walk, turn, chat, cam around, focus, fly, sit, and such.\u00a0 Each t\u016bt was in a numbered chamber connected to the post and prior with little tubey hallways.\u00a0 (^_^)<\/p>\n

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The others around were typically trying to edit their appearance.\u00a0 No matter what’s in front of them, I think that’s the primary first task people give themselves in SL… “How do I make myself look good?”\u00a0 So, they go straight for the sliders and turn themselves into a relative freakshow… To be repaired by time and further HUMAN assistance. =^-^=<\/p>\n

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The build itself is all indoors-y now… No island or bridges.\u00a0 The sky is loosely visible through the translucent roof.\u00a0 And, it’s really super sterile.\u00a0 Lots of whites and grays.\u00a0 Kind of has a ‘Hospital of teh futurez’ feel to it.\u00a0 So, yeah, soothing… But I was waiting for THX1138 to come around the corner somewhere. DX<\/p>\n

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Finally, at the end, I was presented with a wall of 4 panels.\u00a0 Click one of the 4 to get a pseudorandomized map popup of the type of destination you’d like to start at.\u00a0 Exploration seemed to typically give artsyfartsy estate sims.\u00a0 Shopping gave stores (rut-DURR!).\u00a0 Socializing spun through the regular welcome areas and infohubs.\u00a0 And, help… Well, I didn’t click help.\u00a0 Maybe next alt. =^-^=<\/p>\n

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One thing I noticed about the “maplauncher” wall was that I didn’t get the usual finger-thingie as my mouse cursor.\u00a0 While this may not phase a first-timer, my first reaction was a bit of a “will this work”.\u00a0 I mean, even browsers have the finger-thingie for links.\u00a0 At a minimum, it felt weird and a bit awkward. (>_<)<\/p>\n

I’d say that this new setup probably isn’t any more effective than the prior HI\/OI setups and still begs for some human interaction.\u00a0 Add, APPEARANCE!! The shiny new SL avatars aren’t enough to discourage from going straight to the sliders.\u00a0 If anything, maybe a compact “AV Maker” app would help or an appearance menu blackout until they leave the t\u016bt and hit the main grid.\u00a0 (^_^)<\/p>\n

I still get the feel that human intervention is necessary.\u00a0 Not everyone learns the same way.\u00a0 It was easy enough for me to breeze through the t\u016bts because I been doing the bloody stuff for over 3 years.\u00a0 But, for a first timer who probably only has videogaem or Email experience… I’m sure there’s a whole lot of ‘WTF!?” going on. (=_=)<\/p>\n

It’s good, but, it could be far better.\u00a0 It was nice to they sculpted the chatty parrot. =^-^=<\/p>\n

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