That is not a disaster of course, but I would have liked to see some of the builds on the SL15B regions. Reading the blog on the Second Life Community page I saw some other interesting things though that Linden Labs will have in store for us this year.
They mention 15 improvements here. Many of them have to do with the costs of mainland and increasing the value residents get for their money, which is a thing we should all be happy about. There are some perks mentioned for premium accounts. I never went premium since I didn't see the point. I am not sure I would now. As long as I don't 'own' virtual land I can get by perfectly well on a basic account, renting my places where they are available.
There is the mention of new games and experiences. I never played one of these. Maybe I should some day soon, simply so I can blog about it. I can see the value for newcomers when it comes to teaching them how the platform works, but I prefer to rely on my own imagination and the communities I live in.
Then there are some measures for performance improvement. We'll see how that works out.
What really struck me though is point number 7: The return of Last Names - You’ve asked for it (a lot!), so we will provide a way to customize your last name in Second Life! More details will be available later this year.
Having a 'legacy' last name, my avatar being from 2010, I really like this one. I see all these new single named-residents (All having that annoying 'Resident' as addition to their account name for many purposes) and I pity them. For their names that end with numbers, the hopeless display names they sometimes choose, etc. Before that people could only pick a last name from a list, but this seemed only to trigger the creativity of the avatar's owner, often leading to memorable, if not hilarious names. Ever since those were abandoned I look at people's choices and I just have to yawn.
I hope this change will make avatar names more bearable again for all of us in the near future...
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