Hopefully it’ll be back soon.

So, changes!

• Group chats can now be created, listened and responded to
• The map actually displays a map
  • The map blocks are no longer requested in its entirety at the start. The upshot of this is that AjaxLife will not hang until 2MB of map data has been downloaded and processed, instead loading it as they become visible on the map.
  • SL’s region search has been implemented (it had to be, really, since we no longer know of every region in advance)
• Textures download correctly. This affects textures from inventory and 1st Life pictures (2nd Life pictures are pulled off the new SL search anyway)
• llOwnerSay now appears in yellow
• LSL highlighter is up to date (…I think)
• HTTPS links will be linked appropriately
• Links are clickable in the message of the day
• Newlines are displayed in login errors

Have a screenshot of a working map:

Additionally, it should now be somewhat simpler to run your own AjaxLife server; it no longer has any external dependencies. The 0.6.1 dependencies and source (no binaries right now; sorry) may be downloaded from the Downloads page. The new source may be browsed here.

In any case, AjaxLife 0.6 is almost ready. This is mostly a maintenance release, with the following improvements:

• The map now works as expected
• Textures now display as expected
• Group chat now works as expected
• HTTPS links now work as expected
• Parcel tracking now works as expected
• llOwnerSay from objects is coloured appropriately
• LSL highlighter is up-to-date

Actual new features will materialise later on. Additionally, a rewritten iPhone client is in progress. Coinciding with this release, I will once again start requesting donations (For the last year or so I have not requested donations, as it didn’t feel fair to ask them for something not actively being developed).

Oh, and the source code is now at http://github.com/Katharine/AjaxLife.

(And thanks for helping get it unblocked, too)

AjaxLife, as it stands, is effectively not in active development – the last change to anything other than the splash screen was almost a year ago. I haven’t actually given up on it; I’ve merely lacked the motivation to continue development (this is not helped by libsl/libomv making breaking changes every version). So I’m sorry for the lack of updates.

However, the service is, nominally, still running. Unfortunately, for whatever reason, Linden Lab have taken to banning it periodically. I can only assume that this is an automated response to griefers using it, as bringing it up on a new IP usually resolves the issue for an undefined length of time (and it does accurately report itself, so it seems unlikely to be an intentional ban against AjaxLife).

If you receive messages informing you that “Second Life cannot be accessed from this computer”, and that you should contact support@secondlife.com, AjaxLife has been blocked again. Unfortunately, it appears there isn’t much I can do for this; I apologise for the inconvenience.

(Incidentally, I know support@secondlife.com doesn’t work any more. Linden Lab writes the error messages, not me.)

It’ll remain down in your own personal universes until your DNS servers get up to date. Until then, iPhone users can try https://89.16.177.17/iphone/ (which will work for a long time), and everyone else can try http://67.202.16.25/ (which will change frequently).

The signup issue is not actually resolved, so please continue to vote for VWR-734.

As for those of you who have donated, you do have some valid cause to be irritated. There has been one vocal complaint, and I imagine that there are more who don’t feel strongly enough to actually publicly comment on the issue, but none-the-less feel somewhat put out. Whilst I would remind you that AjaxLife has been costing $120-130/month for much longer than people have been paying, and that it will return in future (and donations will carry forward), I understand that it is not running now. As such, in return for your support, I will be happy to refund any donations you have made since November 11th (31 days before AjaxLife was closed, which is the length of time between the spending of donations).  If you would like to request such a refund, please email me at katharine@kathar.in with the email address from which you sent your donation, and I will make arrangements for your money to be returned ASAP.

I do hope that this episode has not impacted on any of those who may have intended to use AjaxLife and/or donate towards its upkeep in future. In the meantime, I will point to MovableLife (https://movablelife.net) as a possible alternative – whilst far buggier than AjaxLife, it has the significant advantage of actually being up.

The standard disclaimer about it not being my account, but an adult’s, etc. still applies.

Oh, and sorry about Linden Lab blocking it. I’m going to look into having it automatically jump ship to another IP when that happens.