A new Mac version of the Cool VL Viewer, version 1.26.12.21 was released today, and with many changes and new libraries it had the immediate effect that login to opensim was markedly faster. Perhaps being the most pureplay viewer based on the version 1 interface, it shoud appeal to Mac users in that it cuts many non-essential addons other developers often pile on their viewer, while it still keeps and is often first with many powerful additions and new features added by Linden Labs. The interface is often much faster to use with the pie menu rather than the hierarchical menus presented in the version 2 viewers.
The Cool Viewer often runs better than other viewers on machines with less powerful graphics cards and slower processors. It is definately an essential part of the toolchest both for builders and visitors of opensim grids.