| Features | SL Viewer (Official) | Firestorm (3rd Party) |
| Install and update | Easy | Not easy: Backup your setting -> uninstall old version -> Restore your setting |
| SL/OpenSim | Not available for OpenSim | Available for both SL and OpenSim |
| User Interface | - | Need to select mode "Viewer 3" at opening screen and re-log for compatible with SL viewer |
| SnapShot | You can't select optional resolution. So you need to download SS to your PC and resize and upload to SL. | You can select optional resolution independent with aspect ratio -> useful for saving texture reading time |
| Chat by Pressing Letter Keys | Ctrl+P -> General tab > Pressing letter keys: Check "Starts local chat" | Ctrl+P -> Move & View tab -> Movement tab -> delete check "Pressing letter keys affects movement (i.e. WASD) instead of starting local chat" |
| Edit chat by Arrow Key | Ctrl+P -> Move & View -> Keyboard: delete check "Arrow keys always move me" | Ctrl+P -> Move & View -> Movement tab. delete check "Arrow keys always move me" |
| Save chat log | Easy
How to save: Ctrl+P -> Chat -> Save: select "Log and transcripts"
How to find: Same page (copy URL)
| How to save: Ctrl+P -> Privacy -> Logs & Transcripts -> check "Save nearby chat transcript"
How to find: Ctrl+P -> Network & Files -> Directories -> copy URL of "Conversation logs and transcripts location"
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| Double click teleport | Ctrl+P > Chat tab -> delete check on "Play typing animation when chatting"
| Ctrl+P > Chat tab -> Typing tab > delete check on "Play typing animation when chatting"
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| Not use Pie menu | - | Ctrl+P -> User Interface tab -> 2D Overlay tab -> delete check "Use Pie Menu" |
Common for both SL official viewer and Firestorm Viewer
