Trinity Dechou writes about Second Life at http://www.rezmagazine.co.uk/ 

“We’re pleased to announce First Look: Dazzle, a “refresh” for the Second Life viewer’s appearance which makes the UI (User Interface) more accessible and pleasing.” – Second Life Blog (http://blog.secondlife.com/2008/02/19/dazzle/)

Hailed by some as the new friendly user experience that Second Life desperately needs, Dazzle is a new brighter "User Interface". It uses new buttons and symbols and has many ‘under the hood’ changes to ease customization in the future. With a barrage of complaints however, is Dazzle all it’s cracked up to be?

The original blog entry, posted by Torley Linden set out the following questions and relative answers:

• What if I don't like Dazzle?

This is understandable, particularly because Second Life's UI has basically been the same for several years. Change can be hard if you're accustomed to the way things currently look and have been with us for awhile…. we’ll pay attention to your constructive criticism and use it to refine Dazzle further”

• Will I be able to revert to the older UI?

When Dazzle is in the main viewer, then no, you won't be able to revert easily.

On the surface many people do like Dazzle; however, with more and more posts, comments and worries being voiced at Benjamin Linden’s (Director of User Experience) office hour and on the JIRA, in answer to Torley's previous question – What if I don’t like Dazzle? Simply we don’t know the answer; no one appears to be listening to the very ‘real’ health issues it brings to the forefront.

Dazzle was mentioned originally in February and has been in development since then. I spent a