Mashup of SL and Web 2.0 - Flickr Contacts - Who do you know?

Like many others I am more connected by Twitter, Flickr, Skype and blogs then you would think from my friends list and the limited SL profile group listing. With LL looking to make SL and the Web 2.0 more integrated in their SL 2.0 future version; Listen to Kingdom Interview & quoting Tateru Nino, Mar 29th

Viewer 2009 seems like it will involve an almost complete rework of the much-maligned Second Life user-interface, with two big-name companies reinventing it. Big Spaceship (whom we already know) appear to be primarily involved with design and feel, while 80/20 looks to be producing the implementation. We don't believe that any additional customer input is being entertained in the meantime, judging by Benjamin Linden's long absence from his regular office hours.

Third party viewer developers have been taking advantage of Benjamin's absence to consolidate wishlists from Second Life users at the scheduled office hours for incorporation into their own viewers.

It looks increasingly as if there will be two entirely divergent user-interfaces evolving through this year. One based on what the users say they want, and one based on what the Lab and two design firms believe they want. That's going to be an interesting showdown, and no mistake.

, this could get crazy.

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Now imagine the mash up of this with the 500 SL Active Blogs list by ArminasX Saiman, and a new viewer with full 2.0 HTML/Flash widgets, simple embedding both on a prim, and in dockable HTML sidebars. like your this or your blog. Click on a prim and get all the info via SaaS, a video, steaming HDTV, today's lesson plan or test, an avatar prim adjuster app, Your AO, or at the least a product listing from Xstreet or a blinking advertisement from google (ouch).

Who will deliver first; Linden Lab, Open Sim, or the let's add 3D to the browser contingent?