Did you get the newest SecondLife client? You’ll need it as of Wednesday.

At the tail end of February SecondLife released it’s version 1.19.0.x clients as an optional release. But as if tomorrow it will be required. Updated 6:55 PM EDT Wed 12 Mar: They’ve decided to postpone the requirement of the 1.19.0 client until the 1.19.1 version comes out in 2-3 weeks. Get more info in the original SL blog post (link below).

In case you hadn’t see it yet, among the changes are some changes to the UI, the requirement of the newest version of QuickTime (which may block Windows 2000 users completely), and Voice for all versions, including Linux.

If you still have the First Look: Windlight or First Look: Dazzle viewers you will be able to use them, but any viewers based on the 1.18.x code will get an update message as you log in.

We don’t have a specific time for the new software requirements, but if you don’t have the newer version you should probably get it today so you don’t get caught in the rush tomorrow.

For more details you  can read the announcement on the SecondLife blog.