We are NOT telling you not to use Phoenix Viewer.Check out the LL Third Party Viewer Directory. We are NOT forcing you to use Firestorm! If you don’t want to use Firestorm, there are a few V1 alternatives out there.We are ending support for the Phoenix Viewer on Dec 31st, 2012.(Not to be confused with the Phoenix Firestorm Viewer, which will continue to be fully developed and supported.) We are also no longer developing this viewer. On Saturday, Dec 15th, we held an important office hour at which the subject was the removal of official support for our V1-based Phoenix Viewer at the end of this year. Phoenix Viewer is a feature-rich, third-party viewer for Second Life, based on the original Second Life Viewer and on Linden Lab's Snowglobe.