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Key: VWR-4843
Type: New Feature New Feature
Status: Open Open
Priority: Major Major
Assignee: Unassigned
Reporter: Broccoli Curry
Votes: 68
Watchers: 14
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Allow internal browser to be chosen instead of external when using LoadURL

Created: 12/Feb/08 02:21 AM   Updated: 26/May/09 10:03 AM
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Component/s: Scripting
Affects Version/s: 1.20 Release Candidate, 1.22 Release Candidate
Fix Version/s: None

Environment: All
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Linden Lab Issue ID: DEV-15107


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When using LoadURL to open a web page from within a script, currently you can only open your default external browser.

Since we have Mozilla inside SL, wouldn't it be sensible to be able to choose which browser you use? I propose modifying the LoadURL (or adding an additional similar command to LSL to avoid breaking existing content

Suggest

llLoadURL(key avatar_id, string message, string url [,browser])
where [,browser] is an optional integer...
0 --> opens with the internal browser,
1 --> opens with default external browser.
undefined --> opens with the browser set in avie's preferences.

This slight modification will not break existing scripts, and yet preserve the in-world immersion without plonking the avie to desktop by default. Those few calling sites that break on internal browser can choose 1 by default, leaving the majority of sites intact.

Additionally, as a separate project (but lower priority than the above fix), the [,browser] parameter could be overridden in preferences with an additional option of "always use internal browser" or "always use external browser" regardless of the script's choice.

Whilst not quite "HTML on a prim", if the browser window can be minimised or resized by the user, it would have a number of uses.



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Domchi Underwood made changes - 16/Feb/08 02:15 PM
Field Original Value New Value
Link This issue Relates to VWR-3152 [ VWR-3152 ]
McCabe Maxsted made changes - 21/Feb/08 05:20 AM
Link This issue is related to by VWR-5004 [ VWR-5004 ]
McCabe Maxsted made changes - 21/Feb/08 05:20 AM
Link This issue Relates to SVC-1639 [ SVC-1639 ]
Opensource Obscure made changes - 10/Mar/08 02:39 PM
Link This issue is duplicated by VWR-5341 [ VWR-5341 ]
Harleen Gretzky made changes - 08/May/08 12:39 PM
Link This issue is related to by VWR-7034 [ VWR-7034 ]
Lulu Ludovico made changes - 09/May/08 04:16 PM
Affects Version/s 1.20 Release Candidate [ 10300 ]
Description When using LoadURL to open a web page from within a script, currently you can only open your default external browser.

Since we have Mozilla inside SL, wouldn't it be sensible to be able to choose which browser you use? I propose modifying the LoadURL (or adding an additional similar command to LSL to avoid breaking existing content

Suggest

llLoadURL(key avatar_id, string message, string url, browser) where 0 is the internal browser, and 1 is your default external browser.

This could be overridden in preferences with an additional option of "always use internal browser" or "always use external browser" regardless of the script's choice.

Whilst not quite "HTML on a prim", if the browser window can be minimised or resized by the user, it would have a number of uses.
When using LoadURL to open a web page from within a script, currently you can only open your default external browser.

Since we have Mozilla inside SL, wouldn't it be sensible to be able to choose which browser you use? I propose modifying the LoadURL (or adding an additional similar command to LSL to avoid breaking existing content

Suggest

        llLoadURL(key avatar_id, string message, string url [,browser])
where [,browser] is an optional integer...
0 --> opens with the internal browser,
1 --> opens with default external browser.
undefined --> opens with the browser set in avie's preferences.

This slight modification will not break existing scripts, and yet preserve the in-world immersion without plonking the avie to desktop by default. Those few calling sites that break on internal browser can choose 1 by default, leaving the majority of sites intact.

Additionally, as a separate project (but lower priority than the above fix), the [,browser] parameter could be overridden in preferences with an additional option of "always use internal browser" or "always use external browser" regardless of the script's choice.

Whilst not quite "HTML on a prim", if the browser window can be minimised or resized by the user, it would have a number of uses.
Priority Normal [ 4 ] Major [ 3 ]
lindenrobot made changes - 11/May/08 08:07 PM
Linden Lab Issue ID DEV-15107
Gellan Glenelg made changes - 22/May/08 11:04 AM
Link This issue is related to by VWR-7350 [ VWR-7350 ]
Ramzi Linden made changes - 22/May/08 11:10 AM
Link This issue is duplicated by VWR-7350 [ VWR-7350 ]
McCabe Maxsted made changes - 08/Sep/08 01:20 AM
Link This issue is duplicated by VWR-9085 [ VWR-9085 ]
Sue Linden made changes - 13/Nov/08 11:03 AM
Workflow jira-2007-12-22a [ 52220 ] jira-2008-11-14 [ 62814 ]
Sue Linden made changes - 13/Nov/08 11:20 AM
Workflow jira-2007-12-22a [ 62814 ] jira-2008-11-14 [ 68881 ]
Sue Linden made changes - 13/Nov/08 04:36 PM
Workflow jira-2008-11-14 [ 68881 ] jira-2008-11-14a [ 88829 ]
Sue Linden made changes - 13/Nov/08 04:55 PM
Workflow jira-2008-11-14 [ 88829 ] jira-2008-11-14a [ 95233 ]
Sue Linden made changes - 13/Nov/08 05:03 PM
Workflow jira-2008-11-14 [ 95233 ] jira-2008-11-14a [ 98382 ]
Sue Linden made changes - 13/Nov/08 05:14 PM
Workflow jira-2008-11-14 [ 98382 ] jira-2008-11-14a [ 102372 ]
Sue Linden made changes - 13/Nov/08 05:33 PM
Workflow jira-2008-11-14 [ 102372 ] jira-2008-11-14a [ 109840 ]
Sue Linden made changes - 13/Nov/08 05:56 PM
Workflow jira-2008-11-14 [ 109840 ] jira-2008-11-14a [ 117347 ]
Sue Linden made changes - 13/Nov/08 06:11 PM
Workflow jira-2008-11-14 [ 117347 ] jira-2008-11-14a [ 123064 ]
Sue Linden made changes - 13/Nov/08 06:34 PM
Workflow jira-2008-11-14 [ 123064 ] jira-2008-11-14a [ 131716 ]
Sue Linden made changes - 13/Nov/08 06:51 PM
Workflow jira-2008-11-14 [ 131716 ] jira-2008-11-14a [ 138167 ]
Garn Conover made changes - 31/Jan/09 07:25 PM
Link This issue is original of duplicate VWR-11830 [ VWR-11830 ]
Garn Conover made changes - 31/Jan/09 07:25 PM
Affects Version/s 1.22 Release Candidate [ 10400 ]