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Ana Stubbs

Winging it

Join date: 20 Jan 2007

Posts: 32

12-08-2007 16:01

I'm a bit slow on the uptake, and I only just realised you can do this with the help pages.

How long has this been possible? Is it practical?

SuezanneC Baskerville

Forums Rock!

Join date: 22 Dec 2003

Posts: 14,229

12-08-2007 16:13

We've been able to do this in one fashion or another for a long time.

It's easier in the Linden Lab clients now than it has been, but still not incorporated as fully as would be nice.

One way to do it now is to do Help, Inworld Help; then type your url into the address field.

We can access these forums from the inworld browser, and many other useful and or fun SL related sites work ok.

There are limitations to the browser currently, fancy things like Flash don't work, and things that call Java don't work, but the more basic pages work just fine.

The OnRez viewer is neat in this respect; when the LSL command llLoadUrl is called in a script, the url opens up in the inclient browser, instead of an external browser.

I wish that LL would trim all the fat, every possible pixel, from the mozilla browser dialog. Screen space is so precious when you are try to see the virtual world and the 2D interface on the same screen, and the frame around the browser content is huge.

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Conan Godwin

In ur base kilin ur d00ds

Join date: 2 Aug 2006

Posts: 3,676

12-08-2007 18:18

I can see how that would work. It's the why I'm not sure about.

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SuezanneC Baskerville

Forums Rock!

Join date: 22 Dec 2003

Posts: 14,229

12-08-2007 20:45

Some folks might find it use to have a web browser inworld. It can be convenient not having to switch between windows see your browser.

The old F1 help is still available at http://suezanne.fateback.com/help/index-2.html. Some folks might like having a fairly compactly designed help resource like that onscreen without having to flip back and forth.

As SL gets more web service based, web sites that make it useful will be created.

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So long to these forums, the vBulletin forums that used to be at forums.secondlife.com. I will miss them.

I can be found on the web by searching for "SuezanneC Baskerville", or go to

http://www.google.com/profiles/suezanne

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http://lindenlab.tribe.net/ created on 11/19/03.

Members: Ben, Catherine, Colin, Cory, Dan, Doug, Jim, Philip, Phoenix, Richard,
Robin, and Ryan

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Browsing the web from within the SL client
Ana Stubbs Winging it Join date: 20 Jan 2007 Posts: 32	12-08-2007 16:01 I'm a bit slow on the uptake, and I only just realised you can do this with the help pages. How long has this been possible? Is it practical?
SuezanneC Baskerville Forums Rock! Join date: 22 Dec 2003 Posts: 14,229	12-08-2007 16:13 We've been able to do this in one fashion or another for a long time. It's easier in the Linden Lab clients now than it has been, but still not incorporated as fully as would be nice. One way to do it now is to do Help, Inworld Help; then type your url into the address field. We can access these forums from the inworld browser, and many other useful and or fun SL related sites work ok. There are limitations to the browser currently, fancy things like Flash don't work, and things that call Java don't work, but the more basic pages work just fine. The OnRez viewer is neat in this respect; when the LSL command llLoadUrl is called in a script, the url opens up in the inclient browser, instead of an external browser. I wish that LL would trim all the fat, every possible pixel, from the mozilla browser dialog. Screen space is so precious when you are try to see the virtual world and the 2D interface on the same screen, and the frame around the browser content is huge. _____________________ - So long to these forums, the vBulletin forums that used to be at forums.secondlife.com. I will miss them. I can be found on the web by searching for "SuezanneC Baskerville", or go to http://www.google.com/profiles/suezanne - http://lindenlab.tribe.net/ created on 11/19/03. Members: Ben, Catherine, Colin, Cory, Dan, Doug, Jim, Philip, Phoenix, Richard, Robin, and Ryan -
Conan Godwin In ur base kilin ur d00ds Join date: 2 Aug 2006 Posts: 3,676	12-08-2007 18:18 I can see how that would work. It's the why I'm not sure about. _____________________ From: Raindrop Cooperstone hateful much? dude, that was low. die. .
SuezanneC Baskerville Forums Rock! Join date: 22 Dec 2003 Posts: 14,229	12-08-2007 20:45 Some folks might find it use to have a web browser inworld. It can be convenient not having to switch between windows see your browser. The old F1 help is still available at http://suezanne.fateback.com/help/index-2.html. Some folks might like having a fairly compactly designed help resource like that onscreen without having to flip back and forth. As SL gets more web service based, web sites that make it useful will be created. _____________________ - So long to these forums, the vBulletin forums that used to be at forums.secondlife.com. I will miss them. I can be found on the web by searching for "SuezanneC Baskerville", or go to http://www.google.com/profiles/suezanne - http://lindenlab.tribe.net/ created on 11/19/03. Members: Ben, Catherine, Colin, Cory, Dan, Doug, Jim, Philip, Phoenix, Richard, Robin, and Ryan -

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