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Otter Campese

Celtic Shaman

Join date: 9 Dec 2007

Posts: 26

05-05-2008 18:37

Please forgive the newbie question...

How do I open the internal web browser in SL, please? Is it already there, or a download?

Many thanks.

Milla Alexandre

Join date: 22 Jan 2007

Posts: 1,759

05-05-2008 18:42

Um...not sure what you mean....you want to access the web while in SL?? What exactly are you trying to do....not sure I understand. Are you referring the SL world itself??? I'd like to help ya....just need a bit more info.

Otter Campese

Celtic Shaman

Join date: 9 Dec 2007

Posts: 26

05-05-2008 18:59

Sorry. Yes, trying to access the WWW from in world SL. I have seen some articles that suggest it can be done. Often I want to check something on the web without logging off and back on. My computer does not have sufficient RAM to run IE and SL simultaneously.

If the procedure is not well known, that answers my question, I think.

Dakota Tebaldi

Voodoo Child

Join date: 6 Feb 2008

Posts: 1,873

05-05-2008 19:26

Type a working URL into chat; then open up the chat history window - the URL will be a link. Click the link, and voila! SL browser's open.

Peggy Paperdoll

A Brat

Join date: 15 Apr 2006

Posts: 4,383

05-05-2008 19:30

From: Dakota Tebaldi

Type a working URL into chat; then open up the chat history window - the URL will be a link. Click the link, and voila! SL browser's open.

I haven't done that in a while but when I did do it IE opened for me. Maybe 6 to 9 months ago? I don't remember exactly when but I do know it was IE and not some some SL browser.

Otter Campese

Celtic Shaman

Join date: 9 Dec 2007

Posts: 26

05-05-2008 19:31

Well, whatever browser it is that is exactly the information I was looking for. Thank you very much.

Kaos Jansma

Registered User

Join date: 2 Jul 2007

Posts: 120

05-05-2008 19:41

From: Otter Campese

Well, whatever browser it is that is exactly the information I was looking for. Thank you very much.

sometimes in sl i click and then touch and get a small window within sl that has the website info as tho it is an sl broswer type of thing
sorry my lingo is not more accurate
it gives me the choice of using that or using my own browser

it never however gives me the choice of just pulling up that little thing to look up things

it only comes up if i touch something that makes it come up

that was as clear as mud, huh?

wish i could give an example off hand so you could check it out, but i do know exactly what you are talking about

Peggy Paperdoll

A Brat

Join date: 15 Apr 2006

Posts: 4,383

05-05-2008 19:58

From: Otter Campese

Well, whatever browser it is that is exactly the information I was looking for. Thank you very much.

If your computer won't handle both IE and SL running at that same time then if SL opens IE for you it won't be able to handle it either. It's like clicking a link in your email........it launches your browser........if that is IE then that is the one it launches (just like if you launched it from your start menu).

You can help your computer out by putting SL on your task bar then launch EI.......SL being on the task bar takes less resources to run than still open in a window behind your browser. You might be able to do that and not have much trouble with your computer struggling.

Ann Launay

Neko-licious™

Join date: 8 Aug 2006

Posts: 7,893

05-05-2008 20:07

From: Peggy Paperdoll

If your computer won't handle both IE and SL running at that same time then if SL opens IE for you it won't be able to handle it either. It's like clicking a link in your email........it launches your browser........if that is IE then that is the one it launches (just like if you launched it from your start menu).

Actually, the RC brings up what looks like an internal browser window.

It gives you the option to set to your browser, but you don't have to.

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Congratulations and shame on you! You are a bit of a slut.

Peggy Paperdoll

A Brat

Join date: 15 Apr 2006

Posts: 4,383

05-05-2008 21:19

Like I said earlier, I haven't clicked on a link within SL in 6 or 9 months.......and there were not RC's back then.

If SL has it's own browser, great.............I'll stick to EI. The one I know the best.

SuezanneC Baskerville

Forums Rock!

Join date: 22 Dec 2003

Posts: 14,229

05-05-2008 22:07

Second Life has had an embedded Moziila browser for a long time now.

The current mainstream client, version Second Life 1.19.1 (4) Apr 2 2008 11:59:37 (Second Life Release), has a Mozilla browser in it.

Go to preferences with Control P, select the Web tab. Click on the radio button next to "Use built in web browser".

Click OK.

Then press F1

You should have the embedded Mozilla browser open to the support page.

From now on you should be able to use the embedded browser by pressing F1.

It doesn't do Java or Flash, but it does do a lot of stuff.

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Ann Launay

Neko-licious™

Join date: 8 Aug 2006

Posts: 7,893

05-05-2008 22:19

From: SuezanneC Baskerville

The current mainstream client, version Second Life 1.19.1 (4) Apr 2 2008 11:59:37 (Second Life Release), has a Mozilla browser in it.

I'm still on Nicholaz's 1.18.5.3, so I've only seen it while checking out the RC versions.

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From: someone

I am bumping you to an 8.5 on the Official Trout Measuring Instrument of Sluttiness. You are an enigma - on the one hand a sweet, gentle, intelligent woman who we would like to wrap up in our arms and protect, and on the other, a temptress to whom we would like to do all sorts of unmentionable things.

Congratulations and shame on you! You are a bit of a slut.

SuezanneC Baskerville

Forums Rock!

Join date: 22 Dec 2003

Posts: 14,229

05-05-2008 22:53

Hmm, the chat room feature at SLUniverse.com seems to work in embedded browser.

Cristiano might should expand that. Regular group chat in SL works very badly quite often.

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

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Puzzle Ling

Registered User

Join date: 7 Feb 2007

Posts: 4

05-06-2008 02:29

From: Dakota Tebaldi

Type a working URL into chat; then open up the chat history window - the URL will be a link. Click the link, and voila! SL browser's open.

I just hit F1 (allegedly "help", but it starts a browser on the so-called support web page so I use that).

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Otter Campese Celtic Shaman Join date: 9 Dec 2007 Posts: 26	05-05-2008 18:37 Please forgive the newbie question... How do I open the internal web browser in SL, please? Is it already there, or a download? Many thanks.
Milla Alexandre Milla Alexandre Join date: 22 Jan 2007 Posts: 1,759	05-05-2008 18:42 Um...not sure what you mean....you want to access the web while in SL?? What exactly are you trying to do....not sure I understand. Are you referring the SL world itself??? I'd like to help ya....just need a bit more info.
Otter Campese Celtic Shaman Join date: 9 Dec 2007 Posts: 26	05-05-2008 18:59 Sorry. Yes, trying to access the WWW from in world SL. I have seen some articles that suggest it can be done. Often I want to check something on the web without logging off and back on. My computer does not have sufficient RAM to run IE and SL simultaneously. If the procedure is not well known, that answers my question, I think.
Dakota Tebaldi Voodoo Child Join date: 6 Feb 2008 Posts: 1,873	05-05-2008 19:26 Type a working URL into chat; then open up the chat history window - the URL will be a link. Click the link, and voila! SL browser's open.
Peggy Paperdoll A Brat Join date: 15 Apr 2006 Posts: 4,383	05-05-2008 19:30 From: Dakota Tebaldi Type a working URL into chat; then open up the chat history window - the URL will be a link. Click the link, and voila! SL browser's open. I haven't done that in a while but when I did do it IE opened for me. Maybe 6 to 9 months ago? I don't remember exactly when but I do know it was IE and not some some SL browser.
Otter Campese Celtic Shaman Join date: 9 Dec 2007 Posts: 26	05-05-2008 19:31 Well, whatever browser it is that is exactly the information I was looking for. Thank you very much.
Kaos Jansma Registered User Join date: 2 Jul 2007 Posts: 120	05-05-2008 19:41 From: Otter Campese Well, whatever browser it is that is exactly the information I was looking for. Thank you very much. sometimes in sl i click and then touch and get a small window within sl that has the website info as tho it is an sl broswer type of thing sorry my lingo is not more accurate it gives me the choice of using that or using my own browser it never however gives me the choice of just pulling up that little thing to look up things it only comes up if i touch something that makes it come up that was as clear as mud, huh? wish i could give an example off hand so you could check it out, but i do know exactly what you are talking about
Peggy Paperdoll A Brat Join date: 15 Apr 2006 Posts: 4,383	05-05-2008 19:58 From: Otter Campese Well, whatever browser it is that is exactly the information I was looking for. Thank you very much. If your computer won't handle both IE and SL running at that same time then if SL opens IE for you it won't be able to handle it either. It's like clicking a link in your email........it launches your browser........if that is IE then that is the one it launches (just like if you launched it from your start menu). You can help your computer out by putting SL on your task bar then launch EI.......SL being on the task bar takes less resources to run than still open in a window behind your browser. You might be able to do that and not have much trouble with your computer struggling.
Ann Launay Neko-licious™ Join date: 8 Aug 2006 Posts: 7,893	05-05-2008 20:07 From: Peggy Paperdoll If your computer won't handle both IE and SL running at that same time then if SL opens IE for you it won't be able to handle it either. It's like clicking a link in your email........it launches your browser........if that is IE then that is the one it launches (just like if you launched it from your start menu). Actually, the RC brings up what looks like an internal browser window. It gives you the option to set to your browser, but you don't have to. _____________________ ~Now Trout Re-Re-Re-Certified!~ From: someone I am bumping you to an 8.5 on the Official Trout Measuring Instrument of Sluttiness. You are an enigma - on the one hand a sweet, gentle, intelligent woman who we would like to wrap up in our arms and protect, and on the other, a temptress to whom we would like to do all sorts of unmentionable things. Congratulations and shame on you! You are a bit of a slut.
Peggy Paperdoll A Brat Join date: 15 Apr 2006 Posts: 4,383	05-05-2008 21:19 Like I said earlier, I haven't clicked on a link within SL in 6 or 9 months.......and there were not RC's back then. If SL has it's own browser, great.............I'll stick to EI. The one I know the best.
SuezanneC Baskerville Forums Rock! Join date: 22 Dec 2003 Posts: 14,229	05-05-2008 22:07 Second Life has had an embedded Moziila browser for a long time now. The current mainstream client, version Second Life 1.19.1 (4) Apr 2 2008 11:59:37 (Second Life Release), has a Mozilla browser in it. Go to preferences with Control P, select the Web tab. Click on the radio button next to "Use built in web browser". Click OK. Then press F1 You should have the embedded Mozilla browser open to the support page. From now on you should be able to use the embedded browser by pressing F1. It doesn't do Java or Flash, but it does do a lot of stuff. _____________________ - 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 -
Ann Launay Neko-licious™ Join date: 8 Aug 2006 Posts: 7,893	05-05-2008 22:19 From: SuezanneC Baskerville The current mainstream client, version Second Life 1.19.1 (4) Apr 2 2008 11:59:37 (Second Life Release), has a Mozilla browser in it. I'm still on Nicholaz's 1.18.5.3, so I've only seen it while checking out the RC versions. _____________________ ~Now Trout Re-Re-Re-Certified!~ From: someone I am bumping you to an 8.5 on the Official Trout Measuring Instrument of Sluttiness. You are an enigma - on the one hand a sweet, gentle, intelligent woman who we would like to wrap up in our arms and protect, and on the other, a temptress to whom we would like to do all sorts of unmentionable things. Congratulations and shame on you! You are a bit of a slut.
SuezanneC Baskerville Forums Rock! Join date: 22 Dec 2003 Posts: 14,229	05-05-2008 22:53 Hmm, the chat room feature at SLUniverse.com seems to work in embedded browser. Cristiano might should expand that. Regular group chat in SL works very badly quite often. _____________________ - 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 -
Puzzle Ling Registered User Join date: 7 Feb 2007 Posts: 4	05-06-2008 02:29 From: Dakota Tebaldi Type a working URL into chat; then open up the chat history window - the URL will be a link. Click the link, and voila! SL browser's open. I just hit F1 (allegedly "help", but it starts a browser on the so-called support web page so I use that).