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SuezanneC Baskerville

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Join date: 22 Dec 2003

Posts: 14,229

09-08-2006 10:50

It would be real nice to have a mozilla window available, distinct from the help window, so that the folks who are making the resident run websites, and others with such abilities, could apply their skills to web based applications designed to mesh with SL.

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Corona Lime

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Join date: 14 Aug 2006

Posts: 171

09-08-2006 10:59

It would be great to be able to place a web browser ingame, on a laptop for instance.

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Argent Stonecutter

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Join date: 20 Sep 2005

Posts: 20,263

09-08-2006 13:49

Second thing first. Having a web browser on a prim would be horrible. People would use it all over the place and the lag would be horrid... it would have to launch an instance of gecko (the firefox/mozilla engine) for each HTML prim in view. I often have to shut down my web browser when I'm playing SL on my Mac mini, the last thing I want is to bring that back!

First thing second. Being able to open an HTML window inside the SL browser window instead of an external browser would be really convenient. Being able to open a notecard into it would be cool too. And since there's only one it wouldn't be the same kind of overload as HTML on a prim.

Third thing last. The technique they use to open a "media texture" could be used to open a "program texture". You'd have a few (say, up to 10) slots in your client that you could drop a texture and fill in a command line, and it would run that command line and feed the resulting window into that texture. This would be all in the client, and all under user control... you couldn't push this on someone through SL.

That would let you *create* an instance of a browser on a "laptop" in game, without letting other people see what you were doing or interfere, and without lagging you ... because you'd be in control of the texture. You could map a mini iTunes window into a HUD, a browser into a laptop, turn your home into an office that lets you work *inside* SL.

Now wouldn't that be cool? And they could do it, pretty easily.

Corona Lime

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Join date: 14 Aug 2006

Posts: 171

09-08-2006 14:03

From: Argent Stonecutter

Third thing last. The technique they use to open a "media texture" could be used to open a "program texture". You'd have a few (say, up to 10) slots in your client that you could drop a texture and fill in a command line, and it would run that command line and feed the resulting window into that texture. This would be all in the client, and all under user control... you couldn't push this on someone through SL.

That would let you *create* an instance of a browser on a "laptop" in game, without letting other people see what you were doing or interfere, and without lagging you ... because you'd be in control of the texture. You could map a mini iTunes window into a HUD, a browser into a laptop, turn your home into an office that lets you work *inside* SL.

Now wouldn't that be cool? And they could do it, pretty easily.

That would be perfect.

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SuezanneC Baskerville Forums Rock! Join date: 22 Dec 2003 Posts: 14,229	09-08-2006 10:50 It would be real nice to have a mozilla window available, distinct from the help window, so that the folks who are making the resident run websites, and others with such abilities, could apply their skills to web based applications designed to mesh with SL. _____________________ - 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 -
Corona Lime Lunatico Join date: 14 Aug 2006 Posts: 171	09-08-2006 10:59 It would be great to be able to place a web browser ingame, on a laptop for instance. _____________________ RCE Universe - bridging virtual worlds...
Argent Stonecutter Emergency Mustelid Join date: 20 Sep 2005 Posts: 20,263	09-08-2006 13:49 Second thing first. Having a web browser on a prim would be horrible. People would use it all over the place and the lag would be horrid... it would have to launch an instance of gecko (the firefox/mozilla engine) for each HTML prim in view. I often have to shut down my web browser when I'm playing SL on my Mac mini, the last thing I want is to bring that back! First thing second. Being able to open an HTML window inside the SL browser window instead of an external browser would be really convenient. Being able to open a notecard into it would be cool too. And since there's only one it wouldn't be the same kind of overload as HTML on a prim. Third thing last. The technique they use to open a "media texture" could be used to open a "program texture". You'd have a few (say, up to 10) slots in your client that you could drop a texture and fill in a command line, and it would run that command line and feed the resulting window into that texture. This would be all in the client, and all under user control... you couldn't push this on someone through SL. That would let you create an instance of a browser on a "laptop" in game, without letting other people see what you were doing or interfere, and without lagging you ... because you'd be in control of the texture. You could map a mini iTunes window into a HUD, a browser into a laptop, turn your home into an office that lets you work inside SL. Now wouldn't that be cool? And they could do it, pretty easily.
Corona Lime Lunatico Join date: 14 Aug 2006 Posts: 171	09-08-2006 14:03 From: Argent Stonecutter Third thing last. The technique they use to open a "media texture" could be used to open a "program texture". You'd have a few (say, up to 10) slots in your client that you could drop a texture and fill in a command line, and it would run that command line and feed the resulting window into that texture. This would be all in the client, and all under user control... you couldn't push this on someone through SL. That would let you create an instance of a browser on a "laptop" in game, without letting other people see what you were doing or interfere, and without lagging you ... because you'd be in control of the texture. You could map a mini iTunes window into a HUD, a browser into a laptop, turn your home into an office that lets you work inside SL. Now wouldn't that be cool? And they could do it, pretty easily. That would be perfect. _____________________ RCE Universe - bridging virtual worlds...

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