FireFox Can't Launch the Second Life Viewer

[agentronin]

When I click on a teleport link in FireFox I get this error message:

   The address wasn’t understood

   Firefox doesn’t know how to open this address, because one of the following protocols (secondlife) isn’t associated with any program or is not allowed in this context.

    You might need to install other software to open this address.

I am using the latest version of FireFox (51.0a2 (2016-10-01) (64-bit)) in 64 bit Ubuntu 16.04

In FireFox’s about:config page I have these entries:

    network.protocol-handler.app.secondlife;/opt/secondlife-install/etc/../secondlife
    network.protocol-handler.external.secondlife;true

The path to the second life application in "network.protocol-handler.app.secondlife;" entry is the same string used in the desktop icon to launch the Second Life viewer, and this icon does successfully launch the viewer. This same path is also proven to launch it in the Terminal Emulator.

Why can't my FireFox installation launch the Second Life viewer?

[Pamela Galli]

I have never heard of any browser launching any SL viewer.

[Madelaine McMasters]

Maybe this web page will help...

http://wiki.phoenixviewer.com/slurl

[Madelaine McMasters]

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Pamela Galli wrote:

I have never heard of any browser launching any SL viewer.

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When configured correctly, clicking on a SLURL in a web browser should launch a viewer and pass it the SLURL. It works that way on my Mac.

Go here and try, Pam.

http://slurl.com

Clicking on the "teleport now" button should launch your SL viewer with the destination SLURL already in place. If the viewer is already running, I think you'll automatically teleport.

 

[agentronin]

Thankyou for this link. As instructed I added:

  network.protocol-handler.expose.secondlife;false

to about:config. After doing this clicking on the link did open the viewer. But it always opens to the destination I last visited, not the destination for the link clicked on. Why does it not teleport to the destination the link is for?

[Chic Aeon]

I, along with a few of my friends still use Firefox. It DOES open up the viewer for me to the right location whether I am already inworld or it has to open the viewer from scratch. So it will work -- at least with Firestorm.  Just so you know.

[agentronin]

Which viewer and which OS is that?

I have 64 Bit Ubuntu and I am using 64 bit Singularity.