[sldev] [Upcoming Changes] Website Viewer Authentication

[dirk husemann]

Donovan Linden wrote:
> This remains an open issue. With the first iteration, you will just
> launch the desired client and log in from the splash page.
>
> It seems like a possible design for a future iteration might be to
> switch the secondlife: protocol handler registration to a small helper
> application that lists installed clients and launches the chosen one,
> passing the web login key.
that's what i think should be in the first interation. <topgear>how hard
can it be to code that?</topgear>.

    cheers,
    dirk

>
> Donovan
>
> On Sep 28, 2007, at 2:50 PM, Harold Brown wrote:
>
>> This does seem to pose another issue....  What if I want to use
>> multiple clients?  You wouldn't be able to pick which client to use,
>> Standard, RC, First Look, Nicholaz, SLeek.. etc.
>>
>> On 9/28/07, *Candide LeMay* <candide.lemay at gmail.com
>> <mailto:candide.lemay at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     from the wiki:
>>
>>     '"I have separate accounts that I use. How does this affect me?"
>>
>>     Yes. If you wish to use a separate Second Life account, you must log
>>     out of your current account on the website and then log in with your
>>     separate account.'
>>
>>     that's very cumbersome! I have several accounts (work, testing
>>     etc) I
>>     use daily and often at the same time (running several SL instances at
>>     once). I don't want to be logging in and out all the time on a
>>     website. On top of that, I start SL with a script, to feed it command
>>     line switches (for allowing multiple instances), start with lower
>>     priority, various stuff. I don't want the only way to start SL to be
>>     via secondlife://
>>
>>     candide
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