following up on yesterday’s post about GridInfo i created a simple launcher for matrix: URIs which allows you to just click on something like matrix://osgrid.org:8002/ and have your SecondLife client come up ready to log in to osgrid.

the launcher is written in python, i’ve tested it under ubuntu linux, but it might work on windows and mac OSX as well. you can get it from here (opensim svn).

to add it as a protocol handler to firefox:

• open a new tab
• enter about:config in the location bar
• accept the warning
• then right click and select “new->string”
  • enter network.protocol-handler.app.matrix as preference name
  • enter the path to your copy of matrix.py as value

done.

to add it as a protocol handler to thunderbird:

• you basically need to do the same steps as for firefox, the problem is, that the plain vanilla thunderbird does not have an about:config…but
• install the [MR Tech Toolkit][mr-tech-toolkit] add-on for thunderbird and you then get a “tools->edit my config->about:config” option
• repeat the procedure as outline above:
• right click and select “new->string”
  • enter network.protocol-handler.app.matrix as preference name
  • enter the path to your copy of matrix.py as value

done.

have fun.