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"Play now" links from Firefox won't launch Steam

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#3018 · opened 2013-12-06 by Delocca · updated 2017-10-06 · 1 comments · github
DDelocca 2013-12-06 github

This is a Firefox issue but it affects Steam in a pretty dramatic way and I believe Valve and / or Steam users can have some weight in making Mozilla people solve it faster.

The bug is: with Firefox in Ubuntu, clicking on the "Play now" link in the store page of owned games won't launch Steam. Instead you get a popup asking you to choose the application to use for this type of links and then you have to browse the filesystem to find the Steam executable – not user-friendly at all.

The problem is reported here at Mozilla. It needs more people to show there is interest in seeing it fixed fast.
I've opened a money bounty to help with this. It's a crowdfunding site for fixing issues in libre software, people pledge money, someone picks the job and people pay her when the patch is satisfying and implemented.

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2017-10-06 github

Closing as this appears to have been resolved upstream.

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